Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson says Christian Benteke can be happy to be again on the scoresheet in defeat to Chelsea.

Hodgson stayed reserved in his praise after the defeat, but took the opportunity to commend Benteke's form this season.

"He's doing well," he said. "He's certainly working hard. He's trying to do the sort of things we're preaching and asking him to do and it's very good he's starting to score some goals. His goalscoring for the last couple of months has been on a regular basis.

"I can't fault him and it was nice to see him score a goal today and give us some glimmer of hope, albeit a minor glimmer because of the way we played in the first-half which virtually made sure Chelsea would go away with three points."