LONDON (Reuters) - Crystal Palace are like a boxer being beaten by superior fighters, manager Roy Hodgson said after his side were outclassed 4-0 by Manchester United on Saturday to extend their run to seven successive defeats without scoring. Palace are now only the second Premier League side in history to lose their opening seven games -- after Portsmouth in 2009-10 -- and the first in 129 years of the Football League to do so without scoring a single goal. "We're like a boxer being knocked down by superior fighters," former England manager Hodgson told the BBC. They mustered just six shots all game, only one of which was on target, and rarely looked like breaking their drought. "I hope that my enjoyment, enthusiasm and passion for the game will spread over to the players."

Source: The Star September 30, 2017 19:30 UTC