Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew believes Christian Benteke remains the right player to take penalties ahead of their Premier League game with Leicester on Saturday.

The 25-year-old striker missed a penalty in the 1-0 defeat against West Ham last weekend -- his second miss from the spot this season.

The Eagles manager sat down with Benteke after the defeat to discuss the penalty and, while he subsequently decided to keep the Belgian on penalty duty, he warned he has to "make sure" he scores his next spot-kick.

"We had some conflicting opinions on the penalty which you would do," Pardew said. "I have great faith in him. I think it is important that your striker continues to score goals.