Eddie Howe 'awaits feedback' from officials over penalties against Bournemouth

Eddie Howe says Bournemouth will "await feedback" after complaining to match officials about the awarding of two penalties in their 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace.

Luka Milivojevic converted a first-half penalty for the Eagles after Wilfried Zaha drew contact from Asmir Begovic, while Christian Benteke failed with a spot-kick of his own in second-half injury time.

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Howe hinted that he believed Zaha dived in order to win the first penalty and the Cherries boss admitted Bournemouth discussed the matter with the match officials after the game.

"I haven't seen [the incidents] again, the second one definitely our players feel is not a penalty, our players feel Charlie (Daniels) has got the ball," said Howe.

"So that really hurts. We would have lost the game but for a great save from our goalkeeper. The first one wasn't clear-cut either.

"We're going through a period where we're on the wrong end of the decisions; we've asked the officials to look again at both, and we await feedback.

"I'm really taking my players' word, and presenting that to you. You don't want to see diving in the game, we've all made that very clear as managers.

"I was really pleased with the majority of the game for us. I was pleased with the mentality of the team to get a point here."

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Jermain Defoe scored a double at Selhurst Park to end a run of seven games without a goal and Howe hopes the veteran striker can use the "spark" of his performance to improve as the season progresses.

"We hope it's a spark now, he's getting to where he wants to be," said Howe. "Ultimately he will feel like he needs to score, so this is a big game for him."