*Milivojevic free-kick: A simple case of mistaken identity from about 80 yards away. I should have known better, because I was at Bournemouth a couple of weeks ago when he scored from a set piece.

*Penalties: The report I filed to Mirror Online, just before the final whistle, is not blessed with any benefits of hindsight. Like the referee, I had to call each incident as I saw it without poring forensically over replays.

The first penalty claim looked spurious at best - until evidence later came to light that Kabasele grabbed a handful of Zaha's shirt momentarily, although it probably wasn't the reason Wilf went down.

Unlike the Milivojevic free-kick, I should have trusted the evidence of my own eyes for the penalty shout resulting in a yellow card for simulation: as I wrote, on the spur of the moment, it looked like a penalty in real time, but the only replay I saw on a monitor did not suggest a Watford player had committed a foul. On review, later on Saturday evening, there was definite contact so it was NOT a dive.

Zaha chose not to speak straight after the game, which is his prerogative, but he has spoken this morning and his comments - which I shall be reporting online and in print later - are self-explanatory.

For the record, I have covered five Palace games this season, and in all but one Zaha penalty claims have been a source of controversy. In some cases the referees awarded penalties; in others, his claims were ignored. I would respectfully suggest he, like Palace fans, must accept the rough with the smooth. At the home game with Bournemouth, for instance, in my opoinion he went down looking for a penalty in the first half (not given), but the one awarded in the last minute (and missed by Benteke) was a definite foul.

In any event, he is a terrific player, probably the most influential at any club outside the top five.