Despite a strong second-half, Palace were undone by two first-half goals from the visitors in South London.

Speaking to the media after the game, Potter said: "I think we dominated the majority of the game. I can remember three shots that they had and they scored two goals from it. We had plenty more shots.

"We're just not clinical on that other side of it at the moment. It's just the position that we're finding ourselves in and we've got to do a lot of work.

"We've got to stick with it because you can see if you watch the game, we're so close."

Kirsty Howat grabbed a goal just six minutes after the restart, as the Palace players came out fighting in the second-half.

Reflecting on the positive reaction from the players at half-time, Potter said: "We just said to the girls, 'you're not

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