Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira hailed the performance of Conor Gallagher for their stalemate with Manchester City.

Gallagher was outstanding on Monday night for the hosts.

Vieira said, "Him, Cheikhou [Kouyaté] and Jeff [Schlupp] as well, the three midfielders maybe need a couple more days off than everyone else! They ran a lot… and didn't give up, and this is a really good sign for us.

"Today we showed as a team we're improving. One of the challenges was to accept that at times we won't have possession so we need to work hard to get the ball back. If we manage to understand that [in every game] and can be consistent we will improve.

"I can't stop him! I don't want to stop him. This is the energy that pushes the fans to be behind us and the fans were excellent. The last 10 minutes were really difficult but the fans and support made it easy to manage the last 10 minutes. Conor, this is his strength and this is why we love him."