The Eagles travel to current league leaders Arsenal on Sunday afternoon before a midweek Carabao Cup trip to Liverpool – a team that Palace have, of course, won both meetings with already so far this season.

Although Palace go into the tough double header off the back of three matches without a win, including a tough defeat to AEK Larnaca on Thursday night, the Eagles have arguably had more than enough chances to claim victory on all three occasions.

And speaking after Thursday’s loss at Selhurst Park, Lacroix told Palace TV: “I think everyone is disappointed. But I think we showed that we can create a lot of chances, so I think it's better to look at the positives.

“Congratulations to Larnaca, they had a plan and it worked, but yeah, I think this type of loss helps us to show that we h

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