...WILLIAN

Willian will probably be involved against Crystal Palace after training with the team for the last few days. He's a really important player for us. I think any team in this league, even at his age, if you have him you are stronger. With Willian we are stronger, there is no doubt about it. It doesn't look like he is 35, it is not important for me. What is important is the way he is playing and training as well. He is almost always ready to improve something. He's a really important piece in our football club right now.

...AIM OF THE SEASON

The next game is against Palace, a team in a good moment and we are playing at the Cottage and we want to be at our best level because we know even if they are in a good moment, us at our best level is going to be really difficult for them and the message is clear to reach the certain type of standards that we have at home.

...CRYSTAL PALACE

You can see the results, you can see the performances as well. It's always a big help when you have some key players recovering from injuries. You can see Palace, no doubts, they are much stronger if they have Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise in a very good level, and Jordan Ayew in a very good level as well. They have these players around and they have a striker in very good form, too – that is Jean-Philippe]Mateta in very good form. When you have two young lads, but already with some experience, like Eze and Olise at their top level, they are players that can make a difference against any team in this competition because, in my opinion, they are really two top players.

...INJURY REPORT

Michael Olise is fit to start at Craven Cottage, but Eberechi Eze is questionable after picking up a knee problem and we will decide tomorrowif it makes sense that he plays.

...4 WINS IN A ROW

The performances and what the players are doing and what they show in training in these small, short sessions, give me confidence. But it would be the biggest mistake that we can make to say 'OK, we won at Liverpool, who were in second position at that time, we won against eighth, West Ham, and we won against the sixth Newcastle, so that automatically means you win against the 13th Fulham. This would be our biggest mistake.

...MATETA

He's the number nine in the middle of the pitch and he's our most offensive player, so he should be there when he gets the chances and he has now the confidence to finish them. Everything he shows is what he's doing, so of course we encourage and support every single player. If you invest a lot in something, you get the reward, and JP gets the reward for the time, for the effort he's investing every single day. I like to see this because it's not doing nothing and scoring many goals, or doing nothing and being successful in life.

...OUR PERFORMANS

Of course we hoped that it would happen. Now, the performances are really good, but it's the same - it's not certain that it happens again in the future, so you always have to deserve it, you always have to work on it.