Ghana defender Jeffrey Schlupp admits his side Crystal Palace were woeful against Manchester City in their English Premier League game on Saturday.
City mauled Palace by 5-0 at the Etihad Stadium with goals from Sterling, De Bruyne, Otamendi, Kompany and Silva.
Schlupp who lasted the entire duration of the game believes there were not at their best and were well beaten.
"I have played in a back three before but at the end of the day it is a team game and when you are not at it, at places like this, you end up getting the result we did," he told the Crystal Palace website after the 5-0 defeat.
"When results like this happen you have to put it behind you and work in the week ahead preparing for the match against Hull City, which is our next massive game.
"Everyone knows that Man City are a top side and they needed the points just as much as we did but when you come here and play as open as we did today you get punished.
"The early goal at the beginning almost killed us but we worked our way back into the game in the first half so that's why it was so disappointing to go out in the second half and concede goals like we did after how hard we had worked in the opening period."