"In the second half that was the Crystal Palace that I've seen in the last four years - that never-say-die spirit," said Hodgson.
"We accept we'll never roll teams over and we have to work hard to get a result and we did that today. The players deserve an awful amount of credit."
Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson speaking to Sky Sports: "I thought we got back to the best of what we have been in the last few years in the second half. We were aggressive and hard-working. We chased balls down and gave them much less time.
"Our start was slow and they were looking quite comfortable so I put it down to the pure desire and pure professionalism. We came back from behind but I thought we were very good value for our three goals as there were other opportunities.
"The message that we gave them at half time was that we felt we were getting back into the game before messing it up. We really believed if we kept up the progress we were making at the end of the first half then with more determination, aggression and desire...
"It would have been a fantastic second half had [the fans] been here today! We need to enjoy this victory then have a couple of days to make sure we are in the right frame of mind from the start against Arsenal. We have a number of our fans back and we want to show them it's been a very good season for the football club and there's lots of good times to come."
