Crystal Palace defender Damien Delaney insists they can still beat the drop.

Delaney says the display against Stoke City has to be the blueprint for Crystal Palace moving forward as they look to haul themselves to safety in the Premier League.

"This is going to go to the wire," he told the club website.

"So we need everyone to get behind us because we are certainly not dead and buried yet, we are not in a mission impossible situation.

"We have 13 games left and are only two points off getting out of the bottom three.

"As a group of players we need to stick together and move forward after the break with our game against Middlesbrough at Selhurst in a couple of weeks time."