Roy Hodgson has claimed Crystal Palace are out of the relegation battle after their 4-3 win over London rivals West Ham.
The Eagles have climbed to 11th in the Premier League table after picking up their fourth win in six games under Hodgson thanks to goals by Jordan Ayew, Wilfried Zaha, Jeffrey Schlupp and Eberechi Eze.
Hodgson says he expected the Crystal Palace's battle against the drop to continue into the final matches of the season but has now urged his players to maintain their recent bright form.
Speaking to BBC Sport, the 78-year-old said: 'Its true, we quite frankly were looking at two of the last three games being in the relegation battle, that I won't say with us because we aren't in it anymore, as being the games that we would need to produce something against to stay up.