Hennessey mistake cost Palace - Pardew

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Alan Pardew said a mistake from goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey cost his side after Crystal Palace lost 1-0 at Aston Villa.

Wayne Hennessey's howler cost Crystal Palace as they were beaten 1-0 at Aston Villa, Alan Pardew said.

The goalkeeper spilled Joleon Lescott's header over the line to give Villa their first home win of the Premier League season.

Pardew described Hennessey's error as unfortunate and noted his side made several mistakes.

"Wayne's mistake has cost us, but there were mistakes across the pitch, which aren't noticed. It's unfortunate, he's been great for us," said Pardew after seeing his side fail to score for the fourth successive league match.

"We came across an Aston Villa that worked very, very hard.

"I don't want to take anything away from them.

"They played well. I'm pleased for their manager."

"We're going to have to get back to the form that we showed previous to the injury to [Bolasie], we haven’t really hit the ground since," said Pardew.

"[Bakary] Sako got 60 minutes, Connor [Wickham] got 45, that was probably the only plus for us."