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Former Newcastle United striker Andrew Cole: "If you look at Burnley as a whole, a lot of those guys are English guys, playing for the first time in the Premier League and playing as if it could be their last season in the Premier League. It's taken time, but they're having a good go at it and they're getting results.

"For QPR, it was one of their better performances away from home. They looked a lot better today, but they still come away with no points."

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Burnley manager Sean Dyche: "Credit to both teams, the weather was atrocious. The ball was going all over the place. I thought we did slightly better, created good chances. Their keeper has made some fantastic saves.

"We've been in good shape all season. I'm not trying to fool anyone. This group is open-minded, trying to challenge themselves in this division. I'm really pleased with how the players are going about it.

"Most people had us down as needing snookers by Christmas. We don't. We've been performing well, not always getting what we thought we deserved. You look at the goals we're scoring - Scott Arfield's today, if Alexis Sanchez scores that, it would be shown 100 times over the weekend."

Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew, speaking to Sky Sports: "We have to come out of our shell. We have to open our wings and see if we have some beautiful flight in there, which I am sure we have. We have players who can express themselves and they need to do that."

The Crystal Palace eagle has done just what Pardew is after from his players which can mean only one thing - kick-off is just a few minutes away.

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Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert: "We have to put it right, we have to do better in the last third. We have to keep working hard and hopefully it will come.

"We need creative lads to help the group. We have to do a lot better in the final third."

The Football League's bottom side Hartlepool beat Cheltenham 2-0 to close the gap on 22nd-placed Carlisle to seven points.

League Two leaders Wycombe beat York 1-0, with second-placed Burton seeing off neighbours Mansfield 2-1.

Lowly Northampton surprised promotion-chasing Exeter 2-0 in Devon, while mid-table Cambridge beat Carlisle 1-0.

Newport beat Portsmouth 1-0 in a disputed win with the assistant referee flagging County's goal for offside but the referee overruling him.

AFC Wimbledon lost to Stevenage by the same scoreline they did against Liverpool on Monday 2-1.

Dagenham & Redbridge drew 0-0 with Oxford, as did Morecambe and second-from-bottom Tranmere and Southend and Plymouth.

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Tottenham have arguably one of the best English strikers in the Premier League in the shape of Harry Kane. He has five goals in his last five Premier League games and will be looking for goal number six tonight.

It has been a pretty good season so far for English strikers, but who is the best in the Premier League right now, and why?

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Chelsea assistant coach Steve Holland, talking about Thibaut Courtois' injury and the omission of Gary Cahill: "It was something that Thibaut picked up in the game against Tottenham. If it had been vital to play he could but when we had Petr Cech as a replacement it was a no-brainer.

"Dropped is not a word we would use (about Cahill). It's a long, long season and we have a big squad of players. We get criticism for not giving young guys a go but I don't think Kurt Zouma put a foot wrong. A 20-year-old making his first league start and if he carries on playing like that it won't be his last either."

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Chelsea assistant coach Steve Holland: "The two halves were different. You have to give credit to Newcastle, I think Steve Carver and Steve Stone gave them a good set-up today. We didn't play so well but got the breakthrough.

"The team was much better in the second half and controlled the game, playing some good football around their box.

"You always want to play well but that's now always possible. Today was a 45 minutes which we haven't had often over the course of the season but we still managed to be 1-0 up. It is important that when you don't play as well as you'd like to still get the result."

Little known fact (maybe) - this is a game between two of Alan Pardew's former clubs. While he spent four years at Crystal Palace during his playing days, he also had a lesser known loan spell at Tottenham, making cameo appearances for the club in the now defunct Intertoto Cup in 1995.

In a way, he is part of Tottenham's history. Unwanted history, granted, but history all the same. Spurs suffered their all-time record defeat in the European competition - an 8-0 defeat to FC Koln - a game in which the then 34-year-old Pardew featured.

"We literally had the youth team, a couple of reserves, and some mercenaries - I was one of them. I still enjoyed it. It was a great experience," Pardew tells the Guardian., external

Jared Maobe:, external What a player will this boy Kurt Zouma will end up to be! Commanding full debut.

Gully:, external Nobody talking about Zouma which shows just how brilliant he was today.

