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Mamadou Sakho apologised to Crystal Palace team-mates after Leicester loss, Roy Hodgson reveals
Mamadou Sakho apologised to his team-mates for a costly error after Crystal Palace slumped to a 3-0 defeat at Leicester, Roy Hodgson has revealed.
Palace missed out on a chance to move into the top half after what was their third defeat on the bounce, with Hodgson's side failing to score on each occasion.
An emphatic Jamie Vardy double saw the 33-year-old net his 100th Premier League goal - but it was entirely self-inflicted from a Palace perspective.
With the score at 1-0 to the home side, Mamadou Sakho's slip allowed Harvey Barnes to roll in Vardy, who finished with ease to put Leicester out of sight.
The goal was a crushing blow to a Palace side knocking on the door for an equaliser, but Hodgson insisted it was just "one of those mistakes".
“Absolutely. That was the first thing he did [came into the dressing and said ‘sorry’ to the team]," Hodgson told Palace's official website. "It was one of those mistakes which happen in a game of football and there’s not so much you can do about it.
"It was pretty decisive because in that period of time I thought we were looking like an equaliser was certainly in our grasp or within our potential to get.
"Unfortunately, when that one went in it did make the task perhaps a bit too much of an uphill one. But yes, of course; he apologised for that."
There was one silver lining in an otherwise disappointing defeat, with 20-year-old left-back Tyrick Mitchell handed his Premier League debut.
"It was nice to give Tyrick a game," Hodgson added. "It was only a question of at 2-0 we didn’t look like we were going to get those two goals to get a point from the game, so it was a chance to spare Patrick for 10 minutes or so for the game on Tuesday."
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