Ghana midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp has commended his Crystal Palace teammates and coaching staff after their 4-3 victory over West Ham on Saturday in the Premier League.
Schlupp netted a brilliant goal after capitalising on the lethargic defence of the Hammers to score Palace’s third of the day following Jordan Ayew and Wilfred Zaha’s goals which overturned an early scare.
Schlupp attributed the team’s sudden resurgence to the kind of freedom the players are made to enjoy under new manager Roy Hodgson and his staff.
“It was crazy. It was a weird game [against West Ham], because we actually felt like we dominated the game to be honest, and you find yourself scrambling in the last five minutes!
“Personally [I thought], as a team, we played really well and dominated the game. You know they’re going to be a threat from set-pieces so we knew what we had to deal with, but I feel like we deserved the three points. It was a good performance.
“You can tell there’s some freedom in there. The coaching staff want us to express ourselves. We’ve got a lot of flair and pace, and we’re really using that. We’re frightening teams – and we want to keep that going,” Schlupp told Palace TV.
Courtesy of the win, the Eagles are currently 11th with 40 points and are 11 points clear of the drop zone.
