Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew hailed hat-trick hero Yannick Bolasie after victory at Sunderland.

The DR Congo international beat Black Cats keeper Costel Pantilimon three times inside 11 second-half minutes.

"Someone has just said to me he's the first Crystal Palace player to get a Premier League hat-trick, and that is a surprise when you think of Glenn Murray and the strikers we have had, so he has got a nice little tag to his name now," said Pardew.

"Now he needs to build on that. Two of those finishes were top-drawer. He was a problem, I thought, in the first half and it was just getting the moment, seizing it.

"The second goal was just power and pace and a clever finish. His second goal was a great goal. He was calm and dictated the moment."