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Glasner reacts to Palace 2 - 2 Manchester City  07/12/2024  Crystal Palace Stadium, London, UK

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00:00Do you feel you were a bit unlucky, do you understand?

00:10No, we don't feel unlucky, but, yes, it was a good performance.

00:17I think we can do better, I know the players, I see them in training.

00:24So, yes, many, many positive things today, what I saw.

00:30But still, it feels having the lead twice and then we've got moments of being too passive

00:37and when City are too long in this attacking third with moving the ball,

00:43it's just a question of time where they create chances,

00:45because watching the second goal is just, wow, how they played in these situations.

00:50And then we had many more other situations for transitions where we lost the ball too quick,

00:56too easily, and this is what we have to improve, also in possession.

00:59Like we started, we started excellent, so scored a fantastic goal,

01:05having, of course, then also City had two, three chances.

01:08But overall, it was a good performance, it's a great week for us, being unbeaten.

01:12But it feels a little bit like it could have been a little bit more.

01:21Tom?

01:22The merits of the goal in the middle, does that sort of show the merits of your system?

01:30You have the energy to play over them?

01:35You know, it's not a secret, when you prepare a game against the back four,

01:40when you play in our system, you always have a 2v1 on the opposite side,

01:44and this is how you come there, how you find these players.

01:46And this is why sometimes we need players in the pocket,

01:50and a good switch between the wing-back and the number 10, how we call them,

01:56and this is what we still have to improve.

01:58We have still, at many moments, there was so much space on the opposite side,

02:03next to Gündogan, in their system, and we didn't find this space so often.

02:07We showed the players at half-time again, and there were so many situations,

02:11and this is, yeah, therefore, and then speaking and talking about the six-time champions,

02:17and within the last eight years, you have just a short, very, very short time,

02:22maybe one or two touches to be there.

02:25And this is what we want to improve as a team, that we find this space,

02:29and then we have a 2v1 on the opposite side.

02:31And if we find this more often, we can create more and more chances.

02:37And, yeah, so the goal was how we want to, which space we want to find,

02:44and, yeah, so we should do it more.

02:56Oh, yes, very, very positive.

02:59Also, the set-piece, you know, when you prepare against City,

03:02especially having a three-game week, you have two days' time,

03:05and then we're always looking maybe where we have an advantage against City,

03:10and it's not so easy to find this.

03:12And we knew we can play a higher intensity.

03:15All the data showed this, so it's also no secret.

03:17So we knew, OK, when we get into the transitions, we will get in behind.

03:21When we get them running, maybe they struggle a little bit,

03:25and the second is set-piece because they are missing many good headers.

03:30So now with the injuries of Akanji and Ake and Rory,

03:33there are three very tall players and good headers in defence.

03:36So we knew attacking set-piece is a big opportunity for us,

03:40and the players did really well.

03:42And so, yeah, many, many parts were very positive today.

03:46Will, of course, I think he also had a good chance for scoring,

03:51and then Jeff Lear might as well.

03:53So, yeah, it was a good performance, so I don't want to be too critical.

03:58But when I watched the game, I think if we had performed on our best level,

04:05we should have won the game.

04:09OK, we're going to go to the gentlemen now, and then Matt.

04:12Jürgen, you won lots of goals today in Dortmund,

04:16and you won lots of second goals.

04:19Was that something that you saw, the weakness in City, Manchester City,

04:24and was that something you expected to play against?

04:28Oh, yes, of course you always wish to combine,

04:33like we did in the first goal and coming in behind,

04:36but sometimes it's also OK going for the second ball,

04:39and when you play 1-6, 4-1, 4-1, like City is playing.

04:44Then there is a lot of space on the left and right of the six,

04:48and then it's how you find this space.

04:50It can be by passing, so City found the space by their passing in the second goal.

04:55They found it excellent.

04:57We found it in the first goal, and then also sometimes you need the long ball

05:02and going for the second ball, because there is the space,

05:04and then when you are there, you come with the face on their back line.

05:08And then we knew, as I mentioned before, when we get our runners into pace

05:13and we get the space, it's also not too easy to defend us.

05:18So it was part of the idea to come into these spaces,

05:25and one thing were long balls and going for second balls.

05:32Pep mentioned that he was missing a lot,

05:34but I'm interested in how you said because of the day,

05:36it certainly felt like people find a chance,

05:39and you could get past them, get through them, is that right?

05:42Oh, yes, yeah.

05:44It's when you watch, you get it always from the Premier League

05:47and of course City, because they have so much possession in every single game,

05:52but they are lowest in high intensity and sprinting distances,

05:55and we are, I don't know, fifth or sixth in the league,

05:58and also the games they lost this season,

06:01they lost against very high-intensity teams,

06:04Bournemouth, Tottenham and Brighton,

06:06and then we were talking about it, and this is a strength of us,

06:10the intensity, the runs we can make in behind,

06:12with our wing-backs, with our 10s, with the strikers,

06:15and we thought that this could help us to win,

06:19because beating City with possession is not so easy,

06:24so I don't know many teams who can do this,

06:26so then you have to find different things,

06:30and one is the intensity, one is set-place,

06:33so this worked quite well, but it's just a draw.

