Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard:
"We started extremely well. We got ourselves in front and scored a good goal, but we never kept the lead for long enough. We allowed Crystal Palace back into the game too soon.
"We got to half time at 1-1 and the game is in the balance. We were well in the game for an hour and the big turning point is the penalty.
"I'm not sure what the rules say but I'm sure there's a rule in there that will go against us, but I felt for Lucas. I'm not sure what else he can do, he's going up fairly to challenge for the ball, he's trying to gain leverage and height and the header's hit his arm from less than a metre away.
"Our 'keeper makes a save so it's not like he stopped a goal on purpose, but the punishment is really harsh.
"When you need full leverage at the back post and you're in a duel, sometimes your body parts go into unnatural positions. The referees need to show common sense because for me, it's a very harsh penalty and a very harsh rule.
"Up until then, it's 1-1 at a tough place against a good team and you'd take that before the game. But to concede in the way we did, it was a huge setback for the players and we never reacted well in that moment.
"We didn't defend long balls well enough, we didn't win enough individual duels at the right times in the big moments. I'm not standing here complaining or saying we deserved to win, but for large parts of the game, we were well in it.
"We hit the bar at a key time too, so the moment didn't go our way today and that's the reason why we're on the wrong side of the result.
"I need to get on the training pitch with this team and drill them more, push them more and challenge them more and hopefully we'll improve from it."
