Neil Warnock is aware Crystal Palace will
have to produce an outstanding
performance if they are to topple Barclays
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 the Eagles after back-to-back
losses at the start of this campaign,
although Warnock's men did taste defeat
in their last match 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 Barclays
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.
Crystal Palace (from): Hennessey, Kettings,
Speroni, Delaney, Fryers, Hangeland, Kelly,
Mariappa, McCarthy, Ward, Bannan,
Bolasie, Guedioura, Jedinak, Ledley,
McArthur, O'Keefe, Puncheon, Thomas,
Williams, Campbell, Chamakh, Doyle, Gayle,
Johnson, Zaha.
Chelsea (from): Cech, Courtois, Schwarzer,
Ake, Azpilicueta, Cahill, Christensen, Filipe,
Ivanovic, Terry, Zouma, Fabregas, Hazard,
Matic, Mikel, Oscar, Ramires, Salah, Willian,
Costa, Drogba, Remy, Schurrle.
Match Appointments
Referee: Craig Pawson Assistants: P
Kirkup, D Bryan Fourth Official: N
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bluez for life unbeaten run continues ktbffh

Head-Head between the two clubs shows chelsea leading with a total of seven wins,while crystal have only one and there has been two draws

Blues for Life!

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Rubbish Football club..Yannick Bolasie will destroy chelsae..

nonsense that will only happen in ur dreams