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A disjointed start from Palace so far.

Pino pounces on an underhit backpass from Mosquera for Sa and tries to lift the ball over the head of the Wolves goalkeeper but his effort is wide of the target.

He had time and space to work with there, he should be doing better.

The home side are yet to really get a foot on the ball.

Sky Sports' Nick Wright at Selhurst Park:

"Wolves boss Rob Edwards said he expects Jorgen Strand Larsen to be 'up for it' against his former club in his pre-match interview with Sky Sports.

"The striker had a grin on his face while taking part in a shooting drill down in front of us in the press box and finished up by firing a nice effort across back-up goalkeeper Remi Matthews and into the corner of the net.

"He's heading down the tunnel now, along with the rest of Crystal Palace's players. The home fans near the tunnel applaud them off. How will they welcome Oliver Glasner? We'll find out soon."

Wolves boss Rob Edwards to Sky Sports on recalling Tolu Arokodare to his starting line-up:

"We felt it suits the game today. Tolu, in the second half in particular, did really well [against Arsenal].

"He gives us a reference to go into, which allows us to have a little bit more variation in our game.

"The reason the other day was that he had done four full games in a row and we felt, with the amount of running you have to do against Arsenal, it might not be a game for him to start.

"But he really influenced it when he came on so he deserves to play today and we hope the game will suit him."

Sky Sports' Jamie Carragher on Oliver Glasner pre-match:

“He seems a little bit more positive there than he has been for a long time in that interview. He is almost talking about his legacy, how well they’ve done this season.

“Of course, he’s up for grabs. Someone’s going to have him next season [when he leaves] Crystal Palace.”

On worsening results potentially affecting Glasner’s reputation: “That’s part of the problem because everybody knows he is going at the end of the season.

“Does that affect the players in terms of how they play for the manager? Is the manager thinking about his legacy?

“So I think that’s in the back of Crystal Palace’s minds and maybe the board as well.

"Maybe if he is not full in for Crystal Palace and is thinking about himself and where he goes next season, it might be better if they shake hands and walk away if today doesn’t go well or the next couple of weeks.”

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Mikel Arteta urges under-fire Arsenal to show what they are made of against Spurs after Wolves setback

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Mikel Arteta urges under-fire Arsenal to show what they are made of against Spurs after Wolves setback - Sky Sports

Mikel Arteta has encouraged Arsenal to "show what they are made of" in Sunday's north London derby against Tottenham as they aim to bounce back from their draw with Wolves.

Arsenal's title credentials have been questioned after they threw away a two-goal lead to the Premier League's bottom club at Molineux.

Pep Guardiola's side were able to cut the deficit to two points when they beat Newcastle 2-1 on Saturday evening, but Arteta insists his players are ready to get back on track in Sunday's game, which is live on Sky Sports.

Wednesday's result means Arsenal have now lost seven points from winning positions since the turn of the year, and only won only two of their last seven Premier League games.

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So much is the psychological scrutiny that Arteta was asked during his pre-match press conference about the 'bottlers' tag directed at his team from some quarters.

"It's not part of my vocabulary," he fired back.

"What I have seen is a tremendous reaction again and I am not surprised at all.

"When you lose points with the last kick of the game and in a very unpredictable manner, nobody can really understand that.

"But this is football and that is the beauty of football.

"That was a chapter. We have a long season and chapter 27 says we drew against Wolves in this manner.

"What I am interested in is the next one. What is this team made of? What do we do about this and how we write our own destiny from here and going forward?

"That's it. You have to react to it because life moves on and as unfortunate as it was, there is nothing we can do. However, what we can do a lot about is what happens next."

Asked if Sunday's derby, which will see Igor Tudor take charge of his first game with Spurs 16th, is the biggest in recent memory, Arteta added: "It's the one that is next and it is one we cannot wait to play.

"We'd all love to play the game today to get that feeling we have in our tummies and use it in the right way.

"We have to show it on Sunday."

Arsenal could welcome Martin Odegaard and Kai Havertz back from injury at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with Arteta saying there is a "big possibility" they will be available.

Tudor '100 per cent sure' of Spurs survival

While Arsenal are competing for the title, Spurs are hovering only two places above the drop zone.

But new boss Tudor is adamant they will not be relegated under his watch.

Asked how confident he was that Spurs would be in the Premier League next season, Tudor insisted: "One hundred per cent."

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Tudor had earlier stated that he did not want the players to be thinking about a relegation battle, only the work they need to do to improve.

"This is not important. Fighting for every position, relegation, first position, UEFA places, you achieve the position because of what you do during the week and on Sunday. It is a consequence of this. It brings you nothing if you think about relegation.

"All these goals are far away. I never give them importance. I never speak about results and what we want to achieve at the end of the season. I don't believe in this. I believe in today's training. This is all I want the players to think about. The position is a consequence of this.

"Five points [above the relegation zone], 10, two, it is the same. We need to be focused. Let's focus on this and see what we can attain. Looking down or up brings you nothing."

Asked what he had said to his players, Tudor replied: "The players want to have clarity about what we want. This was the goal. To send a message about values and how we want to play."

Of facing Arsenal in his first game, he added: "It is an amazing game to restart. I have heard a lot of good things about them. We need to show them that we care and we want to make a change immediately."

He would not be drawn on who will captain the side in the absence of the suspended Cristian Romero, saying: "You will see on Sunday."

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