Zaha: Palace trio should have combined earlier

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Crystal Palace attacker Wilfried Zaha questioned Alan Pardew's selection processes, after firing them to a 2-1 win at Stoke City on Saturday.

Zaha scored the decisive goal on the stroke of half-time at the Britannia Stadium, with Glenn Murray scoring the other from the penalty spot and helping set-up what proved to be the winner.

It was just Murray's fourth start since returning from a loan stint at Reading, and Zaha said the attacking combination of the two goal-scorers and Yannick Bolasie should have come about earlier.

"I don't know why we did not play me, Yannick and Glenn earlier," Zaha said post-match, as reported by The Mirror.

"We know each other inside out and it's working a treat. I'm buzzing, I got a goal again.

"I'm adding goals now. If you're playing well as a winger no-one really talks about it, but scoring is the main thing."

"I'm smiling now, definitely," the match-winner said.

"I do smile when I need to.

"But when it's time to be serious, I'm serious. When it's time to play around, I will play around. I will smile when I need to."