Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew says his side lacked quality against Bournemouth

Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew says his side lacked quality as they fell to their fifth successive Premier League defeat to Bournemouth on Tuesday evening.

A second half goal from Benik Afobe sealed the win for the visitors, but the Eagles had taken the lead just before the half-hour mark through Scott Dann.

It lasted just seven minutes, with Marc Pugh hitting the equaliser and the hosts were unable to find the cutting edge to take a point after falling behind.

"We huffed and puffed really and we really did lack a bit of quality," Pardew told Sky Sports after the game.

"It was a tough game for us because they got breaks in the game that I thought went their way. Having said that, we were up for the battle, you could see that in the way we played but you need the other side of that and there was a little bit of quality and composure lacking for us tonight.

"Sometimes it's hard to put your finger on exactly why you're losing games, but his was a particularly tough one to take because of the chances we had."

Emmanuel Adebayor made his debut for the south London side after joining the club during the transfer window, with Wilfried Zaha also continuing his recent run of good performances despite the results.

"Zaha he was terrific again tonight. Again, balls flashed across the face of their goal and we need someone to put them away, but we just can't find that player at the moment.

"Chances are coming and going and we need to take a few. Maybe Adebayor will give that to us or maybe Chamakh will but someone needs to.

"You could see that Adebayor was up for us and he showed a good commitment to the game. He's rusty, there's no doubt about that but his technique was good and he had half a chance which he nearly squeezed in. He'll be fine."

Crystal Palace will be looking to get back to winning ways in the Premier League when they travel to Swansea on Saturday, although they may have added a few more names to their already lengthy injury list.

"We lost McArthur at half-time and we don't know how serious that is, and then Puncheon," Pardew added.

"After I made the first sub, he pulled his hamstring so it's just one after the other. We've had a terrible, terrible run.

"I don't know if Cabaye will be back for Swansea, but I hope so. We missed him tonight to provide that pass or that quality moment."