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Wilfried Zaha is out with a knee injury suffered against Huddersfield
The winger jetted off for some sun at weekend due to the international break
Crystal Palace star likened himself to RoboCop in his picture on Instagram
The struggling Eagles face a crucial top-flight clash with Burnley this weekend

Published: 07:05 EDT, 4 September 2017 | Updated: 09:44 EDT, 4 September 2017

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Crystal Palace will be looking to arrest their Premier League slide this weekend — but they will have to do so without their star man, Wilfried Zaha.

Ivory Coast international Zaha suffered a knee injury in Palace's opening-day defeat by Huddersfield and has missed the last three matches.

And while continuing his rehabilitation, the former Manchester United winger jetted off for some sun before returning to the Eagles' training base on Monday morning.

Crystal Palace star Wilfried Zaha soaked up the sun this weekend while wearing a knee brace

Zaha likened himself to RoboCop (pictured) in his picture posted on Instagram on Monday

Zaha posted a Instagram picture of his short break, likening himself to RoboCop as he wore a brace on his right knee.

The 24-year-old captioned his social media post: 'Nice weekend in the sun looking like RoboCop...back in the lab today.'

Zaha has been a big miss for his side, with boss Frank de Boer struggling to settle in the Premier League after replacing Sam Allardyce this summer.

He was initially expected to only be out for four weeks, and the Eagles were hopeful he may return this weekend, but it remains to be seen if he is ready for action.

Crystal Palace winger was back at the training base on Monday to continue injury recovery

Eagles winger Zaha suffered a knee injury in Palace's opening-day defeat by Huddersfield

The Eagles have lost their opening three top-flight fixtures of the season and face a crucial encounter with Burnley this Sunday.

Meanwhile, De Boer recently admitted he will not take risks with Wilfried as the Selhurst Park favourite continues his road to recovery.

He said: 'We don't know how long it will take. The risk is that you start too early, that he can have a setback, so we are going to see and don't put a time on it right now.'