Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson says Mamadou Sakho apologised for his howler in their 3-0 defeat to Leicester City.

Hodgson felt 'for large spells of the game Palace were certainly equal to their opponent,' individual errors were always going to prove costly.

For Palace, it unfortunately happened when Sakho lost his footing, gifting Harvey Barnes the chance to tee up Jamie Vardy for an easy chance to double the Foxes' lead.

In his post-match press conference, Hodgson revealed that Sakho apologised for his costly mistake right away.

“Absolutely. That was the first thing he did [came into the dressing and said 'sorry' to the team]," Hodgson said. "It was one of those mistakes which happen in a game of football and there's not so much you can do about it.

"It was pretty decisive because in that period of time I thought we were looking like an equaliser was certainly in our grasp or within our potential to get.

"Unfortunately, when that one went in it did make the task perhaps a bit too much of an uphill one. But yes, of course; he apologised for that."