Slav frets as Palace beckons
He fears the international break has disrupted the team’s preparation and is worried the game will come too soon for some players.
He said: ““This international break, on one hand we didn’t want it because we had that momentum and we want things to continue and keep coming because we were buzzing.
“On the other hand, because we played many games it was not bad for us, we rest a bit and we train hard and after that we rested again.
“Some players went to play international games, we are still not back totally and that is why this game against Crystal Palace is coming too soon.
Some of th players are not bck until today and the manager said: Cheikhou Kouyate, Victor Moses and Enner Valencia had a long trip, (Dimitri) Payet is back from France, it is not ideal but we will have to get back immediately into the shape that we were before the international break.”