Crystal Palace score bizarre own goal from 40 yards as Dean Henderson has howler in thumping win over West Ham

Dean Henderson and Tyrick Mitchell had a moment to forget after scoring a bizarre own goal for Crystal Palace.

The Eagles were heading to a resounding victory against West Ham on Sunday, but lacked concentration in the final ten minutes.

Palace regained possession in their own half and Mitchell played the ball back to goalkeeper Henderson, who was in no danger.

However, the former Manchester United player appeared to miscalculate the pass as it bounced in front of him and he failed to control it.

The ball then bounced off his right foot and into the back of the net, with Henderson unable to make a last-ditch clearance.

It was ruled as a Mitchell own goal, but it was the Palace keeper who was left beaming in a bizarre moment at Selhurst Park.

Eagles fans probably won’t be too disappointed, as they picked up the biggest win of Oliver Glasner’s tenure thus far.

Michael Olise’s header opened the scoring before a superb bicycle kick from Eberechi Eze doubled the lead inside the opening 16 minutes.

An own goal from Emerson Palmieri and a low score from Jean-Philippe Mateta put Palace 4-0 up, but Michail Antonio then responded for West Ham.

Mateta then scored again after Eze’s cheeky nutmeg on Kurt Zouma and Mitchell’s late own goal completed the scoring.

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Palace’s victory boosts their hopes of avoiding relegation from the Premier League, which was recently a possible prospect.

Glasner’s side have moved up to 14th in the table and are now 11 points clear of the bottom three with five games remaining.

West Ham’s defeat is their third in four games and comes three days after their Europa League exit against Bayer Leverkusen.

It also increases the pressure on David Moyes over the course of the season, and talkSPORT understands it is increasingly likely he will leave at the end of the campaign.