Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson was pleased to call on Christian Benteke for victory over Stoke City.
The Belgian international was brought on at half time in the Premier League clash, with the score at 0-0 at Selhurst Park.
And although he didn't get on the scoresheet himself, Hodgson felt that the former Aston Villa and Liverpool man had an impact and contributed towards Palace's 2-1 win.
"His participation helped us as he gave us a focal point in attack," he said.
"The two wide forwards that we've been playing together have been doing a fantastic job but they were finding it hard against the big back five that Stoke were playing with, and we kept the ball up front better when Christian [Benteke] came on.
"We've seen good games and important moments with Wilfried [Zaha] and Andros [Townsend] playing in those two old-fashioned inside right and left positions, but now we've got Christian back and Bakary Sako is working very hard in training to compete."
Source: tribalfootball.com