Crystal Palace must maintain their heads and intensity as they look to survive the hectic winter schedule.

The London club are in the midst of a mini-crisis, as they are being dragged closer to the relegation zone.

However, star Chris Richards believes they must remain calm, fight for every point, and move up the table.

Richards told cpfc.co.uk: “We know going to City is always a tough game, and we know we had a tough week behind us, but we'll try to leave that behind us and take the positives from last week and hopefully use them going forward.

“Liverpool was a bit of a tough one to take, especially with the controversial double yellow [for Jordan Ayew] and just injuries here, injuries there, but I think we're really looking forward to writing the wrongs from it hopefully this weekend against City.

“When you lose a game, it's easy to think of all the negatives, but having a few days behind it now we're seeing a lot of the positives. Liverpool are easily a top-three team in the league every year and we led them to the 75-minute mark. I think if we would've kept eleven on the field the whole time, I think we could've gotten a result."