"When all the players are available, we showed in this last period where we belong," Mourinho said. "I don't know, maybe in this period, after lockdown, we finished third or fourth in the table.

Hodgson said: "An awful lot of things have not gone our way during this period of bad results but we have to face up to it and then in the summer find the players to reinforce us. "The lack of strikers we have and lack of goalscorers - that has been a constant theme for the whole of the three seasons I've been at the club, so nothing changes.

Manchester United have "earned the right" to challenge for a top-four finish in the Premier League after a "fantastic" spell of post-lockdown form, says boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. "No-one thought in January that we would be in with a shout for top four," he said.

It completed a miserable day for Hodgson's side, who have lost five of their six games since the Premier League resumed. "Christian Benteke has missed a lot of football this season through injury and got himself fit to play," said Hodgson.

Lampard said as much himself when speaking to BBC Sport. "There were moments in the game where our game-management wasn't great," said the Chelsea boss. "At 2-0 we can dominate that game and finish it.

"I thought we were in the game for a long time into the second half despite conceding that goal, which was a bad one to concede," said Hodgson. "We got over that disappointment and got back into the game and looked like an equaliser might be on the cards.

Burnley boss Sean Dyche said he remains committed to the club after they boosted their hopes of qualifying for Europe with victory at Crystal Palace. "In the 100 days from the start of lockdown to the end, the dynamic of the club has changed somewhat, so that has been interesting to compute and to make sense of.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp told Sky Sports: "Imagine how this stadium would have been full today and all the people could have experienced it live. "I don't think the game could have been better because my boys played like everybody was in the stadium.

Crystal Palace skipper Luka Milivojevic after helping his side to a comfortable victory over strugglers Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium: "We are not far from it and the last few seasons we have been looking behind.

Hodgson was discussing the calibre of his team's attitude and brought up McArthur as a player who stood out in today's 1-0 victory. He said: "I’ll give you a name of a guy who today didn’t have his best game for the club: James McArthur.

"I'm very proud," Hodgson said. "Both teams were totally aware of how important this game is. "It was a hard-fought derby. Both teams will feel they did everything they could possibly do.

Palace boss Roy Hodgson: "It was hard to lose three in a row especially when in the last two we were hard done by. We dominated the game but I am disappointed we had to suffer towards the end.