Alan Pardew is under no illusions as to the importance of Crystal Palace s Premier League clash against relegation rivals Norwich City at Selhurst Park on Saturday.
Palace have not won in the league since December 19 at which point they were flying high in sixth position – and have dramatically slumped into the scrap at the bottom of the table.
Indeed, victory for Norwich would bring Alex Neil s men level with Palace on 34 points, just above the bottom three.
Palace, whose victory in the reverse fixture on the opening day of the season was their first over Norwich in their nine Premier League meetings, are the only team in the top four tiers who are yet to win a game in 2016.
Pardew s strugglers have lost six consecutive home games and could become t…