Crystal Palace midfielder Hughes: Chelsea defeat undeserved

Crystal Palace midfielder Will Hughes insists defeat to Chelsea was undeserved.

Chelsea won 3-1 at Palace thanks to two goals in injury-time.

Hughes told Premier League productions: Not our performance on the whole, no, but it's 3-1 for a reason, and that's down to what we've done on the pitch.

A lack of concentration, it's happened far too many times this season. It's just so frustrating because we've grafted for 90 minutes, you'd like to think we'd get something from that game, and it's just, again, it's the 90th minute.

Like I said before, it's a lack of concentration on our part. It's the 90th minute, you don't lose a game like that on a counter-attack, and we know that as a team, but the performance was much better.

Over the 90 minutes, I think we deserved something out of the game, but like I said, it's our own downfall.

"It's not been going with us of late. Hopefully it'll start to change, because the fight and the spirit is there, you can see that tonight, it's just those minor details. Especially in this league, you're going to get punished, and we did tonight.

You can see by the performance tonight, the fight and the desire, the commitment that's shown from the team against a top-quality side. We've been matching them for most of the game, and it's those fine details that swing results in different ways, and that's what happened tonight."

On the Palace supporters, Hughes added: They've stuck with us. It's frustrating when we're not picking up results, but you'd like to think that the fight was showing, they appreciate that, and that's why they've stuck with us to the end tonight."