Wilfried Zaha claimed his season “starts now” after scoring in back-to-back games for Crystal Palace.
The winger had to put behind him the disappointment of not forcing through a transfer during the summer and he had not found the net until last weekend against Liverpool.
Zaha told Palace TV: “Let me be honest, the only thing I’ve changed is just let me worry about myself, that’s it. I used to get annoyed about everything: the referee, the other team and my own team-mates at times.
“My season starts now, from (last) Saturday, I’ll just worry about myself and do what I do.”
“I’m glad I could take the opportunity, take the defender on and finish,” said Zaha.
“I’m playing on the left, and obviously people are going to show me on to my left because they know I want to come in and shoot on my right. I’ve had to practice on it and it’s match day so I’ve got to show I’ve been practising.”
“They are still a fine side,” he said. “I certainly don’t think it is an easy one. A slightly freer element in that our crowd will certainly be behind us, they love to take a scalp when they can. City are still a top side and we will have to be right on top of our performance.”
Dyche added: “Westy has been in good form, we know that, and he was last season. He has a good connection with Corky and we knew that would be a challenge to make anyone fit in there. But they stuck at it and tried to make the game come our way.”
Dyche was waiting to learn the extent of Charlie Taylor’s hamstring injury after the left-back was forced off in the first half.
