Roy Hodgson insisted Crystal Palace should have been awarded a penalty in their 0-0 draw at Watford and defended Wilfried Zaha as 'anything other than a cheat and a diver'.
Palace's relegation fears persist after they were largely outplayed at Vicarage Road, where Zaha was booked for diving for the second season in succession.
The forward went down in the first half following a clumsy challenge by Abdoulaye Doucoure, and again in the second amid what appeared minimal contact from Adrian Mariappa and Will Hughes catching him when he was already falling.
It was following the second incident that Zaha was shown a yellow card, and Hodgson said: 'I try hard not to be the person who bellyaches about, 'We should have had this and we should have had that'.