Alan Pardew wants Crystal Palace consistency after Stoke victory
Sunday 18 September 2016 17:57, UK
Alan Pardew has challenged Crystal Palace to produce a consistent run of results after beating Stoke 4-1 on Sunday.
James Tomkins, Scott Dann, James McArthur and Andros Townsend scored in a convincing victory for Palace at Selhurst Park.
Palace have now won back-to-back games for the first time this year, having started the season with successive defeats.
"This team has changed drastically in the summer, we knew we had to do that," Pardew told Sky Sports. "It's difficult to change a team and change the style a bit. It was a nice rubber stamp today.
"This was the end game with what we have been trying to do and now it needs to turn into consistency. If we can produce that level of performance more often than not we will have a good season."
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Townsend particularly impressed and capped off a man-of-the-match display by scoring a fine fourth goal.
"Andros was sensational," said Pardew. "He has been threatening to play like that, I hope Big Sam [England manager Sam Allardyce] was watching.
"We looked solid, we are a very powerful team and that was obvious today. Powerful in the top line, powerful at set plays, and that won us the game."
The only negatives for Palace were the late goal conceded and injuries to Tomkins and Joe Ledley.
Pardew said he was unsure how long Tomkins, who was taken off at half-time, would be out.
"It's such a shame to lose him, he has just hurt his knee. We hope it's not too serious," he added.
"It shows we have great professionalism in the background because Damien [Delaney] came on and we didn't look any different.
"It was a solid performance, it was a shame they scored but I can't lean on a negative because we were terrific."
