Neil Warnock is aware Crystal Palace
will have to produce an outstanding
performance if they are to topple Premier
League leaders Chelsea.
The two sides meet at Selhurst Park on Saturday, with
Palace hoping for a repeat of last season's
corresponding fixture, which the hosts won 1-0 in
March thanks to a John Terry own goal.
That victory signalled the start of a five-match
winning sequence that saw Palace pull clear of the
relegation zone under Tony Pulis.
A four-match unbeaten league streak boosted Palace
after back-to-back losses at the start of this campaign,
although Warnock's men did taste defeat in their last
game before the international break - a 2-0 reverse at
Hull City.
With Saturday's opponents making a flying start to
2014-15 with 19 points from the first seven matches,
Warnock knows his players face a daunting task.
"It's going to take a superhuman effort," he said. "It's
a difficult task for anyone that plays them.
"You say [Diego] Costa, but [Eden] Hazard, Oscar and
[Cesc] Fabregas - they're all top-class players. I worry
about our players, not theirs. If you think about theirs
you wouldn't sleep.
"Everyone knows what they can do and you've got to
hope they have an off day. You can help that by being
well organised yourselves and I think we've got people
who can cause problems for them.
"We've got to get our major players into the game as
well and that's what we're trying to do. Better teams
than us tried to beat them and failed so we have to do
something special."
In Costa, Chelsea boast the Premier League's leading
scorer, the Spain international having netted nine
times since his July move from Atletico Madrid.
Jose Mourinho was outspoken in his need for a world-
class striker last season and many see Costa as the
final piece in the jigsaw as Chelsea look to clinch a
first league title since 2009-10.
"Right now, there is no better number nine than
Costa," said Hazard, who feels he is benefiting from
the forward's presence in the team. "He is the type of
striker who can unlock a rotten game.
"He also has a great mentality. He gives everything for
the team, perhaps sometimes too much!
"He is such a dangerous number nine, he inevitably
attracts defenders. So there is definitely less attention
on me.
"Especially since the opposition also have to keep an
eye on Fabregas, who can make the difference with the
quality of his passing. So I have a little more space."
Palace's only absentee is defender Scott Dann, who
was carried off on a stretcher with an ankle injury
during the defeat at Hull.
Chelsea have doubts over Didier Drogba (ankle) and
Ramires (muscular), while Andre Schurrle missed
Germany's Euro 2016 qualifier against Republic of
Ireland on Tuesday through illness.

Hmmmm. NA 2day? is a win game already

Chelsea All The Way!