Bournemouth striker target happy at Crystal Palace

Yohan Cabaye hopes his flawless start on his return to the Barclays Premier League can help to give Crystal Palace a platform to mount a successful campaign.

“They played well and I think we dug in deep”.

However, Norwich nearly pulled one back just two minutes later as Alex McCarthy saved Wes Hoolahan’s shot from close range following a mazy run into the box from the Republic of Ireland worldwide, as well as the follow up from Lewis Grabban.

He said: “I have told myself that I have to get goals and there is no reason I cannot do that”. “It is someone’s opinion and we will see come the end of the season”, said Martin.

The 54-year-old manager surprised many when he left the north-east club, comfortably positioned in mid-table, to succeed Neil Warnock at Palace in January as they battled to remain in the Barclays Premier League.

He has impressed in a number of pre-season games – notably scoring an impressive hat-trick against Bromley in a 6-0 win for Palace – and could be set to be in the squad.

“That is what we are about, and have been for a couple of seasons, putting bodies on the line, getting blocks and really digging in when the going gets tough”.

Wilfried Zaha and Damien Delaney scored for Palace either side of half-time, but a Nathan Redmond strike had the visitors living on their nerves until France worldwide Cabaye, a £10 million ($15.5 million, 14.1 million euros) acquisition from Paris Saint-Germain, found the net in stoppage time.

“A real test for him, the Premier League, tactically, and media-wise he’s gonna find some tough days, but we know this first game is not ideal for us”.

The combination of their promising form after his arrival and the money spent on new players has increased expectancy levels surrounding the club. Last year we won a lot of games exactly like we did today and sometimes you scratch your head and wonder how you won it’. At Newcastle, at times, it was hard for me to implement the transfers into my agenda because the agenda was different.

Alex Neil: “I don’t believe prima donnas and they all work for the group, otherwise it won’t feature and as everyone knows, and I’m really keen on team spirit, and make sure that each group fights for each”.