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Neil Warnock: 'Crystal Palace need Christian Benteke-style striker'

Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock admits that he is keen to sign a striker like Christian Benteke after the Belgian scored the winner for Aston Villa at Selhurst Park.

Neil Warnock has said that Crystal Palace will be looking to add a striker like Christian Benteke in January after the Belgian scored the winner for Aston Villa this evening.

The striker returned from a three-match suspension in the match at Selhurst Park, and scored the only goal of the night in the first half to end Villa's run of nine matches without a win.

The Palace manager told BBC Sport: "I think if we had Christian Benteke we would have won comfortably and that is what we are looking for in January. We are just missing that quality at the front. We do need that Benteke and they are hard to come by. Hopefully we can get one sooner rather than later.

"I can't fault the lads and now we have to do it the difficult way and get points at some tough places. We didn't create enough in the box. Sometimes you have to make your own luck and we didn't do that, although we huffed and puffed. We are shooting ourselves in the foot."

The defeat has left Palace 15th in the table.

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Christian Benteke of Aston Villa celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the Barclays Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Aston Villa at Selhurst Park on December 2, 2014
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