Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho admits he was in awe of Crystal Palace's players after last season's shock 1-0 defeat.
The three points went a long way to Palace beating the drop.
Mourinho said of the 1-0 Palace win in March: "I wanted to kill my guys. But they [Palace] were amazing. And they needed those points to survive. So, in the middle of my unhappiness, I was mature enough to say - hey, these guys were brilliant, because they did very well.
"I told the Palace guys 'congratulations' one by one."
