Crystal Palace were holding Liverpool to a 1-1 draw on Sunday when Benteke went down in the area in the sixth minute of second-half stoppage time, despite minimal contact with Delaney, before scoring from the resultant penalty
Referee Andre Marriner had hesitated until Ledger's intervention, when the linesman waved to indicate a foul, and after manager Alan Pardew accused Benteke of diving, Delaney, who wrote on Instagram that he waited an hour to speak to Marriner after the final whistle and of his belief it should not have been a penalty, said: "It seemed like (Benteke) overran it maybe and went down. I did not feel any contact.
"That is a big call. I looked at the referee immediately and he gave a goal kick. It was only afterwards I saw loads of people running towards the linesman. It sums us up at the minute.
"I did not feel any contact. When I saw him go down and looked around to the referee giving a goal kick, I thought it was the correct decision. Someone said the linesman was flagging furiously.
"There is no way he could have been 100 per cent sure. He gave it so quickly. I looked at it afterwards and he is flagging before he has even hit the ground. It looked like he could not wait to give it. It looked like he wanted to give it.
"I would like to see a crackdown on (diving). I did not think it was a penalty."
Source: PA