Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson was happy with their 1-1 draw against Sevilla on Sunday in Detroit.

Ebe Eze struck a wonder goal for the preseason draw.

Hodgson told Palace TV: “I'm very pleased indeed. I'm pleased also we could get those players through 90 minutes.

“A lot of players who were in the team today are ones we are looking forward to seeing as our regulars through the season, but quite a few of them haven't played very many minutes because we've been rotating and giving so many of the squad a game, not least some of the younger players who have come back from loans.

“This was a time when we thought: 'we're playing a top-quality opponent – it would be good if we can get the team on the field that we think is our best team at this moment in time', then to push them through as many minutes as we could.

“For them to play the 90 minutes was an extra bonus, and to dominate the game against Sevilla like we did was also a bonus. It was just the final goal or final finish that stopped us winning the game."

Hodgson praised Eze for his performance.

“I thought he [Eze] interpreted the position that we asked him to play very well," Hodgson noted. “He was a constant thorn [in Sevilla's side] and their only means of preventing him from running riot was to foul him.

“I thought there were some bad fouls committed against him, but even more credit to him for having the courage, despite being fouled in that way so often, to take the ball through defenders and score the goal he scored.

“He was a major plus today, but it was one of those games really where we played so well, especially in the second half, when we found a bit more aggression and a bit more pace to our game.

“The first half was not bad either, but the second one I thought we really found an extra gear and it's really good in the sense I don't think I could fault anyone's performance really. They went from 'very good' to 'good' to 'more than decent' right the way through the team."