Crystal Palace star Jefferson Lerma admitted the feeling of scoring his first goal for the club was subdued.

The midfielder scored a stunning opener for Palace against Chelsea in the Premier League on Monday.

However, they were not able to hold onto the result, losing 3-1 to two late goals from the Blues.

Lerma told Premier League Productions: Well, personally I am very happy for my first goal with Crystal Palace - it was very nice.

That goal reminds me of one I scored in Spain [for Levante against Mallorca in October 2016]. So, now I'm going to enjoy that, and God willing, there will be more positives in the next games.

I have been trying [to score] for a while! Unfortunately it has not been possible, but today was the perfect moment. Unfortunately, at this point, I am sad with the result, but I look at the positives, and think that tomorrow I have another chance to do greater things.

There's a lot of frustration with how the game ended, because we competed very well up until 85 minutes, but in the last minutes we lost everything. I think it's sad, but tomorrow we have a chance to work, correct it, and go for the three points in the next game."

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