Alan Pardew has called on Yannick Bolasie and Jason Puncheon to be inspired their performances against Liverpool last season when Crystal Palace return to Anfield on Sunday.
In Steven Gerrard's final fixture at the famous stadium in May, Palace were trailing 1-0 until Puncheon's equalising goal led to him combining with fellow forward Bolasie to inspire Palace's eventual 3-1 win.
Liverpool were then a team in decline under Brendan Rodgers but since Jurgen Klopp's recent appointment as his successor they have remained undefeated in six, winning their past three games, and on Sunday will likely prove more difficult opposition.
Pardew is considering starting the Premier League game with Bolasie at centre-forward given Marouane Chamakh and Connor Wickham lack fitness, and Dwight Gayle faces a late test on a hamstring problem.
Even with his reduced attacking options, however, manager Pardew does not believe the solution is simply to defend, and explained that last week's positive performance in the 0-0 draw with Manchester United demonstrates their ability to challenge Liverpool.
"I think in this game [last season] particularly, one or two of our players were terrific," Pardew said. "Bolasie and Puncheon were excellent and you take that confidence into the game.
"I know as a player, when I played well and returned the year after, I was expecting to play well again. That is natural.
"The one thing about playing Liverpool is that you have to have ambition. Particularly at Anfield because the way the game starts, that emotional song, the history of the club, it starts to hit at your ambition.
"Then they are good with the ball, they have long periods of possession, they keep their attacks sustained, so your ambition dwindles.
"What you have got to do is keep that ambition by putting them on the back foot as much as you can. And if you can do that like we did last year, you can surprise yourselves and win."
On Bolasie's likely starting position, Pardew said: "I'm not sure yet. I've not made my mind up. The Gayle injury has just knocked me a little bit. [Striker Patrick] Bamford is an option of course.
"I do feel that there was a freshness about us at Manchester United that just slipped out of us the couple of games previous to that. I thought we were back to our best. If we turn up at Liverpool like that, I think we will give them a hell of a game."