Sage on Doucoure, team spirit and Ipswich

Crystal Palace boss Pierre Sage has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Ipswich Town at Selhurst Park (kick-off 15:00 BST). Here are the key lines from his news conference: Midfielder Cheick Doucoure is in contention to be part of this weekend's squad. "Cheick trained yesterday and this morning. All will be good for him. He is a little ill, but he's fine." On Ismaila Sarr: "It's the same situation. He's not with the team for the moment. I thought he could be with us in training on Monday, but it was not the case. We expect him next Monday to start training with the first team. We want him on the pitch." Sage also confirmed that Jean-Philippe Mateta remains unavailable to face Ipswich. On the team spirit, he said: "We need to be together in this moment and we have to fight every weekend. Without the team spirit we can't do anything and I think that's in line with the will of the fans." On the potential challenges posed by Ipswich, he said: "We want to improve but we have to manage when we lose the ball with counter-pressing and I think it will be a good test for us." Got a question about Palace? Get in touch here and we'll seek answers from our experts [BBC]