D J Leyland:, external Petr Cech showing us why he's still number one to the fans! Highly rated Thibaut Courtois has let far to many goals in this season.

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Alan Pardew takes charge of Crystal Palace for the first time in the Premier League this evening. He oversaw a straightforward FA Cup win in his first game as Palace boss last weekend, as they won 4-0 at Dover.

It was a good display by the Eagles, but this game will give a better indicator of the task ahead for Pardew.

Bristol City overtook Swindon at the top of League One thanks to a 4-0 victory over Notts County, with in-form Matt Smith scoring his ninth goal in five games.

Crawley stand-in keeper Matt Harrold conceded a 96th-minute equaliser to MK Dons' Dele Alli in a 2-2 draw. Preston remain third despite losing 2-1 to play-off rivals Sheffield United.

Relegation-threatened Colchester stunned promotion-chasing Peterborough 2-0, while Scunthorpe beat Walsall 4-1.

Oldham's difficult week ended on another bad note as James Coppinger rescued a 2-2 draw for Doncaster in the 95th minute. Calvin Andrews scored an injury-time winner as Rochdale saw off 10-man Bradford 2-1.

Crewe beat relegation rivals Gillingham 3-1, Chesterfield beat Port Vale 3-0, Barnsley beat Yeovil 2-0 and Fleetwood beat Leyton Orient 1-0.

Myles:, external Forgotten what a goal fest feels like. Disgraceful from Aston Villa. Paul Lambert should either buy players or the club should pay him to go out the door.

Mike ‏Seal:, external With these clueless performances Paul Lambert has to go. Poor tactics and now no desire. Worst team in years.

Dan Brewer:, external We're in big trouble but Lambert will undoubtedly say he thought we were excellent.

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Burnley goal-scorer Danny Ings: "It's massive. It's our own mini-league down there, so it's important we pick up points in games like this.

"Our home form has always been good, so it's important that, against the teams around us, we turn up and give it our best. That's what we did today."

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Bournemouth now lead the Championship table only on goal difference after 10-man Norwich beat them 2-1 with new Canaries manager Alex Neil watching the game.

Clayton Donaldson scored a hat-trick as Birmingham continued their climb up the table with a 3-1 victory over Wigan.

Ian Holloway's Millwall lost 1-0 to his former club and relegation rivals Blackpool, who are bottom of the table.

Leeds moved closer to the relegation zone as they were held 1-1 by Bolton, with Eidur Gudjohnsen scoring his first Wanderers goal in 14 years.

Cardiff wore blue in their 1-0 victory over Fulham after changing their colours back from red.

Huddersfield beat Watford 3-1 with Joel Lynch scoring an overhead-kick, Brighton beat Charlton 1-0, Brentford did the same against Rotherham, Sheffield Wednesday beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 and Reading and Middlesbrough played out a goalless draw.

West Ham goal-scorer Andy Carroll: "We came out and tried to keep a clean sheet for a win but it wasn't to be. The referee let a lot go that others wouldn't. It was a real battle out there. Obviously coming off with the lead at half-time we wanted three points but the Liberty is a difficult place to come and we will take the point and move on."

Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew is without Yannick Bolasie, who is on international duty in the Africa Cup of Nations, which means the new manager has to make changes to the team which drew with Aston Villa. Barry Bannan, Dwight Gayle and Glenn Murray all start, while Wilfired Zaha and Adrian Mariappa are on the substitutes' bench.

Tottenham make two changes to the team which beat Chelsea in their last Premier League outing, with Mousa Dembele and Benji Stambouli replacing Ryan Mason and Nabil Bentaleb.

Crystal Palace XI: Speroni, Kelly, Delaney, Dann, Ward, Puncheon, McArthur, Bannan, Ledley, Gayle, Murray.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Walker, Fazio, Vertonghen, Rose, Stambouli, Dembele, Townsend, Eriksen, Chadli, Kane.

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"A vital win for West Brom. It wasn't pretty but Tony Pulis and the Baggies fans won't care about that."

So, QPR drop into the bottom three. Burnley are up to 16th. Clarets fans rejoice, singing: "Charlie, what's the score?" in the direction of a certain Rangers striker.