Here's a round-up of the latest Premier League headlines for Monday, March 21.
Saints ready to recharge
Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl is welcoming the international break, as his side head into it on the back of four successive defeats in all competitions. Leeds United face the Saints at Elland Road on April 2 in their first game back after the international break, with the south coast side licking their wounds following Sunday's 4-1 FA Cup quarter-final defeat to Manchester City, which came on the back of Premier League losses to Aston Villa, Newcastle United and Watford.
"The international break always comes at a good time. It is an intense time. It is good to have," the Southampton manager said. "We will recover. Recharge the batteries. We have nine games to go.
"We have work to do to finish as high as possible. We need this break now to get a bit of rest and we come back with full batteries ready to go."
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Zaha excited for future
Wilfried Zaha is excited about Crystal Palace's future under boss Patrick Vieira after they booked a ticket to Wembley on Sunday. A comprehensive 4-0 win over Everton in the FA Cup quarter-finals continued the Eagles' fine debut campaign under their new manager.
Vieira has kept Palace comfortably away from the relegation zone all season, despite a summer of upheaval, and now has a date at Wembley to look forward to after goals by Marc Guehi, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Zaha and Will Hughes extended their unbeaten run to six games. Palace host Leeds on April 23, the week after their FA Cup semi-final.
"We're looking forward to it," Zaha told ITV when asked about the prospect of an FA Cup semi-final at the national stadium. "It's amazing. Obviously it's crazy it is the first year the team have played together, but you can see the progress already. I think over time when the team gels together more there is even more to come. This shows what direction the club are going in. The players we have brought in, how we play, it just shows what we have got for the future so the club is going in a good direction."
Van Dijk's quadruple target
Liverpool defender Virgil Van Dijk intends to enjoy the next month which will define whether an unprecedented quadruple is possible and has urged his team-mates to do the same. A 1-0 victory over Nottingham Forest set up an FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City at Wembley six days after the title chasers meet in the league at the Etihad Stadium.
Either side of that crucial Premier League match is a two-legged Champions League quarter-final tie against Benfica, with arch-rivals Manchester United and Merseyside neighbours Everton to follow immediately after the trip to Wembley. Starting immediately after the international break, Watford kick-off a run of seven matches in 23 days as the reality of still being involved in three competitions - having already played six matches to win the Carabao Cup - starts to bite. Van Dijk, however, is relishing the prospect.
"I think one of the first things you don't have to forget is; enjoy it," he told liverpoolfc.com. "Like (against Forest), it's something you should enjoy, these nights where you have to fight for everything. So that's what we have to do in April as well.
"But I think everyone, not even the younger guys, everyone should enjoy it. It's tough sometimes because you want to play as well as you can and even when there were moments where we were a bit sloppy on the ball, (we) still kept going and kept pressing.
"These moments always happen and you just have to give it your all, enjoy the moment and focus on the game ahead of us. It's good we are going to Wembley again."
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