Crystal Palace score rare own goal from 40 yards as Dean Henderson howls in emphatic win over West Ham

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

The Eagles They were advancing towards a resounding victory against western ham on Sunday, but lost concentration in the final ten minutes.

Palace regained possession in their own half and Mitchell returned the ball to the goalkeeper. hendersonthat he was not in any danger.

However, the former Manchester United player appeared to misjudge the pass as it bounced in front of him and he failed to control it.

The ball then bounced off his right foot and ended up in the back of the net, with Henderson unable to clear at the last moment.

It was an own goal from Mitchell, but it was the Palace goalkeeper who was left beaming in a bizarre moment at Selhurst Park.

Eagles fans are unlikely to be too disappointed, however, as they picked up the biggest win of Oliver Glasner's tenure so far.

A header from Michael Olise opened the scoring against a awesome bike kick Eberechi Eze's team doubled their lead in the first 16 minutes.

An own goal from Emerson Palmieri and a low shot from Jean-Philippe Mateta put Palace 4-0 up, but Michail Antonio then responded for West Ham.

Mateta then scored again after Eze's cheeky goal on Kurt Zouma and Mitchell's late own goal completed the scoring.

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Palace's victory boosts their hopes of avoiding relegation from the Premier League, something that was recently a possible possibility.

Glasner's side have risen to 14th in the table and are now 11 points ahead 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 elimination from the Europa League against Bayer Leverkusen.

Pressure is also mounting on David Moyes in the run-up to the season, and talkSPORT understands this is becoming increasingly likely. He will go away at the end of the campaign.