Roy Hodgson has waded into the "Callum Wilson for England" debate.
The former Three Lions boss was disappointed to lose to Newcastle United at Selhurst Park but still praised Wilson afterwards.
Wilson conjured up a goal and an assist in the closing stages to set up the 2-0 victory on Friday night.
Hodgson said "He was certainly very, very good. I thought he held the ball up very well and caused our centre-backs problems throughout the game.
"When the long balls were played forward he was always making life very, very difficult for them [the centre-backs] and of course when his chance came his way scored it.
"That’s the type of ability we know he has because we’ve seen him enough times in the Premier League with Bournemouth to know he’s got that quality as a player.
"We knew that before the game and we prepared for that, however, we obviously didn’t prepare well enough because we weren’t able to stop him."
