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Palace 2-goal hero Murray: I deserved red card

Crystal Palace striker Glenn Murray accepted his dismissal in victory at West Ham United.

Murray struck twice in the 3-1 win.

Murray, who will now miss Tuesday's clash with Southampton through suspension, said he was guilty of a number of "stupid fouls" in the lead up to his dismissal by referee Mike Dean.

"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," he told Sky Sports.

"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 little fouls and he'd kept having to stop the game so he'd said: 'no more'."

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