Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner reacts to 2-2 draw against Arsenal
23/04/2025
Emirates Stadium, London, UK
23/04/2025
Emirates Stadium, London, UK
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00:00It was a really good performance away from home to start your Champions League week.
00:04A couple of defensive mistakes aside, you must be able to move.
00:07Oh, yes, it was an excellent performance, especially when you're down.
00:11With the first situation, you're 1-0 down,
00:13and when you have conceded ten goals in the last two away games
00:16and playing then here at Emirates, it's a tricky situation,
00:20but the reaction of the players was unbelievable.
00:23We didn't lose, we always stick to our plan, we didn't lose our head,
00:28we didn't lose our confidence, our belief,
00:31and creating so many chances here at Emirates against Arsenal is quite difficult,
00:37and so I'm really very proud of the players, how they performed today.
00:44Does competing the way you did this evening embolden your hopes?
00:48You know, playing the Champions League semi-finals,
00:50does it embolden those hopes ahead of Saturday?
00:53I personally don't need this because I know what this group of players are,
00:57what this group of players can show and how they can perform,
01:01because they showed it and proved it many times,
01:05maybe not in the last two away games, but also maybe for 30-40 minutes at Etihad.
01:12So I know what this group of players can do, but of course,
01:19it's not so easy, all human beings are there, and it's not so easy always being on the top levels,
01:25and for all of us it's not so easy, but we know that when we stick to the plan,
01:33when we're tactically disciplined like we were to do, everybody does his job,
01:38then it's not so easy to play against us, and also the same in attack and also in possession,
01:44we move the ball very quickly with a great movement,
01:48also in possession and especially very often we could solve the situations with our sixes,
01:52with Daichi and Adam, and our pocket players were in a good position and then creating the attacks,
01:58we needed to play in their half, otherwise we can't score and also we need them to think about us,
02:06and this is what we showed today, we showed in many games,
02:10but again, this is what we will need at Wembley on Saturday, at least on the same level.
02:17And finally from me, great for JP to get that confidence boost with the goal after the semi-final,
02:22has been taken off in these last few games, just some of that help for me?
02:27You know, we showed the players yesterday when we were preparing the opponent,
02:33we showed them the drier is high,
02:35it was the third time we had this situation,
02:37the first one Justin Devaney didn't recognise it so he forgot it,
02:40Adam Wharton had the kick in the first half where he hit Thomas Pata,
02:44I think this would have been quite dangerous and then we got the third opportunity
02:49for JP and JP, yeah, had this amazing finish and yes,
02:54but I think for me the biggest boost is that we can see that we can rely on every single player,
03:00we had a few changes, let's say, what we were planning for Saturday,
03:06we could execute, yeah, we said okay, Adam and Epps 60 minutes,
03:11other players more minutes and also getting Ismaila, we'll use JP,
03:18JP staying in the rhythm, so let's say this is what would work,
03:23but we know that we, this we showed today,
03:27that everybody knows what he has to do,
03:29that the team can be successful and this we will need until the end of the season.
03:34Ed?
03:35Just a word on the opening goal, it was a brilliant corner and finish from Eze,
03:41is that something you've worked on on the training ground?
03:44Yes, it's honestly, we trained it yesterday,
03:50but it didn't work so well like today on the training ground,
03:53sometimes you need this one moment and we talked about it before,
03:58I think we had the two teams scoring number one and two in Ville,
04:03although I think one or two are equal,
04:07but one and two teams scoring most of the goals from set plays,
04:13and we said okay, let's take this challenge, yeah,
04:17and this is good to be part of it, yeah, and I think we were 1-0 down,
04:21so we had a good reaction, they were dangerous after set play in the second half as well,
04:26we were very dangerous when Danny Munoz hit the header,
04:29so it was also a good challenge today,
04:33and yes, we know that EPSA is a great finish, that GP is a great finish,
04:39but I think today, and especially today, was a great team performance.
04:44Thank you, any others? No? That's it. Thanks, Oliver.
04:49Cheers.
04:51Thanks.