Crystal Palace defender Scott Dann insists Julian Speroni can't be blamed for defeat to Southampton.

Dann believes Palace must take collective responsibility for the missed opportunity to take another step along the road to safety.

"You can't just point the finger at Jules," said the defender. "He has kept us in games at times this season and he will carry on making important saves for us. Jules said he should have done better but these things happen and we should have reacted better.

"He is a great goalkeeper and has done really well for us. He made a couple of good saves last night and made some good decisions coming out when they played balls through. These things happen but we'll stick together as a team."

Winger Yannick Bolasie added: "It is a soft goal to concede but Jules is a top goalkeeper."