Defeat leaves Crystal Palace one place and two points above the relegation zone, with a massive game against Swansea coming up on Tuesday.

"We've got a big game, bigger than this game, on Tuesday night," said Palace boss Sam Allardyce. "Our season won't be defined by results against the top six. What we do when we play the teams in the bottom half of the league will be the defining reason of whether or not we get out of the bottom half.

"Nothing turns around quick this time of the year. If we are going to be really good it will probably be March before we can pull away, if we struggle it will probably go to the very end. If we are going to get out of trouble now we need four or five wins on the trot. I have every confidence in the players that it will turn around and hopefully as quick as possible."