Crystal Palace captain Wilfried Zaha has welcomed back manager Roy Hodgson.

Hodgson has returned to the Eagles after the dismissal of Patrick Vieira.

Zaha said, “[His message has been] mainly that you don't become awful players overnight. Just keep that hope, remember that you're good players, and go into the games confident.

“He's come in and tried to give that confidence to the players. Our team is young. We've gone through a rough spell. It's easy to start pointing the finger and blaming each other, but he's come in, and this week has just been a confidence week.

“[We're] doing drills for the attackers where we're scoring lots of goals, and for the defenders where they're tightening things up and working together – just the basics, so you get a bit of confidence leading up to the game.

“That's what he's done: give the boys hope. 'You're still very good players and one win can transform everything.' That's what he's done."