Premier League legend loses patience with Darío Osorio's coach: "Crystal Palace has to fire him"

Darío Osorio's Crystal Palace has hit rock bottom. After the 3-1 loss to Liverpool at Selhurst Park, the team featuring the Chilean forward has become the bottom club in the Premier League and is already beginning to eye the relegation battle in the coming matchdays. Once again, the focus of criticism for this poor spell is Pierre Sage. Since arriving from French football, backed by a successful spell at Lens, the French manager has failed to make his mark and has only racked up negative results with the Eagles: he has two wins in just 10 matchdays, and in the Europa League he has not taken off either. In fact, his numbers are so bad that the discontent is no longer exclusive to the Eagles' fanbase. Jamie Carragher, a legendary figure of English football and current television pundit, has also lost patience and publicly called for his departure. "I think the decision will be made, unfortunately for Pierre Sage. I think Crystal Palace have to sack him. They need to have a new manager the next time they play in the Premier League," he said. Jamie Carragher, a Premier League legend, called for the dismissal of Pierre Sage at Crystal Palace. The former Liverpool defender pointed to the problems the manager has shown. "I don't think you can trust his performance, especially for a new manager in the Premier League. So far he has had a lot of problems," he added. At the same time, he calls for swift decisions from the club's management, stressing the Londoners' tradition in the top flight of English football. "Being on the board, I don't think you can take that risk as an owner considering the finances involved. Palace have been in the Premier League for 14 seasons. We don't expect them to be in last place. They are an established Premier League club," he declared. Pierre Sage's record For the manager, however, the analysis is more positive. "Many times I have said 'today we deserved something better.' I think today was also like that. But you know, football is not about what you deserve. It's about how efficient you are, and we lack efficiency both in attack and in defense. And for now, the situation is like this because of that. Today the performance was better, but if we were in a more comfortable situation, we could take advantage of this momentum. But now we have to pick up points, and today that was not the case," he said. Despite the barrage of criticism, the Frenchman is holding on to his job. "When a team is in our situation, the most important thing is confidence, the way of acting with efficiency at the highest level each of us can offer. With these kinds of situations, when you think you did, not entirely, but more or less, the job in the play and you don't get the expected result, it is really difficult," he concluded. NEWSLETTER El Deportivo Monday, 8:45 AM A special selection with coverage and analysis of the most important sporting events of the weekend, by the La Tercera Sports team. By signing up you are accepting the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policies of La Tercera.