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​Crystal Palace players keen to dispel Zaha record - Hodgson

Crystal Palace are out to break a recent record that has developed within the team.

Palace have not won any of the last ten games when Wilfried Zaha has been absent through injury or suspension.

Their manager Roy Hodgson knows how important Zaha is to the team's attack.

But he also knows the team has to do their bit to win games in the winger's absence.

Hodgson said to Sky Sports: "Until such time as we do win a game, Wilf can sit there happily knowing he is the man that's got to play if we are to win a game.

"But I don't think the other players are happy with that - they know that there are going to be matches when Wilf for some reason or other is not able to play.

"So they have no desire to accept that a game is a lost cause without him, but until they do win a game, I can't say it is nothing but a fact."

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