Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha was delighted with his side’s “dream” win over Chelsea on Saturday.
The Ivory Coast international made his long-awaited return from injury against the Blues and duly delivered, producing a superb performance and clinching the winning goal.
Zaha latched onto Mamadou Sakho’s pass on the edge of the box and was able to cut in and fire beyond the reach of Thibaut Courtois to help his Palace side to their first win of the season against the reigning champions.
Although the Eagles remain rooted to the bottom of the table, Zaha as quoted by Goal discussed his positivity following the game.
I worked hard to come back so today it is just a dream to beat Chelsea at home. We have got great players and now the confidence will start building and I am sure we can climb up the table.
Getting the first goal was a massive confidence boost for the whole team and we all just worked so hard, pulled together well and produced a great performance.
Zaha made his first appearance since the opening day defeat at home to Huddersfield, and is looking to establish himself as the side’s talisman once again following the injury to Christian Benteke.
They had come back level so to get the next goal was going to be vital so it was nice to get the winner. I need to keep working at my finishing because I don’t score enough goals but I was buzzing to get the goal today.
I was really tired at the end but I just need to keep working hard in training and just get back to full fitness as soon as possible.
There remains work to be done for Palace, but such a prestigious win will undoubtedly aid them in their pursuit of staying up.
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