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Team news?

It's the same as for Saturday. Lamela, Danny Rose, Michel Vorm still out. No new injuries. The other players are ok, ready for tomorrow.

When is Danny Rose back?

It's so difficult. Three months he's been injured. Today he started to do some things with the group. We'll see how he reacts in the next few days then we'll see. Training and trying to compete after three months we must be careful with him, but we are happy he is in a good way and we hope as soon as possible he can available to picked in the squad again.

Back for Sunday?

It's so difficult to say. Today it's so difficult. We need to check him. He needs to feel training hard and recover the feeling of the competition after three months. It's always so difficult for the player coming back from injury. We'll see. We're not closed, we're so flexible and always hoping each day to assess the player.

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What is the mood in the camp like?

Today its very good. It's true the week was so difficult with Thursday the tragic situation with Ugo, it was difficult to handle for all. We played well Saturday and deserved more, but as I told you after the game I feel very proud, we played very well, the effort was fantastic.

It's so difficult to win. That's football. They were so disppointed. It's true that Sunday and Monday were difficult days but it helped to stay here all together, run a little bit, training together and now we have the game tomorrow.

It will be a tough game. In the last months, Crystal Palace are playing so well, they won against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, beat Arsenal at home and then on Sunday they beat Liverpool. I speak very highly about the team and the impact of Sam Allardyce on the team. It will be a very tough game.

When you are competing at that level, it's so difficult, there's no time to regret or complain, just be ready in the present and look at the games that we have ahead and try to give your best like Saturday.

Will Crystal Palace away be your toughest test?

All different games will be tough games. This is most difficult because it's our next game. They are playing very well. They have very good players. You can see in the last few weeks how they play. If you are able to beat Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal, it's because you are full of confidence and have a lot of quality.

That is why we are aware and we must give our best to try to get the three points. We are fighting for the Premier League to be at the end, if it's not possible to catch Chelsea to be in the top four. The next six games are all finals.

To catch Chelsea do you have to win all of them?

Of course and and that's still not sure you will catch up Chelsea. It's up to Chelsea. The same as I told you a few weeks ago. We'll see. Today they play and we'll see what happened. Tomorrow, after what happens tonight, it's a game that we must win.

Will you be watching the game?

I'll be watching. Southampton is a very special place for me and special team forever. But it's true that it will be Important for us if Chelsea drop points and then if are able to win tomorrow to try to reduce the gap. Always when you are trying to fighting for this type of trophy it's good to have some help when you are in behind your opponent.

Are Conte's complaints about scheduling a sign they are worried?

He was unhappy about it on Saturday but I don't know. You never know. We are looking for all. The matter that we need to be focused on is ourself. I don't know if Chelsea play before or after, only it's day by day for us. Every season it's the same.

Sometimes it's for you, sometimes it's against you. It's about different schedules for different teams. The most important thing is to adapt yourself. Okay, I think it's the same that all teams we try to complain, to send some message to the people. I think it is normal, nothing to say.

Dele Alli - should have been in contention for main PFA award?

I think we've spoken a lot about Dele Alli in the last two seasons. Now it's the moment to talk about Crystal Palace and the team. I think all the individual achievement that the players have had this season or last, are very important and we feel very happy for them. But now we need to be focused on trying to win games, to finish in the best way and concentrate on today.

When we finish the season it will be the moment to enjoy all the achievement and look at those achievements and I hope collective achievements. This is the most important things. All our fans, and the players and the club want to achieve the collective things. They are the most important.

Can you guarantee Dele will be here next season?

I cannot guarantee nothing in life. The most important thing is to try to enjoy the present. I'm so sad [about Ugo] - don't think too much about the future. In the future we will take the best decision for the club. Because after nearly three years you can see how the team is always improving every season and always our decisions at the moments and so far have been good.

Trust in the club that we will take the best decision for the club to try to achieve things, to improve next season again. That’s most important that we care a lot about club and now please we must focus on the present and try to help the team and club to be there if Chelsea drop points and it will be special if in maybe the last season at White Hart Lane we win the Premier League.

It's important we have six games, it doesn't look like many games, but it's a lot of games in three or four weeks and we must give our best, big efforts for all of us for the players to try to focus, don’t think about holidays, rumours or what will happen next season.

