I’ll maintain Crystal Palace’s attacking style, says boss Alan Pardew
Alan Pardew has vowed his Crystal Palace side will continue to have an attacking mentality, despite their poor defensive record in recent weeks.
Saturday’s 3-0 home win against Southampton was their first Premier League clean sheet since April, with Christian Benteke scoring twice and James Tomkins once as Palace picked up their first points in seven matches.
The Eagles had shipped 17 goals in the five games previous to Saturday’s victory over the Saints.
Palace are 14th in the table, with 14 points from 14 games. They are the joint fifth highest-scorers in the league with 24 goals, but also have the division’s fourth-leakiest defence, conceding 26.
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They face a trip to relegation-threatened Hull City on Saturday, who have only won once since August.
And Pardew said he is determined to keep the exuberance Palace have displayed going forward this season.
“I set us up this year to attack teams, attack the best teams,” he said.
“We’ve been vulnerable at times, but the weakness at set plays has bitten us on the bottom. We didn’t expect that.
“We tried to change that last week, and we changed our disciplines a bit. We couldn’t go on about a clean sheet. We ticked those boxes last week.
“We want to keep the exuberance we have, scoring goals. Christian has seven already, and we look like we’ve got goals in us.”
