Crystal Palace defender James Tomkins says Wilfried Zaha deserves the club's Player of the Year gong.

The Palace ace was voted as the Eagles' player of the season for the third campaign in a row this week.

Tomkins said: "It is hard to argue with that. He is a player that can change things and win games on his own, and he has proved that at times this year.

"Unfortunately we lost him for a little while through injury and our points total deteriorated while he wasn't in the side, and when he came back, he has proved why he is player of the year.

"I think there were a few candidates this year, Luka [Milivojevic] has been very good and he has chipped in with the goals. We have needed his goals this year.

"Other than Wilf [Zaha], we didn't get too many, we had Macca [James McArthur] chip in with a few and Patrick [van Aanholt] too, which is nice.

"But we have that breathing space with Wilf and the quality players we have got, like Ruben [Loftus-Cheek], and when we have got them back fit, we have been a real threat."