Roy Hodgson spoke about Patrick van Aanholt after the Dutchman's goalscoring display at home to Huddersfield Town.
After a difficult first half, Crystal Palace comfortably overcame the Terriers in the second half, with Van Aanholt's trademark overlapping run and finish killing off the game.
Ahead of Spurs tomorrow night, the left-back's return to being in amongst the goals was a welcome sight for Hodgson:
"If I were to be honest, and I think he is honest too, I don't think it has been as good of a season as the one had last year; I thought last year, especially towards the end of the season when we had a wonderful end and really got a lot of points to lift us from certain relegation, I thought Patrick was outstanding in that period of time.