Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew has said that he "picked the wrong team" for his side's Premier League opener against Norwich City.
The Eagles got their season off to a winning start by claiming a 3-1 win over the Canaries at Carrow Road.
"It has been a great day for us," Pardew told Sky Sports News. "We've looked forward to this game – a really slippery one we have done well to win. "Norwich were brilliant in the first 20 (minutes). I thought I picked the wrong team today and we struggled a little bit.
"We had to shuffle our pack to cope with Norwich and that helped us and we went on before half time and had a good spell, scored the goal and literally straight after half time got a great second goal - a well worked set play.
"We looked comfortable until we made a tiny error and it is 2-1 and then the game is in the balance, Norwich perhaps had a great couple of moments, and the margins are that small."
Pardew took over at Palace in January following the departure of Neil Warnock.
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