Wimbledon 1 - 0 Palace

Saturday March 10 2001 - League

Crystal Palace lost the Selhurst Park derby against Wimbledon by one goal to nil.

Crystal Palace's relegation-fears grew after losing the battle of Selhurst Park against Wimbledon. Dons striker Patrick Agyemang scored the only goal of the day from a Neal Ardley cross after 22 minutes.

Agyemang had a big chance to make it 2-0 just before the break, but he missed a sitter after being set up by strike partner Jason Euell.

After the break, Palace had several chances to score the equaliser, but they were denied by Dons keeper Kelvin Davis, who porduced a string of good saves.

The Eagles' biggest chance was for Dougie Freedman, 20 minutes before the final whistle, but the former Nottingham Forest star saw his header land on the post.

Post match comments

Struggling Palace's fears of relegation grew after the defeat, making it their fifth league defeat in row.

The result leaves Palace just four points above the drop zone, but manager Alan Smith insists his side did not deserve to lose the game.

He said: "How we have not got something out of this game is unbelievable. Nobody can say this was a fair result. If we were getting mullered every week I would be worried, but we're not.

"We've lost five on the bounce but three of them have been one-nil and I'm confident that when we get some of our senior players back we will not have too much of a problem.

"The statistics bear it out. We had 12 shots on target while they had three. It's not just me speaking from the heart.

"I thought in the second half we did as much as we could have done. We've just dropped three points in a game where we could have got three and certainly deserved something.

"If we can get back to full strength we can overcome this. I have to stick with these players, and I still think they are potentially very good players."

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