Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson says Wilfried Zaha and Luka Milivojevic were the two most decisive players on the pitch for their 1-0 win over Newcastle United.

Milivojevic's 10th successful penalty of the season gave Crystal Palace a late win at Newcastle.

Hodgson enthused, "Luckily for us once again Wilf Zaha came to the fore and did what he does so well: dribbling past people in the penalty area and provoking the foul which gives Milivojevic - who's been quite exceptional at taking penalties and scoring them to give us the goal and the victory."

But on Milivojevic, who netted his 10th penalty of the season, Hodgson revealed that despite the Serbian's precision, spot-kicks still don't bring the manager a moment to relax.

He said: "I'm never confident to be honest! I've been so lucky with penalty takers: Dan Murphy at Fulham and now with Luka. So really and truly I should just be sitting back quite comfortably saying: 'well, we're 1-0 up' but unfortunately because the goals are often match winning goals, I think the only time [I can relax is] if ever we're winning by a three goal margin and we get a penalty and Luka's going to take it.

"Then I would definitely sit back and say: 'right, that's all over, we're four-up'. Ask him his secret, he might not tell you..."