Neil Warnock has vowed to continue playing his teenage Crystal Palace stars after handing Victor Moses his senior Eagles debut in the draw against Cardiff City on Tuesday.

Moses came on as a second-half substitute for fellow wonderkid John Bostock, who made his first Eagles start, and helped Palace secure a hard-earned point against Dave Jones' side after Ben Watson's controversial penalty just before the break cancelled out Darren Purse's ninth minute header.

The England U18 international is the third Eagles academy player that Warnock has handed a senior debut to, following in the footsteps of 15-year-old midfielder Bostock and 17-year-old left-back Lee Hills who made their debuts in the 2-0 defeat to Championship leaders Watford last Monday.

Like Bostock, big things are expected of Moses with the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United rumoured to be monitoring the forward's progress.

But the attentions of the Premiership big guns will not dissuade Warnock from putting his young stars on the team sheet.

"It was Bostock last week and Moses this, said Warnock.

"We've got some good young lads at the club - and I suppose when you get to my age you don't worry too much about it and just throw them in."

However, with Palace's injury concerns starting to clear up after Mark Kennedy's comeback against Scunthorpe on Saturday and Pau Ifill's long-awaited return against Cardiff, the number of outings the youngsters get from now until the end of the season could be limited.

For a change, Warnock praised referee Mr Lee Mason for handing his side a controversial penalty after Tony Capaldi hauled down Tom Soares in an area which looked to be just outside the box.

However, much to the dismay of the vociferous City support and boss Jones, Mr Mason pointed to the spot to give Watson the chance to preserve Warnock's unbeaten away record as Palace chief.

And the former Sheffield United boss insisted the man in the middle made the correct judgment and claimed decisions like that even themselves out over the season.

"I thought it was a penalty - but I haven't seen the TV, said Warnock.

"Besides, I don't know how we didn't get a penalty last week against Watford."

Warnock started with a five man midfield of Bostock, Watson, Soares, Kennedy and Franck Songo'o on Tuesday night, with the 15-year-old sensation asked to support lone striker James Scowcroft at every opportunity.

And the Yorkshireman explained his tactical decision, said: "It was probably too much for two of the lads to go straight into the team.

"Tom Soares has been out for three games so he was exhausted and John (Bostock) is a young lad so I thought it was difficult for them.

"So we wanted them to know what their jobs were."