“The temper is buzzing, the music is bouncing and everyone seems to be glad.”
These have been the phrases of Crystal Palace striker Eddie Nketiah after he scored his first Premier League purpose for the membership within the 4-1 win over Aston Villa at Selhurst Park on Tuesday.
Palace have turned a nook after a sluggish begin to the season, profitable simply one in every of their first 10 league video games, and at the moment are on a run of simply three losses in 15 matches.
They sit twelfth within the Premier League desk, however are simply eight factors off Manchester Metropolis in fifth, having performed a sport extra.
“We all know that we will carry out very effectively and that is what we confirmed as we speak,” mentioned supervisor Oliver Glasner.
The beating of Villa felt like a key second with quite a few milestones for gamers within the Crystal Palace squad.
England midfielder Adam Wharton began his first league sport since October after harm, France striker Jean-Philippe Mateta scored once more, England playmaker Eberechi Eze appeared again to his free-flowing self and striker Nketiah scored his first purpose for Palace within the Premier League since signing from Arsenal in the summertime.
Senegal ahead Ismaila Sarr, in the meantime, scored two objectives on his twenty seventh birthday.
The Eagles have the possibility to succeed in the FA Cup quarter-finals in the event that they beat London rivals Millwall on Saturday and at the moment are chasing a second successive top-half end.
“I believe all of us get the reward and the gamers get the reward for his or her laborious work,” Glasner mentioned.
“We anticipated it and I discussed it very often that the beginning [of the season] could be fairly bumpy. Pre-season not going within the excellent approach, many gamers arriving late. A very powerful factor is that we stayed collectively and labored laborious.
“I believe now we will see the progress and improvement of particular person gamers, of the system and the gamers know the way we have now to play and what we have now to do.
“One factor is idea and the opposite factor is rework it on to the pitch and that is one factor that they’re doing rather well in the previous couple of weeks and months.”
Glasner was fast to level out, nevertheless, that simply 10 days in the past he was sitting in the identical spot disillusioned after a 2-1 dwelling defeat by Everton.
“It’s at all times to work in your soccer and work on the group and keep collectively,” he mentioned about his targets. “That is what we’re doing no matter what the outcomes are.”
