Victory over Fulham shows Crystal Palace are not a one-man team. Slowly but surely, Crystal Palace are shifting the widely-held belief that they are a one-man team. Without Wilfried Zaha, their talismanic attacker, Palace saw off relegation-threatened Fulham in comfortable fashion. Roy Hodgson's glee in pointing out that his side had won another game without their wing wizard illustrates the feeling at Selhurst Park that they can cope and — more pertinently — win matches without Zaha. Christian Benteke is approaching full fitness after almost five months out with a knee injury. The Belgian is not quite back to his powerful best, but there are signs he can revive what has been a Palace career fraught with difficulties. Jordan Ayew's performances in recent weeks have also provided Hodgson with cause for optimism, his display against Fulham arguably his best for the club. Then, of course, there is new signing Michy Batshuayi, on loan from Chelsea. On his debut, the striker's impact was instant, setting up Jeffrey Schlupp's late goal to clinch victory for Palace. The fact Schlupp and Andros Townsend have scored as many league goals as Zaha this season is further evidence of Hodgson's expanding attacking options. Hodgson said: 'You need a bit of competition and some alternatives in attacking positions. All of a sudden I'm looking at a bench behind me and I can think, "Hold on, this might be the guy, this might be the answer", which for long periods last year we didn't have.'