AP: Entertainment will always come before clean sheets

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Alan Pardew is not about to start changing Crystal Palace’s style of play – even if some fans are demanding more clean sheets. The Eagles have not kept one in the Premier League all season and have lost their last three ahead of tomorrow’s long trip to Burnley. Pardew said: “We need to get the balance right in defending and attacking. Everybody knows the way I manage – I like my teams to be on the front foot and score goals. Clean sheets have never been top of my priority, but of course they’re important. I’m looking for one in the next two or three games – it gives us a foundation to win games. “I want my team to play and entertain. If certain Palace fans focus on that part of our game that’s understandable – but I’m not going to change the way I play. I want us to entertain and I thought the Liverpool game when it was poised at 3-2 was unbelievably a great game for anyone watching. “Our Palace fans should enjoy that we are having a go at Liverpool and not sitting back looking to just stop them. That’s how I am and that’s how it is.”

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