Ward: Time to put Chelsea result behind us

Joel Ward says Palace are looking to put their defeat to Chelsea behind them as they take on Leicester City at the King Power Stadium this evening.

“It’s one of those you never want to lose,” he told Sky Sports in his pre-match interview. “It’s not nice to lose and you want to put it right as soon as you can, and we’ve been working hard on the training pitch to ensure we give ourselves the best chance coming here tonight.

“It’s always nice to have back-to-back games. It’s been a bit of an odd time because we had a period before the Everton game where we had quite a bit of time off, and then after Chelsea. After results like Chelsea you want to put things right and that’s what we intend to do…