International quartet ready

- Phillip Billing – Georgia U21 v Denmark U21 (kickoff 1pm); Jonas Lössl & Mathias Zanka – Denmark v Chile (kick-off 8pm); Aaron Mooy – Colombia v Australia (kick-off 8pm) ■■Andros Townsend knows talent alone is not enough to guarantee Crystal Palace’s Premier League safety.

Palace gave their survival hopes a big boost at relegation rivals Huddersfield Town, where goals from James Tomkins and Luka Milivojevic clinched them a 2-0 win.

Roy Hodgson’s side, buoyed by the return of talisman Wilfried Zaha, snapped a four-game losing run to climb back out of the bottom three, but Townsend issued a warning.

“In a relegation battle you need more than talent,” the winger said.

“You need heart and desire. You need everything we showed at Huddersfield and we’re going to need that same attitude in the last seven games if we’re going to survive.”

Townsend knows what it takes having twice been involved in failed relegation battles with former clubs QPR and Newcastle.

“I’ve been in teams before when people said we were too good to go down, we know that’s never the case,” he said.

“We’ve had a lot of injuries to key players at key moments.

“Hopefully everyone’s on the way back and we can have a strong end to the season and finish on a high.”

Zaha’s influence after recovering from a knee injury was key to Palace’s success at the John Smith’s Stadium, while the timely returns of Mamadou Sakho, Yohan Cabaye and Ruben Loftus-Cheek also galvanised the Eagles.

In the nine games in total Zaha has missed through injury this season, Palace have not won a single point.

“Yeah I think that’s a massive boost – Wilf,” Townsend added.

“The stats when he’s not in the team. I don’t need to harp on about it, but he’s an incredible player for us.”