Crystal Palace winger Yannick Bolasie reckons home advantage was key in the penalty decision that handed Chelsea the Premier League crown.

However, the DR Congo international was also quick to credit the Blues as worthy champions.

The Eagles 1-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge on Sunday extended their winless streak to three games, and they will be looking to bounce back when Manchester United visit Selhurst Park this weekend.

But Bolaise remains convinced the treble of defeats should have ended at the Bridge, but for the controversial penalty.

“They got lucky with their penalty, but they get things go their way when they play at home,” he said.

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“I haven’t seen it back but Macca [James McArthur] said he didn’t touch him, but it happens when you play at Stamford Bridge - you don’t expect anything less.”

He added: “But Chelsea are worthy champions. They’ve done really well this season, they’ve done a lot of things very well and you can see why they are champions – they’re very hard to break down.”

Bolasie was the lone striker up front with Jordan Mutch slotting in behind and Glenn Murray on the bench, before Palace boss Alan Pardew reverted to a more familiar set-up in the second half with Bolasie out on the wing.

The 25-year-old revealed he had been working on the new position in training at Beckenham all week and was quick to praise the players who normally plough that lonely furrow on a weekly basis.

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“It’s a different role up top,” said the former Bristol City man.

“It’s a bit harder to be honest – so a credit to all the players that play number nine because that’s a difficult job playing there.”

He added: “Chelsea are quite open sometimes and we needed to exploit them on the break or turnovers, and the gaffer tried to get me in one-on-one situations.

“I didn’t really get a chance to do anything that I would have liked to have done - John Terry is John Terry.

“His positioning is really good and his experience makes it hard to get through.”

Looking to ahead to the weekend, Bolasie believes it is a good time to play the Red Devils – themselves on a poor run of form with three defeats on the spin – under the lights, with the home crowd behind them and Pardew looking for a response.

He said: “We have to come out really fast. If we play like we did against Chelsea then we have a good chance of winning.

“The fans don’t stop – we even heard them at the end of the Chelsea match when the whistle went so it’s a credit to the fans they’ve done really well this season and been behind our back.

“The gaffer is going to look to bounce back against Manchester United - we don’t want to go on a losing run – that’s three in a row now.

“Why can’t we win? Obviously we want to upset the odds again – it didn’t work against Chelsea but hopefully we can do it on Saturday.”