06:39Hi, Rob.

06:40Did you feel like you should have been further ahead in the first half

06:43with all those chances that you had,

06:45because you spoke before about individual areas

06:47and about the movement of the ball in the finishing,

06:50did you feel like you missed out on an opportunity to take a further lead?

06:54No, we have to be fair, they also had two big chances in the first half,

06:59it was Haaland, a great save from Dean,

07:02and then it was hitting the post, Gündogan,

07:05so I think City would say the same, we missed two clear chances,

07:11we had two or three as well,

07:13so it was a very interesting game for all of us,

07:18and in the second half it was not so up and down,

07:25because we lost the ball too quickly in the transitions,

07:30also in many situations, because City did it really well,

07:35but then we got our moments and we scored from it,

07:38and at the end the red card helped us to get the game into the City half more,

07:43because also, to be honest,

07:45we didn't play many minutes in the second half in their half,

07:49so it helped us a little bit getting more set plays,

07:53but we couldn't score from it in the wall,

07:55I think the result is a fair result today.

07:57How close do you think this team is to its full potential?

08:01You talked about having players back and things like that,

08:04do you feel like you're getting ever closer now,

08:06with players getting shot and it's more minutes before they learn on?

08:11Do you feel like you're getting close to where they can be?

08:15In the end it's always up to the players, we support them,

08:19and yes, it's important to be fit and stay fit,

08:24otherwise you can't play on your best level,

08:28you need the training, you need the games, you need the minutes,

08:31and now we have eight days' time to rest a little bit,

08:35and then we go into the next three-game week,

08:39and even shorter, Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday,

08:42and we need all the players fit,

08:44we need them being sharp, being ready,

08:48playing how we want to play,

08:51that's the most important thing,

08:53that everybody integrates into the system how we want to defend,

08:56how we want to attack,

08:58and then I think we still have a lot of potential to improve.

09:03Hi, Robert.

09:05I think it's the second time you've been against a Pep Guardiola team in your career,

09:08but you've faced Ole Harland a lot now,

09:11how did you find that to be prepared for that physicality and stature,

09:15and how did you feel your centre-back to do against him?

09:18I think we did well, the goal he scored is how he scored,

09:22we knew it before,

09:24that he always goes in the back of the defender

09:26and can jump quite high, great header from him.

09:31In this situation, in the box, it's so difficult to defend him,

09:35so we could have done better defending the cross,

09:38because we know and prepare,

09:40but it's easy on the screen,

09:42everybody knows that Nunez will go on his right foot,

09:47and Savinho will go on his left foot mainly,

09:50but everything's so quick, the cross was perfect,

09:53and then it's difficult to defend him.

09:55In many other situations we did really well,

09:58and, yeah, he's the top goal-scorer almost every year in every league

10:06where he's playing, so he's an amazing striker.

10:10If you analyse the last few weeks,

10:12is this another confirmation that things are going back in the Pep Guardiola strength?

10:16Yes, it's a confirmation with the result,

10:19I think the performances in many games were OK and quite well,

10:26we played quite well.

10:28So we have some issues that we know,

10:32and in every single game, also when we lost,

10:35we created enough chances to score goals, to win,

10:38so it helps us, it's good to score two again,

10:41and we get more and more stable in defending

10:46as the system gets clearer and clearer,

10:48especially for the new players,

10:50and, yeah, it goes in the right direction,

10:53I don't know how many points we have at the moment,

10:56but we're still at the bottom part of the table

10:59and this is not where we want to be.

11:01So we still keep going, working hard,

11:04try to improve and be open and not satisfied,

11:08so always stay hungry, stay ambitious,

11:10and then, yeah, we go in the right direction.

11:14Last one for Bobby.

11:16In the last couple of weeks,

11:17you've spoken about taking steps forward

11:19and progressing in performances.

11:21In the first half, especially in the first half,

11:23the outpost was very, very good.

11:25Did it feel like all the elements were starting to come together?

11:28Pardon?

11:29Did it feel like all the elements were starting to come together?

11:31Oh, yes, we started,

11:33we were talking about moving the ball quick

11:37and then we played with one, two, three touches,

11:39and then all of a sudden we started playing too much backwards,

11:42backwards, ending at the keeper,

11:46and then Dean had to kick long balls,

11:48and then you lose a little bit of control,

11:52but we did excellent in the first 25, 30 minutes.

11:57We did excellent at the end of the game,

11:59it was a little bit easier against 10,

12:01but this is where we want to go,

12:03where we still have potential enough,

12:06but it's all about positioning in the pockets,

12:11between the lines, in the gaps,

12:13and this is always an adjustment,

12:15always being one step further than the opposite team,

12:20and it's a process we are in.

12:26I see, yes, I think we all could see today

12:29that the progress is happening,

12:32but I hope and I will never be satisfied

12:36when we have now what's today,

12:38let's see, it's the 7th of December

12:41when we say the process is done,

12:43so I think we are within this process,

12:46and still, as I mentioned, many things to improve.

12:50Thanks a lot, everyone.

Glasner reacts to Palace 2 - 2 Manchester City

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