Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew has encouraged Wilfried Zaha to aim for a place in Gareth Southgate ’ s England squad for the European Under 21 Championship this summer . The tricky winger scored and set up another in Palace ’ s win which left Queens Park Rangers deep in the relegation quagmire . When the debate rages about who should play in the Under 21 tournaments , Barclays Premier League managers often prefer their stars to skip them . Wilfried Zaha celebrates with Crystal Palace team-mates after his opener at Selhurst Park on Saturday . Shaun Wright-Phillips made his first Premier League start for 770 days . But Pardew has taken the unusual step of backing Zaha for the tournament and will speak to Southgate about including him . ‘ I would love Wilf to be on that trip because that is a big tournament for England , ’ Pardew said . ‘ Particularly after the Champions League results this year and England didn ’ t do well in the World Cup so I think Gareth should have the best players available and I ’ m hoping Wilf is one of them . But Gareth ’ s choice won ’ t be determined by a phone call from me , he is his own man . ‘ Wilf has definitely found himself a little bit more and I think Gareth would like somebody in the squad who has the kind of quality that he does . But he ’ s got to do it between now and the end of the year and push for a place in that squad — that should be a goal for him. ’ Zaha ’ s counterpart on the opposite flank Yannick Bolasie also starred in the victory , twice beating QPR ’ s teenage right-back Darnell Furlong to get to the byline and send in low crosses — one for Zaha ’ s goal and the other for James McArthur to score . Zaha slides in to open the scoring during the 3-1 win over relegation threatened Queens Park Rangers . Furlong was run ragged and eventually hooked at the break . Bolasie admitted he targeted the 19-year-old as a weak link in the team . ‘ My aim was to go at him straight away , ’ he said . ‘ He ain ’ t going to come here and I ’ m not going to let him settle , so that was my aim to be honest . I know it ’ s cruel , that ’ s football . ‘ A couple of the players spoke to me and I wasn ’ t aware [ of him ] , because I don ’ t really look at the opposition like that . But that was the aim. ’ Furlong was at least not at fault for the third goal , which came from the other flank when Zaha tricked his way through a couple of players before passing to Joel Ward to net for Palace for the very first time . Yannick Bolasie ( left ) was in great form to provide two assists for Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon . QPR ’ s Matt Phillips scored a goal-of-the-season contender with a 40-yard drive in the final 10 minutes , but it was too late and defeat left them four points adrift of safety . Manager Chris Ramsey laid part of the blame on his players , saying : ‘ They have realised there are only a certain amount of things you can do in preparation but you have to transfer it in the game . ‘ Sometimes I go and watch games and don ’ t get in until 2am . Sometimes I wake up early and watch a DVD of the other teams . Me doing extra hours is not going to make any difference to them . ’
England Under 21 side play European Championships this summer . Wilfried Zaha scored as The Crystal Palace beat QPR 3-1 on Saturday . Crystal PalaceThe Crystal Palace forward has been is great form recently for the Eagles .