Pardew confident Crystal Palace can turn form around

Manager Alan Pardew insists his Crystal Palace side are not too far from turning their form around despite suffering a fifth straight defeat at the weekend.

Two goals from Yaya Toure gave Manchester City victory at Selhurst Park on Saturday with Palace’s winless streak stretching back to September 23.

Palace now face a crucial week ahead of taking on fellow strugglers Swansea City this coming weekend.

But Pardew is confident he has the quality in his squad to improve on their lowly league position which sees them just one point above the relegation zone.

“It’s not like teams are running away from us and we’re looking uncomfortable or you could doubt our work rate,” said Pardew.

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“We’re putting everything in and that’s all you can do and hope that something breaks for you, and when it does you go on a little run.

“The quality we have in the group is good and I’m comfortable that it’s early in the season and we have a good distance to get this team in a good place, and we’re not far from it.

“We have games coming up where we need to take some points, and the position in the league will put a bit extra pressure on us.”