Crystal Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson admitted it was "tough to take" as Liverpool earned a comfortable 3-1 Premier League victory at Selhurst Park on Sunday

Crystal Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson has admitted it was "tough to take" as Liverpool secured an ultimately commanding victory at Selhurst Park.

However, the England shot-stopper conceded that Palace's contentious injury-time consolation from substitute Eddie Nketiah stemmed from a penalty that ought never to have been given.

Earlier goals from Alexis Mac Allister, Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak had already secured the Reds a 3-1 Premier League triumph at Selhurst Park on Sunday afternoon. The hosts had fashioned a host of opportunities prior to Mac Allister's opener, only to find Liverpool custodian Alisson Becker in scintillating form between the sticks.

Henderson reflected on the defeat, saying: "It's fairly tough to take. We come in at half-time as the better team by far.

We created opportunities, we had one ruled out, hit the crossbar then our Achilles heel again, set-pieces.

"Obviously, we go in 1-0 down but still full of belief and went after it first 15 minutes of the second half but just couldn't find a way through. It's tough when you're chasing the game. We've been done by three counter-attacks really, which is tough to take."

The Palace stopper continued: "We just couldn't put the ball in the back of the net and it's tough to take when things are going against you. Then every chance they seem to get goes in.

"That performance first half, if we play like that every game we'll pick up a lot of results. We pick ourselves up and go again."

Palace, who now find themselves rooted to the foot of the table, were handed a spot-kick deep into added time following a VAR review, despite it seeming that Liverpool left-back Milos Kerkez had accidentally been struck in the face by home substitute Dario Osorio.

Speaking to Sky Sports, Henderson stated: "We went toe-to-toe and it's just so frustrating because you're looking for a lucky break, the ball to fall for you, which it did in the 93rd minute. It's probably not a penalty but if you get that in the first half, it changes the game completely.

"It's about getting back up off the canvas. Togetherness is the key and we'll come back. We know we've got the players in there, we've done it before. Get one or two back and we can really kick on."