Vieira mentioned Palace went down with no battle on Boxing Day as they misplaced 3-0 at residence to Fulham after Tyrick Mitchell and James Tomkins had each been despatched off.Vieira described that London derby defeat as “considered one of his worst days” answerable for the membership and has urged his facet to place it proper.The previous Arsenal midfielder informed a press convention: “The standard needs to be higher, however I believe the (Fulham) sport will remind ourselves in regards to the different facet of the sport.”What we do once we don’t have the ball, how we win the second ball, the place you set your head when different gamers are placing their ft.”This competitiveness we had in different video games, we have to get it again right away.”READ MOREVieira, whose facet sit eleventh within the desk, six factors away from the underside three, mentioned the Fulham defeat “confirmed we’re nonetheless a good distance away” and urged his gamers to be braver on and off the ball.”There are quite a lot of points of the sport we have to cowl, however initially it’s competitiveness,” he mentioned.”It occurred throughout the (Fulham) sport the place you’re going by way of a tough interval and it’s a must to compete and attempt to win the second ball and we didn’t do it sufficient.”We weren’t courageous sufficient to play going ahead, we performed going backwards and that has to alter. We’ve got to consider extra in ourselves, extra in what we are attempting to do.”Palace have slipped to back-to-back defeats after shedding narrowly at Nottingham Forest earlier than the World Cup break and are bidding to keep away from three straight top-flight losses for the primary time since December 2021.Vieira added: “We nonetheless have rather a lot to enhance on and off the sector. It’s necessary for us to know the place we’re and the way aggressive this league is.”If we need to enhance, we’ve got to make the proper resolution to assist the workforce be extra aggressive. We’ve had some actually good performances, however (Fulham) wasn’t considered one of them.”Palace can be with out the suspended Mitchell and Tomkins for the journey to the south coast, however fellow defender Marc Guehi is obtainable after his one-game ban.
Vieira urges Crystal Palace to ‘consider’ extra in warning to squad
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