May 9 2017
Crystal Palace boss Sam Allardyce admits his side have let their foot off the gas after reaching 38 points.
Palace have suffered three successive defeats and are still not safe from relegation despite hitting Allardyce's original points target.
The Eagles must get a positive result against relegation rivals Hull City on Saturday to secure survival before they go to Manchester United on the final day of the campaign.
After a demoralising 5-0 thrashing by Manchester City at the weekend, Allardyce wants to see a big improvement from his players for the huge six-pointer against the Tigers.
"It’s a possibility that the players think the job is done – we’ve been talking about and certainly warning them about it," Allardyce said. "That 38-point mark seems to have had a negative effect on our results, certainly [against] Burnley and Manchester City. I didn’t think it did so much against Tottenham.
"You can tell the players as much as you want and warn them as often as you can, but when they walk over that white line they’ve got to have the spot-on desire, determination and ability to achieve.
"We’ve got to win every game, and every player has to be 100 per cent. Getting to the 38-point mark was the key. Everybody’s writing that as the safety point. You can see teams dip away and we have. We’ve been guilty of that maybe a little bit.
"It may be a little bit harsh from me, but it’s certainly something I’m thinking about. The performance against City was full of so many errors, which surprised me. I knew it was going to be tough. But there are always opportunities within a game.
"If you do things right you can get opportunities to score, as long as you frustrate them. At no stage did we frustrate Manchester City. I don’t want to even think about going to Old Trafford and needing points to stay in the Premier League. I want to go and get it against Hull."
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