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No excuses for 'inefficient' Chelsea performance says Crystal Palace boss
ALAN PARDEW refused to blame Crystal Palace's injury troubles for their poor performance against Chelsea.
Pardew will be expecting a step-up in performance from his players this weekend
Palace were beaten 3-0 by the champions at Selhurst Park, meaning they are now without a win or a goal in three Premier League games.
And while Pardew will welcome back Bakary Sako with open arms this weekend as he struggles to find a fit striker on his books, the 54-year-old boss would not give his side excuses for allowing a struggling Chelsea side to dominate them on their own patch.
"There’s always context to games and you can always take positives from a defeat even in the manner that it was," Pardew said.
"It was one of our best performances last year," Pardew added.
"Whether we can replicate that or not I don’t know, but we certainly have re-armed ourselves after the Chelsea game.
"We weren’t at our best. We need to get back and try and get a victory again. We’re really looking forward to it."