Glenn Murray 'disappointed' with red card despite scoring twice in Crystal Palace win

Crystal Palace striker Glenn Murray has said that he was disappointed to be sent off in Crystal Palace's Premier League victory over West Ham United.

Murray scored twice in the 3-1 win, but received his second yellow card in the 69th minute after a poor tackle on Winston Reid.

"Obviously it's great to get a couple of goals but I'm disappointed to get sent off, it was just a reaction and I think the referee was almost waiting to send me off after a few stupid fouls," Murray told reporters. "I gave him that option and he took it.

"We spoke about it at half-time – 'don't make a challenge' – and I managed not to outside the box but it was just a reaction inside the box unfortunately. He just said there'd been a few niggly little fouls and he'd kept having to stop the game so he'd said: 'no more'."

The victory moved Palace up to 12th in the Premier League table prior to Saturday's 3pm kickoffs.