After the Eagles’ club-record 19-game unbeaten run came to an end just shy of the October international break – a run which encompassed two major trophy victories at Wembley, and a first-ever qualification and win for European football proper in the club’s history – a new chapter begins when Bournemouth visit Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon.

Palace’s defeat at Everton arrived despite their general dominance of the game preceding it, but with seven games to play in the 22 days between the visits of Bournemouth and Brighton to SE25, the Manager believes everyone will grow from the adventure to follow.

“I think you don't learn it [the need to be clinical] in one, two or three games,” he said, in the embargoed section of his pre-match press conference. “You need to experience it.

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