Crystal Palace defender Damien Delaney has urged fans to ease expectations around Christian Benteke.

The striker joined Palace on Saturday from Liverpool.

Delaney said: “We're not signing Messi – he's a good player but he's not a player who is going to get the ball and make things happen.

“He'll bring a presence. He's handful and we've got Connor Wickham as well so we have two very good centre forwards. Now it's time we stopped talking about things and started winning games.

“We have to get some ammunition for him and get some crosses in the box and give him a supply.

“You can say we're not scoring goals but we're not creating a whole lot of chances which also comes back to the midfielders and defenders getting better service to the front players."