Crystal Palace score bizarre own goal from 40 yards as Dean Henderson has howler in thumping win over West Ham

21/04/2024 19:41

Dean Henderson and Tyrick Mitchell had a moment to forget after scoring a bizarre own goal for Crystal Palace.

The Eagles were cruising to a resounding victory against West Ham on Sunday but lapsed in concentration in the final ten minutes.

Palace won back possession in their own half and Mitchell passed the ball back to goalkeeper Henderson, who wasn’t in any danger.

However, the former Manchester United man seemed to miscalculate the pass as it bounced in front of him and he failed to control it.

The ball then bounced past his right foot and ended up in the back of the net, with Henderson unable to make a last-ditch clearance.

It went down as a Mitchell own goal but it was the Palace goalkeeper who was left rad-faced in a bizarre moment at Selhurst Park.

Eagles fans will unlikely be too disappointed with it though as they picked up the biggest win of Oliver Glasner’s tenure so far.

Michael Olise’s header opened the scoring before a stunning bicycle kick from Eberechi Eze doubled their lead in the opening 16 minutes.

An own goal from Emerson Palmieri and Jean-Philippe Mateta’s low finish had Palace 4-0 up but Michail Antonio then responded for West Ham.

Mateta then netted again after Eze’s cheeky nutmeg on Kurt Zouma and the late own goal from Mitchell rounded off the scoring.

Victory for Palace boosts their hopes of avoiding relegation from the Premier League, which was recently a possible prospect.

Glasner’s side have risen to 14th in the table and are now 11 points clear of the bottom three with five games left to play.

West Ham’s defeat is their third in four games and comes three days after their Europa League exit against Bayer Leverkusen.

It also increases the pressure on David Moyes in the season run-in, and talkSPORT understands it’s increasingly likely he will leave at the end of the campaign.