Pardew wants Wickham to emulate Kane

His general play, we should be able to deal with.

Yannick Bolasie (hip/thigh), Damien Delaney (knock) and Kwesi Appiah (knee) are all unavailable.

Mauricio Pochettino has been keen to keep focus amid talk of a title challenge, but, with FA Cup and Europa League glory to play for and a top-four finish firmly achievable, Spurs travel to south London in good shape to extend Palace’s poor form.

The Eagles haven’t won or scored in their last four league outings, resulting in the team dropping to seventh in the table, five points outside the top four.

With those two clubs proving nearly impossible to beat – and the Spurs owning just one win over the trio – Harry Kane and company have no room for error as they head into their match against eight-place Crystal Palace.

The 54-year-old manager has full confidence in goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey being in the right mental state after the heavy defeat last weekend and will have no qualms about picking him again. Looking to help eek that gap out more this week is Tottenham’s lead striker Harry Kane, with the Englishman looking for a 13 league goal of the season.

“And I include Jamie Vardy in that”, said Alan Pardew. We’ve not let him hide from those mistakes. He was our player of the month for December, but he has to get back to his best. He’s a laid-back character, not one to lay in bed and worry at night too much, but I’ve made him worry. “They are missing and it gives us a problem”.

Crystal Palace have lost all three of their Premier League games since the turn of 2016 and have a goal difference of -8 from these games (0 goals scored, 8 goals conceded).

“The players and the squad are very focused, to be ready, to prepare and to compete”.

The Togo global has failed to find a club since being released by Spurs in September but hopes to rejuvenate his career at another Premier League side.

This is a tough game but Tottenham are playing really well.