Glasner on Palace 0-0 Manchester Utd
21/09/2024
Selhurst Park, London, UK
21/09/2024
Selhurst Park, London, UK
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00:00On the Australian game, you played a tremendous first half and then you probably had the best time?
00:07Yes, the first half was how we don't want to play in any part of the game,
00:14out of possession, in possession, set plays. So it was, let's say now, easy,
00:19we can show it, this is how we don't want to play. And in the second half, we had some clear words
00:25at half-time and we switched the mindset just to play with more courage and make more runs in
00:34behind and go more direct to their goal. And this is what the players did really well in the second
00:42half. We were much more compact and when we had the ball, then we played more direct forward,
00:48because when you always play in your own box and always play back to the keeper. So I think we had
00:52three kicks in our half and we always played back to our keeper. For me, it looked like we were
00:59too cautious, too much scared of whatever. But what's very positive is that the players could
01:06switch their mindset and we showed that we can do it much better in the second half. So at the end,
01:12with the two big chances in the second half, I think the draw is OK. But in the first half,
01:17we needed an unbelievable Dean Henderson goalkeeper who kept us alive.
01:28No, I don't know. I don't know. But it's just how I don't want that we play,
01:34that we're always thinking backwards instead of thinking forward.
01:38And so this gives me confidence that we can change it. But it's our job, all our job,
01:45that we have a different mindset when we start the game, playing forward,
01:49attacking, making pressure, in possession and out of possession.
02:06Yes, for me, it also looked really heavy, let's say, like this. So fortunately,
02:13I think he touched the ball and not the shin of our player because I think then he would break
02:19his leg. But the referee decided no red card and I don't want to complain about the referee's
02:27decision. So I think we made many more wrong decisions than the referee today.
02:33Can I ask about the double substitution?
02:42Yeah, of course. I think you saw the first half, so we had no runs in behind.
02:47We didn't attack the space they gave us and this was clear the plan when we talked about before.
02:55And I think we lost almost any duel in midfield. And then we got every second ball and then we
03:02said, OK, Ismail Asar had always a great impact. He's one of those guys and that's why we signed
03:08him with this profile, with this running. And then he showed it in the second half,
03:12he played excellent. And the same with Jeff Lehmann. We needed his experience and his
03:17physical presence. And this is why we had the substitutions. And then we also changed the
03:24system a little bit, slightly, from a 3-4-3 to a 3-5-2. And then to close the middle,
03:30because we didn't control the centre in the first half. And they always could switch to
03:34their far eight and we had a lot of problems. And this was much better in the second half.
03:51It's clear. They don't want to play like this, I think, but it just happened.
03:56And I just said to them, OK, we can lose a game. You can always lose a game. It's sport,
04:04it's football. But I want that we never lose our personality. Because then we lose twice.
04:15And then it hurts much more than losing a game. And I told them that I had this as a player.
04:26Similar. And then it really hurts the next day, thinking about losing a game and also
04:32if you don't play how you would like to play. And this is what I told them. Go out and show
04:38your character and your personality. And this is what the players really did.
04:43Great. And I know it because I was sitting 19 years in the locker room on the other side.
04:51I couldn't switch so often like they did today against a very good Man Utd team.
04:57I also think we have to mention that they really played well. A lot of power. And then we could see
05:02with their subs, I think they had hundreds of millions on their bench. And then we did it
05:08really well. So compliment for this. And this shows me that the team doesn't want to lose
05:18their personality. And this is confidence. And now we have two weeks of training and we have to use
05:22these weeks of training to get much more clearance in our game. At the moment, it's not that everybody
05:31does the same in and out of possession and everybody does what we want to do in possession.
05:36So we have too many misunderstandings. And this is what we have to start working on now.
05:43When you get the United league here in Turkey, do you expect to be
05:48as remarkable perhaps as on the bench? And were you surprised that he was starting this game?
05:56We thought that he will play, but you have an Argentinian international on the bench
06:02with Canaccio and can bring him in. You have Thiergy, you have Holland, you have Diallo.
06:08And I think I forget many. You have Maino, Eriksen, Fernandes. Then who came in?
06:18I don't know. So it's just a team of many quality players and this is the show today.
06:26And when Crystal Palace plays Man Utd, I think there are always times and minutes where Crystal
06:32Palace has to suffer. And we had to suffer in the first half.
06:39But there are moments to come back and we had these moments today. I think also, to be honest,
06:46three points would have been too much today. But with these big chances in the second half,
06:51I think that the draw is okay.