Sheffield Wednesday manager Brian Laws was left dismayed after Crystal Palace pulled out an equaliser deep into stoppage time at Hillsborough on Saturday.

The Owls looked set to win 2-1 after goals from Ben Sahar and Wade Small put the home side in the driving seat but Matt Lawrence secured a point for Neil Warnock's men with the last attack of the game.

"It just shows you that it is never over until it is over," Laws stated. "It is a kick in the teeth and it is sickening because football can be cruel sometimes.

"With just 20 seconds of the game to go we conceded yet the football we played at times was sensational and we absolutely battered Crystal Palace.

"We should really have won handsomely today and the fact that we didn't means the players are very dejected. It is two points lost and those points could have taken us a long way up the league," Laws reflected.

Taking into consideration the results of the Owls' relegation rivals, Laws was frustrated not to have jumped out of the bottom three. But he did take heart from the manner in which his players performed.

"Things have not gone kindly for us today but there is great belief in the camp. Did we look like a struggling side? No. I thought the football was very good in difficult conditions. We carved Crystal Palace open at times and we will have to learn from this game.

"We will take it on the chin but we know we can't switch off. They threw everything at us. It was pretty much route one from Crystal Palace.

"We coped with Scowcroft well, the centre halves struggled a bit in the first half but were excellent in the second half and I thought Mark Beevers was superb. There were a lot of impressive individual performances, in fact too many to mention really."

"Ben Sahar put in a great performance and seemed to strike up a good relationship with Deon Burton. I will have to panic now that they don't come back from international duty with any injuries.

The Sheffield Wednesday manager also rubbished a report in Saturday's Daily Mirror suggesting that Francis Jeffers 'could be shown the exit door' over his ankle injury.

"The story is 100% unfounded and completely untrue," Laws stated. "Franny has had a difficult time with his ankle injury this year and we have been very careful not to rush him back because the ankle is such an important joint for a footballer.

"He was taken off in the last reserve team game he played because he felt a tweak in the ankle again. We have taken Franny to see three different specialists and hopefully we will know more about the extent of the problem this coming week but he has been doing everything he can to get fit and is a valuable player in our squad."

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