Wilfried Zaha has acknowledged that Crystal Palace must quickly emerge from their "rough patch" of form, which he believes is down to the club's attempt to change playing style.
The Eagles head to Turf Moor to face Burnley on Saturday afternoon aiming to end their three-game losing streak in the Premier League - a run that has seen them drop down to 13th place in the table.
Zaha is refusing to panic just yet, however, claiming that Palace - who had previously gone through the whole of September unbeaten - are intent on altering their style of play to become a tougher side to compete against in the long run.
"We are trying to change our style of play," he told Sky Sports News. "We have bought players in, so we are going through a transition right now. Players are still trying to understand what they are supposed to do, but we will get through this rough patch eventually.
"The manager wants us to change our way of playing to try and keep the ball more. In the Premier League you can't really just defend all the time and then counter, because eventually teams are good enough to score. We need to keep the ball, but we are still staying with that style where we break on teams because we have pace."
Zaha has scored one goal and set up three more for teammates in nine Premier League appearances so far this season.
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