Please I want the last three or four weeks the big effort from everyone to try to achieve. Then if we can achieve we congratulate everyone and try next season.

Is Selhurst Park a special, difficult stadium?

Every stadium is special for different reasons, some because they are so big, for others are so tight, different styles of fans. I love every single away game because it’s a great chance to see our fans, who are unbelieveable.

Every time we play away our fans are amazing. England is different from other countries as the fans make the game different. Football is different here because of the fans. I think Crystal Palace have a tight stadium and the fans are so warm, intense and it will be special. They are in a very good run and we are fighting for the title. It will be a very interesting game on and off the pitch.

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Sam Allardyce says he is making lots of changes, that's good news for you?

Every manager tries to take the best decision for their club. If he changes it’s because he needs to add more energy to the team. They have a very good squad, players and then we will see.

I don't know the starting XI or 18 players who will be involved in the squad, but I think both the collective philosophy is clear and the way they will play.

Can you see the belief Sam Allardyce brings to the players?

We can see every game, belief, players look confident – that’s the most important in that moment when he took charge. Important to translate confidence, trust, belief that was the big impact on the team.

Are you worried about Wembley form?

I am not worried, I am so honest. If you analyse all the games, it will be different if we move there next season. I am not worried, the team played so well against Chelsea and against Gent with ten players.

We beat CSKA in the last Champions League game. Against Monaco and Leverkusen they were games we didn’t play well but we competed. I am not worried. Now we need to be focused and try to find a way to feel comfortable there and win games if we move next season.

Any truth in suggestions of Davies having an injury which is why Son played at wing-back against Chelsea?

Ben is ok, it's true that during three months he played a lot of games and sometimes you need to rest some players but I think the team played well.

Son played in a position we tried to be more offensive, we tried to stop in different ways, not wait for Moses, push him to play in the back five. I think he made a very good job and when you lose of course you need to find and try to improve. I think the decision was to be more offensive and try to play in a way to win the game always. We'll see tomorrow, Ben is ok, he needed to rest a little bit.

Would you use Son there again?

Yes of course, he was good, unlucky as I think it wasn’t a penalty and maybe the feeling is bad but I am so happy with him, the effort, if Tottenham play well it’s because of him too.

It is a little bit unlucky, when you concede after four minutes and then when you are playing well and pushing at 1-1, a penalty that for me wasn't a penalty. Then you dominate in the second half but maybe with a different XI it would have happened the same way.

But we try to find different ways to play, to be offensive, respect the philosophy. But I am happy, but Ben is ok and will maybe play tomorrow.

After Chelsea last season the team struggled, can that happen again?

No, that was completely different. After the draw at Chelsea, there were two more games to play but Leicester in that moment won the Premier League and that was a big disappointment. It's completely different from now.

Now we lost the semi-final but six more games ahead we are fighting to catch Chelsea and to be in the top four. You can see the size of the teams fighting with us, it’s different from last season. No reason now not to be focused and try to win games. Completely different.

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There have been questions about mentality in big games?

No doubt. First of all, to have the chance to win titles you need to arrive at that level and two years ago we were so far, not even two years. The first year was so difficult to change, we start to reveal after the first season. It’s important to have memory, because in the first season we arrive we got 35 players and we start to rebuild the team during the season.

Not to arrive sign 10 players and put out another 12 players. That's important. We started to compete in the last two seasons. Last season we finished third, the best finish in the Premier League for Tottenham.

Now we are second, fighting with the big sides with a completely different project, the mentality is fantastic – the mentality is to win always. But when you compete with Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool – come on. The players deserve full credit and remove that idea because it’s not true. They are winners. Another thing is to win titles, but they are winners.

Reports of Walker being disappointed not to start against Chelsea and had a chat with you?

It’s like many rumours before, Kyle, like Dele, Christian Eriksen, Toby, Lloris, Mauricio Pochettino. There's many rumours now about many things. I never speak about rumours and now is not the moment to speak about individual matters, first of all me, a lot of links, and today a new link if you don't know.

It’s important to be honest with the club, and try to give our best and be focused now. After last game, yes it will be a moment to spend 24 hours to speak about the future of everyone but not now. The club and fans deserve to be focused on catch Chelsea, and if not finish second, and if not finish third and if not finish fourth. It's important to win games now and I am focusing on the team.