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