Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers praised goalscorer Harvey Barnes after their 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace.

Barnes canceled out Wilfried Zaha's opener for Palace to earn Leicester the point.

Rodgers said, "If you get the goal from the penalty it gives you a foothold in the game but we had good control and then we didn't start the second half at all well.

"Palace were aggressive and we give away a bad goal from our point of view. But the reaction is what really pleases, some of our play and the speed of our game was really good. We end up frustrated not to win the game.

"The cohesion was ok in the game despite the changes, the players have played a lot together anyway. We needed energy in the game. We get a point which could be important but the growth in our team is shown that we are disappointed with it.

"You can't play Jamie Vardy and some of these guys every single minute. Harvey Barnes is developing really well, it's a great finish, the strike was fantastic. He's been a real threat for us this season."

On Kelechi Iheanacho's penalty miss, he added : "I said at half time, it was one you have to let go of. He practised yesterday and hit five out of five, so he was confident, but it is just one of those things. Harvey was outstanding, to have played his second 90 minutes [in two days] having done so well against Manchester United as well. He won us the penalty in the first half and he is a threat.

"We have had two tough games and you know Palace can be very good on their day. I still feel we dominated the game with the changes we made but I'm pleased we kept fighting at the end."