August 25 2008

Neil Warnock

Crystal Palace boss Neil Warnock paid tribute to his nine-man side after they drew 0-0 with Burnley.

Striker James Scowcroft saw red after picking up a second booking two minutes into the second half.

Then skipper Shaun Derry followed him to the dressing room on 52 minutes after getting shown two yellows - the first for complaining about Scowcroft's red card, then another for a rash tackle.

But Warnock said: "I am proud of my players. To restrict Burnley like that with only nine men was impressive. They showed what they had under their shirts and we restricted them.

"I can't fault any of my players - I'm just disappointed we did not manage to get the three points."

Burnley boss Owen Coyle said: "I thought we had scored a perfectly good goal and their keeper made some top-class saves.

"In the first half we were both nervous but in the second half the sending offs came along and credit to Palace because they defended with their lives.

"Our work ethic was good but we need to work on the final third because we could have had three points."