Crystal Palace boss Pierre Sage has been speaking to the media before Wednesday's Carabao Cup last 16 tie against Fulham at Craven Cottage (kick-off 19:45 GMT).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Crystal Palace's number one Dean Henderson is expected to make a return to the matchday squad after missing 10 consecutive games because of an ankle injury. Sage said: "I think he will play on Wednesday."

• Ismaila Sarr is ruled out because of an ongoing groin injury and Jorgen Strand Larsen remains a doubt after suffering a twisted ankle in last Thursday's 2-2 draw against Besiktas.

• On Strand Larsen's injury, Sage said: "We will see on Wednesday for Strand Larsen, because he received, as you saw, a tackle [against Beșiktaș], and his ankle twisted."

• On Sarr's injury, Sage said: "It's difficult, because his groin is really making him struggle. We spoke together yesterday, and we took the decision to leave him out, because he needs treatment to come and help the team with 100% of his capacity."

• As Palace juggle their European and domestic cup schedule, Sage said his side "need to do some rotations", but the club have to let players "recover" for forthcoming fixtures.

• Although Sage will rotate some players against Fulham, the Palace boss wants to avoid unnamed players losing "rhythm".

• He added: "For some of them, they need recovery, but others need to play to have the rhythm for Saturday in Tottenham. It depends on their profile."

• Sage said he "always" feels the pressure in his role, as his future at the club has come under scrutiny after a poor start to the 2026-27 season.

• Sage added: "The pressure is here, but inside the club, there's no noise for the moment and we just have to be focused on our hard work to come back and to create the condition of competitiveness."

• After Palace's 2-0 loss against Newcastle, Sage said his side were struggling with a "mental thing", but the team had "changed a lot of things to feel better".