Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew was pleased with their performance in defeat to Arsenal.
Despite the loss, Pardew hailed the performance of his side as the best he has seen since taking over at Selhurst Park at the turn of the year.
"We took a tactical decision to take the game to Arsenal," he said.
"We continued with the game-plan and I was very pleased with the reaction. Its probably the best we've played since I've been manager.
"The chance when it hit that post and it fell in to the goalkeeper's hands summed our day up. I thought it was going to spin into the net.
"There was some great team play and probably the best players were on our team. But we've lost and sometimes that happens. Our final moment in that box needs to improve but we are not far away from being a decent team."
