Henderson reveals dressing room mood after West Ham stalemate
Palace skipper Dean Henderson admitted that the team "missed an opportunity" to climb further up the Premier League following Monday's 0-0 draw with West Ham.
Henderson helped earn Palace's 12th clean sheet of the season in a goalless draw with a stubborn Hammers side, making a number of notable stops.
But the Eagles had the better chances, with Brennan Johnson twice going very close in the first-half. Substitute Ismaïla Sarr then had the ball in the net late on, only for the referee to rule it out for a handball by Jean-Philippe Mateta in the build-up.
Henderson admitted it was a frustrating result in his post-match assessment, but still believes his team in are in a good position to push on in the league.
"We're disappointed," he told Sky Sports. "I think the lads gave it everything they could. Obviously we had a few tired legs out there.
"But we did manage to push on towards the end and try and get the winner, unfortunately we just couldn't do that today.
"We take the clean sheet, we move on and then we'll get ready for some important games coming up.
"I'll be honest. We wanted to win. We wanted to close the gap to the teams above.
"Ultimately we tried. We tried our best. We played late midweek and that can be tough at times... with the three games in a week.
"It's a bit of a missed opportunity really. We wanted to push on in the league, but we can still do that. Hopefully we can win our game in hand and push on."
In the first-half Henderson produced the save of the match with a magnificent stop to deny in-form defender Konstantinos Mavropanos, who scored twice in his last outing for the Hammers.
The big centre-back met a cross with a powerful header, only for the Palace captain to produce a remarkable reaction save to retain his clean sheet.
"To be fair he [Mavropanos] leaped over the defender," said Henderson. "He got some real power behind it. I didn't really see it after that.
"I just managed to get my hand up and keep it out. But that's my job, so I was happy to make a save like that tonight."