Palace's Andros Townsend: 'We knew we could beat Arsenal after Chelsea upset'

Crystal Palace winger Andros Townsend has claimed that he and his teammates were confident of overcoming Arsenal at Selhurst Park on Monday night because they managed to cause an upset against Chelsea.

Sam Allardyce's side stunned the Gunners with a 3-0 triumph, nine days after they earned a shock 2-1 victory over Chelsea.

In between that time, Palace lost 3-1 to Southampton, but they still look on track in the relegation fight as they now sit six points above the drop with seven games left to play.

Townsend, Yohan Cabaye and Luka Milivojevic were among the scorers against Arsenal on Monday night.

"It was an incredible victory," BBC Sport quotes Townsend as saying. "We're full of confidence and we were confident we could do it tonight after the win at Chelsea.

"We had to work extremely hard. We knew the pressure was off and we could hit them on the counter-attack. The plan was about getting the ball to Christian Benteke and then getting the bits off him. We implemented that to a tee."

Next up for Palace is a home clash against last season's Premier League champions Leicester City on Saturday.