Glasner not surprised by Palace's 2-0 win at Old trafford

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Glasner not surprised by Palace's 2-0 win at Old trafford  02/02/2025  Old trafford, Manchester, Uk

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00:00Yes, thank you very much for the congratulations and I want to pass it to the players because

00:10they showed an excellent performance.

00:12I think the first 10 minutes and especially the 10 minutes after half-time when you had

00:18too many set-plays and had two or three chances where Dean Henderson had one or two big saves,

00:23we struggled a little bit, but I think it's normal that you have some periods in a game

00:27here at Old Trafford where we have to struggle, but everything else was how we expected it

00:32and we had our big chances already in the first half and at half-time we showed it to

00:38them and we encouraged the players to stick to the plan and keep your belief that we will

00:45get our moments, we will get our situations and when we keep our intensity and level high

00:51and the players did it until the end and waited for the decisive moments and caught the opener

00:56with a set-play and then we waited for this transition moment and it was an excellent

01:01second goal, starting from the back with Adam Wharton, good to have him back, it was a one-touch

01:07pass to Ismail Assar and then we were talking about it after Brentford that we have to accelerate

01:12the pace of our attack and he did it and Dani Muniz had his 80-yard run and then it's an

01:17empty net goal and it always looks easy, but the effort the players showed today was amazing

01:24and so I think that's why we deserved to win at the end.

01:29I realise you played a game today but we also have the transfer window closing tomorrow

01:37and there's a lot of talk about Ben Chilwell coming to your club, clearly you're in a good

01:44position in terms of winning today, do you expect improvements and is there anything

01:49specific from Chilwell?

01:51For me, we were talking the whole week, the first thing I'm pleased is the performance

01:58today, the second thing is that the transfer window closes tomorrow and we had many talks

02:05during the week because we had two really tough injuries with Jake Ducoury and Xabi

02:11Riyad missing them for the rest of the season and so let's see what will happen, but the

02:19last two days, yesterday and today, my 100 per cent focus was on the players who can

02:24play and also it looked like Everett Chase can't play today and then yesterday really

02:30surprisingly for all of us, the doctor and he came, it looks better but still not 100

02:36per cent, but he wants to contribute and that's why he said maybe for 20-30 minutes it's possible

02:41to play and we decided to switch his break, he needs that the injury settles down and

02:47now he will definitely miss the Doncaster game because he now needs one week to rest

02:55that the pain settles down.

02:58I think all the players who were with us today, they deserve the full focus and so maybe now

03:05we start talking again but also to be honest, I expect one more signing on a position where

03:14we maybe have just one player playing with his good foot there, so let's see who it will be.

03:23I know you don't particularly like to praise players and folks on the team, but with JP,

03:27do you feel that his form is even better this season than it was in the back end of last

03:31season because of the number of chances he was starting to create last season?

03:36No, I don't think he's better.

03:39Of course, it's amazing when you have a number 9 who scores goals,

03:46everybody is expecting from you a number 9 and he has the confidence and the feeling

03:50at the moment to be there.

03:52Twice it was a one-touch finish, after a set play he is there, he has this feeling,

03:57this confidence to be in the right areas.

04:00And the second one, it looks easy at the end because it's an empty net finish,

04:04but I don't know, it was his 20th run in behind, and many times he doesn't get the ball.

04:10On the one side we demanded from him, but on the other side we always encouraged him

04:15to do it because at the end he will get the reward and we as a team,

04:18and it was with the second goal.

04:21But for me the same importance in scoring goals,

04:24it was the third or fourth clean sheet in an away game,

04:28and our defending structure always starts with the front three,

04:32where he works so hard for the team, that's also very important for us.

04:37Yes, I'm pleased with his performance, but he alone couldn't score all these goals,

04:43and when we see the first chance in the first half,

04:46it was an excellent pass from Chef Lerma,

04:48but this is the structure we have in our game,

04:51and if they do what we ask them to do, they will get into these situations

04:57and Daniel is a human being like we all are,

05:00and he will miss some chances, like in the first half,

05:04and we are encouraging them at half-time to keep believing, to keep going.

05:09This is what he always is doing.

05:11Just with Eps, he didn't celebrate for the team,

05:13he actually walked back down to the tunnel,

05:15was that due to his injury?

05:16Eps?

05:17Yes.

05:18Oh, I didn't see.

05:20Can you hear this?

05:23Gentleman there.

05:24Hi, Oliver.

05:25The fans have seen three points again,

05:28the Palace have got a very good record of beating Manchester United,

05:32both before you came in and now under you.

05:34Does it feel a bit of a normal result?

05:38Does it still feel special?

05:40For me personally, it was my first game here at Old Trafford,

05:43it feels very special.

05:44It's an amazing stadium, a very historical,

05:47traditional stadium, a great atmosphere today,

05:50and what I'm really delighted is there were moments

05:54when I could hear our supporters,

05:58because I think they could feel that we are close to winning the game.

06:05And I think what's very important for all of us,

06:09and we are talking quite often about it,

06:11is a goal, a win, should never be normal.

06:15Because this is why we started playing football as children,

06:20and then you get the reward.

06:23We always encourage the guys to celebrate in every training game

06:27and having these emotions,

06:29because you can buy a lot of things,

06:32but you can't buy these emotions.

06:34Scoring a goal here at Old Trafford,

06:36celebrating in front of your fans,

06:38this is something special,

06:40and should always be something special,

06:42wherever we play.

06:44And for me personally,

06:46winning the first game here at Old Trafford is a good moment.

07:00Very good, and also to be honest,

07:02I think it's the first time in my career

07:04I did it with a player who was out for three to four months

07:08and had just one week training with us,

07:10and there at the beginning we had to manage the training

07:13that I called him up for the squad.

07:16But his performance during the whole week was so impressive

07:19that I spoke to him, and we spoke here before the game,

07:22how many minutes he thinks he can play.

07:24I said, OK, maybe 15, 20 minutes could be possible.

07:27And also big credit to our medical department,

07:31to the rehab coaches who worked hard with him,

07:34and also to him, and it's good to have him back.

07:40Is that a counter-attacking thing

07:43that suits you playing away from home?

07:45Do you think there's something in there?

07:49I think we had against Brentford

07:51enough situations for counter-attacks,

07:54and I think we spoke about it.

07:58But there wasn't a reason, we were talking about it,

08:01we don't know why, it just happened,

08:04where we slowed the game down.

08:07Because you have just half a second,

08:10I don't know, one second time,

08:13and this moment you have to use for your advantage.

08:16If you miss this moment, all the teams recover so quickly,

08:20then it's difficult to find these spaces.

08:23We did better today,

08:26but I think we didn't have more possession against Brentford.

08:31That was not the reason why we lost,

08:34but I just could see in yesterday's results

08:37that there were far more winning teams

08:40with less possession than the opposite.

08:43Again, I think today we gave Man Utd the possession

08:49where we can accept that they have possession,

08:53and we were really good and dominant

08:56in the areas where we wanted to be,

08:58and that's important for me.

09:00Thanks very much.

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