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Dean Henderson has suggested that Crystal Palace's clash with Arsenal on Sunday is a "free hit" - and the pressure is all on the Premier League leaders.

However, the England goalkeeper is confident that the FA Cup and Community Shield winners can secure another notable victory against a top team - despite the Eagles' suffering a second defeat in three games when losing to AEK Larnaca in the UEFA Conference League on Thursday.

Those defeats followed a 19-match unbeaten streak, and Henderson insists that against the title favourites, Oliver Glasner's men have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Henderson said: "The reality is, when you go to the Emirates, it's a free hit. You've got to go there, you've got to just play with confidence and enjoy playing there and see what you can do and cause an upset.

"You just use it as a cup game, a one-off game and the pressure's on them. So we'll go there and do the best we can. Are we better suited playing a team like Arsenal who we can hit on...