Alan Pardew: Wilfried Zaha must improve concentration at Crystal Palace

The Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha showed a lack of desire in Sunday’s 1-0 loss to Tottenham Hotspur and needs to improve his concentration, according to his manager, Alan Pardew.

Zaha has started all six Premier League games for Palace but the 22-year-old Ivory Coast-born player has only once completed the full 90 minutes. He has been withdrawn before the 60-minute mark three times, including on Sunday, and Pardew did not hide his disappointment.

“The issue with Wilf is that he’s a fabulous footballer. I’m trying to get him to understand that every moment in every game is very important,” Pardew said. “It’s about concentration, about having that same desire to defend and attack, movement and everything that a top player produces. Unfortunately I didn’t think he did that.

“He had 45 minutes to show me he was up to speed on those areas and he wasn’t. He needs to take away a lesson. He’s perhaps unlucky to be taken off because there were one or two others that were probably just below the level, but he was probably worst of the pack.”

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