Intro:

Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew was in a positive mood on Thursday (19th February) ahead of his sides match at home to Arsenal in the English Premier League on Saturday.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew:

"Arsenal give you a big problem because they have good possesion but have tremendous pace in the team so there is a nice balance, and you have to get the balance right in how you are going to approach them."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew (on his relationship between himself and Arsene Wenger):

"Listen there is a man who has been a Premier League manager for more years than he wants to remember and he is a winner and so am I, so when we clash we are going to clash at times, we both want to win, that's it, and it ends there, and I am very thankful for him to lend us Yaya Sanogo of course, its a shame he cant feature in this game, so he is not representing a favour to me in lending me that player, its just a professional decision that works for Arsenal and hopefully for us, thats what we are, professional football managers but we want to win and on Saturday on the sideline it will be exactly the same."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew:

"As much as we have got a fight for relegation, that have got a fight for the Champions League spaces so its all up for grabs and everybody is really pushing, and we will push them as much as they are going to push us."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew:

"This for us is a game, a bonus game for us, as nobody will expect us to get anything really I don't think outside of Crystal Palace so if we can get a point, three points, in this game it will be a massive boost to us."