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title: "Crystal Palace: Scott Dann makes no excuses for disappointing loss at Sheffield United"
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author: "Lee Connor"
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published: "2019-08-19T18:25:58Z"
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# Crystal Palace: Scott Dann makes no excuses for disappointing loss at Sheffield United

**Crystal Palace defender Scott Dann has fronted up and spoke at length about the club’s loss to Sheffield United yesterday.\**

The Eagles lost out thanks to a goal from John Lundstram for newly promoted United, and they never really threatened Dean Henderson in the Blades goal, something Palace defender Dann was keen to pick up on.

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/THE-BREAKDOWN.png)

*“It’s hard to put one finger \[on what went wrong\]. It was a disappointing display. We never really looked like scoring, that was the biggest part of the defeat, I think.*” Dann [told the club’s official website.](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2019/august/scott-dann-speaks-post-sheffield-united-defeat/)

*“We conceded after two minutes and found it hard to get back into the game. We just didn’t create enough as a team and get anywhere near enough chances on their goal.”*

And the experienced Palace man was making no excuses, [adding](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2019/august/scott-dann-speaks-post-sheffield-united-defeat/):

*“There’s no excuses for the way the game panned out today, they never had many chances either. But we probably didn’t deserve to win the game; we knew the atmosphere was going to be lively today but we are in the Premier League and it’s not just here that happens; we were ready for it and we needed to be ready for it.”*

Palace are hoping for a much better season this time around after struggling near the bottom of the table last season, but are without a goal and have only a single point after two Premier League games this term.

**![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Verdict.png)**

Dann is completely right in what he is saying here and it’s nice to see a player fronting up and being honest.

Wilfried Zaha and Max Meyer struggled to make any sort of impact on the game in attacking areas, both earning a lacklustre 6.3 when it came to [WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1375944/Live/England-Premier-League-2019-2020-Sheffield-United-Crystal-Palace)‘s match ratings. Overall, it was a bad day in the office for Roy Hodgson’s side.

***Crystal Palace fans, just how disappointed were you with that defeat? Let us know in the comment section below!***