James Vaughan shows staying power for Palace

James Vaughan is keen to extend his loan spell at Crystal Palace after he marked his home debut with a spectacular hat-trick in last night's

The 22-year-old is due to return to Everton in December but indicated last night that he would be happy to extend his stay at Selhurst Park as Palace avoided the defeat that would have represented their worst start to a league season for 30 years.

"I was definitely pushing to come and play some games," said Vaughan. "I think I got my wish. At the moment I just want to get the games under my belt."

When asked whether he would like to remain beyond the three-month loan deal, the striker said: "Definitely. It's a great club, I'm enjoying it. There's great quality in the squad so I don't see why not."

Palace manager George Burley was clearly impressed with his new acquisition and is expected to try to strike an agreement with the Premier League side over extending the existing arrangement.

Burley said: "James was excellent for us. I feel that he will do very well for us.

"He's a very good striker, he's young, hungry and has lots of good attributes and the fans certainly took to him."