Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson has declared tonight's opponents Tottenham as a "juggernaut".

Palace host the Premier League leaders at Selhurst Park.

Hodgson said: “Tomorrow night is going to be a very different game for us. We have got to find a way somehow of stopping what has proved to be something of a juggernaut so far.

“You don't play Manchester City every week, you don't play Arsenal every week, and now Tottenham have joined that group of teams that ask you very special questions.

“It's because a) they are very good physically, like Newcastle; b) they are excellent technically; and c) they have a system of play which all the players understand, and the rotation asks a lot of questions of your team.

“So that's what we have got tomorrow night. If they come out and play as well as they did against Fulham, we are going to have every bit as tough a job as Fulham had to deal with them – although I thought Fulham were very well organized defensively and did pretty well in that respect. But still, in the end, they had to accept that the opponents were too good for them."