Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson says he wants to see more of a Christian Benteke and Wilfried Zaha partnership.
The duo were both on target for the Eagles last weekend, where Hodgson’s men carried out a shock win over Arsenal at the Emirates.
Speaking ahead of this weekend’s game against Everton at Selhurst Park, Hodgson expressed his admiration for the partnership forming between the two. The former England manager also admitted that he was looking forward to seeing the pair make more connections on the field on Saturday.
As reported by Goal, Hodgson said:
I am rather hoping that the partnership he formed with Wilf on Sunday [can continue]; I thought that was a rather good partnership and they played very well together. We are hoping we are going to see that for the next three games.
He [Benteke] was good in the weeks leading up to that game [against Arsenal], he had a couple of appearances coming on as sub and obviously everyone has been rooting for him to get that goal because it is a long time for a forward not to get one.
He has had all his injury problems to contend with so of course I am certain he is, like everyone else, delighted to get that monkey off his back and to now make certain he can go forward and finish the season as strongly as he showed he is capable of doing in these last two or three weeks.
