Roy Hodgson is confident Christian Benteke's goal and assist against Arsenal will lift the pressure the Crystal Palace striker has felt during his goalscoring drought.
Benteke's 17th-minute header at the Emirates Stadium was his first Premier League goal since April 28 last year when he netted in Crystal Palace's 5-0 win against Leicester, a goal drought lasting 358 days.
The goal came on his 200th Premier League appearance and preceded the striker setting up Wilfried Zaha for his second-half goal, which earned Palace a 3-2 victory against Arsenal.
Hodgson said after the game that he was pleased with Benteke's all-round performance, telling reporters: "He's more than just a goalscorer.
"His all-round performance today was fantastic. If he had played that way and someone else scored the goal, we shouldn't berate him in any way.
"I'm sure it's a weight off his mind, but the biggest weight off his mind is that, along with Wilf, he gave a good performance."
Two of Palace's goals, including Benteke's opener, came from set-pieces while Shkodran Mustafi had a day to forget in what was a poor defensive showing from the 27-year-old.
And Hodgson added: "We knew set plays would be a weapon, we have the right set of players to cause them damage.
"We knew it'd be a definite possibility in terms of scoring but you'd have to ask Unai [Emery] how he saw that situation on their defending.
"I can't say I am surprised because Arsenal's strength is their play going forward. Ozil, Mkhi, Ramsey on normal circumstances...That's a major, major force, in my opinion. It was important we nullified that - and we did that."
