Ayew remains optimistic after 'unlucky' spell for Palace

Jordan Ayew cut a frustrated but optimistic figure after Crystal Palace's game with Manchester United this evening, calmly explaining that the team can and will work to overturn an 'unlucky' end to the season.

"We played really, really well," he told BT Sport. "We’re unlucky not to come out of the game with three points or even one point, but it’s part of the game and we have to keep pushing, win the next two games and we can start next year in a better way.

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"There are some games where we didn’t play well. I think at home, Chelsea and Man U today, we played really well and gave them a good game. It was a good game.

"We’re just unlucky at the moment, things aren’t going our way but…