Oliver Glasner on Palace 3-1 Spurs defeat
Oliver Glasner on Palace 3-1 Spurs defeat
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00:00 How did you see the game?
00:11 Good summary. Yes, I think the players did a great job over 60, 70 minutes. They stick
00:20 to the plan and we defended really well for most of the time. I think we could have been
00:24 a little bit more confident in possession. But then we scored a very nice goal. But at
00:30 the end, to win here at Tottenham you must play almost perfect over the whole distance
00:36 of the game. We couldn't do this today and so we have to accept it. We will accept the
00:42 status quo and we will work on it so that we can keep this level high for the whole
00:48 distance of the game. But today we are disappointed because I had the feeling at this moment before
00:56 the 1-1 we can win the game. But then it turned in football, one situation can switch the
01:06 game and so maybe this happened today. But the players did it very well for a long time
01:14 and at the end we are disappointed.
01:16 You took Eze off after he scored. Was that to do with his fitness?
01:25 Yes, Eze had a third injury this year, a muscle injury, so you have to take care. Because
01:33 always a re-injury takes a longer time that he's out. It was 65 minutes and we cannot
01:45 afford to lose him for more weeks again so this was the reason.
01:50 You have only been here a week but Crystal Palace conceded 19 goals in the last 15 minutes
01:58 of games this season. Is that an area you will be looking to work on in the coming weeks?
02:03 Yes, we started to work on it. Of course I don't believe in coincidences and if you concede
02:11 so many goals in the last 15 minutes we have to work on it, we have to analyse it and to
02:20 improve it. That's the most important thing. The players are willing to improve it and
02:26 we started already but there's nothing you can improve in two or three days. We have
02:31 one more game against Luton and then we have three weeks with no game and we will work
02:35 on it.
02:36 What about Jordan Arjen's injury?
02:40 He got a hit in the first half on his hip and he already told us in half-time maybe
02:46 10 or 15 minutes. I hope and I think it's not so bad.
02:54 How excited are you to work with Eze?
03:16 I think the whole England knows that Ebbs is a great player and he can decide games.
03:25 But I also believe we could see that he has not the rhythm because he was also in the
03:30 60 minutes, it was not maybe the highest level but normally he can come back from an injury
03:38 at one week training with us. But he's a player who can decide the game because he also was
03:42 fouled before the free kick and then he scores the goal.
03:46 Now we work also with him that he will be able to play 95, 100 minutes on the highest
03:53 level.
03:54 How long do you think it will be before we see the Oliver Glasner version of Crystal
04:17 Palace?
04:18 I think today the players did really well over a long time but obviously we are not
04:28 able to keep the intensity for the whole game. But to win here at Tottenham you have to do
04:36 this and you have to be able for that. We will work on it and of course I saw some improvements
04:45 in defending today but also we can be more confident with the ball.
04:53 The possession game was sometimes good, sometimes was OK but also sometimes we lost the ball
04:59 too quick, especially in the second half. We could clear the ball and then after the
05:04 second, third pass we lost it again. So most of the game was in our half. But we also must
05:13 give problems to the opposite team. They have to think about it and at that time the pressure
05:18 increased and increased and they scored the goal.
05:23 Why do you think your team weren't able to have the intensity for the whole game?
05:31 They were working hard and they had to learn a lot and everybody did what he was able to
05:38 do but again if you concede 19 goals in the last 15 minutes we have to improve that.
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