Glasner reacts to a devastating 5-1 home defeat

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Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner reacts to a devastating 5-1 home defeat  21/12/2024  Selhurst Park, London, UK

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00:00Hi everyone, 5-1 probably didn't happen to you very often in the game,

00:07especially when it was 1-1, and you seemed to have had the chances,

00:12but probably better than you did at 2-0?

00:16Yeah, great summary, I think everybody who watched the game,

00:20especially the first 60 minutes,

00:22there was no game that you should lose 5-1,

00:27but many parts of football we did really well today,

00:33but one very crucial part we did very bad, let's say it like this,

00:38and this is defending the on-box,

00:40we conceded three goals after the crosses in the first half,

00:43and that's too much, and also the fifth goal started with a cross,

00:48so this is...

00:50And a team like Arsenal, with their efficiency and how ruthless they were today,

00:54they scored almost from every situation,

00:57and that's how we can explain this disappointing result.

01:06Jürgen, you left Trevor Chalmers out starting Wednesday,

01:10what was the process behind that?

01:12It was the third game in six days and also Chris Richards is doing well in training,

01:17and it's time for Chris to get a chance, and that was the reason.

01:22I think a lot of problems, of course, maybe it wouldn't back to that,

01:25do you think you need to strengthen there in January?

01:27No, you can't always defend Martinelli, Saka, in 1-1,

01:36you can close the middle,

01:38but we should defend the box better when they cross from close to the corner.

01:48We have very tall central defenders, we play with a back-sweezer,

01:52we always have at least the same number of players,

01:55they are usually plus one, and this was in every single situation.

01:59OK, the first one happened after a free-kick,

02:03this is when they moved from left to right, we lost a little bit of our shape,

02:08and then there was a cross we couldn't defend,

02:12second was a corner, we defended the first ball well,

02:14but then it's clear who is responsible for the guy in the cut-back,

02:18but we lost him, we were watching the ball too much.

02:21And the third is the same, I cross from Martinelli,

02:24we have very tall players and Gabriel Jesus gets a free-hitter,

02:27and this is what we have to do better.

02:30Because when you play a top team like Arsenal,

02:32they say just, thank you, and this is what they did today.

02:37But the same is because I really like the determination and the bravery of us,

02:47and also always the belief, because we came out 3-1 down,

02:50and we played an excellent 15 minutes, we had two or three chances,

02:54we couldn't take them, and I think the first situation they had in the second half,

02:59and then it came over, and this is what top teams are doing.

03:03I don't know if it's the right...

03:05But if you give them a crumble, they take the whole cake,

03:08and this is what they did today.

03:11Are there any other questions?

03:13Hello, on Wednesday we asked about corners,

03:16you leaving three people up for Arsenal corner,

03:19you said last week, today, can you now explain that and what the thinking was behind it?

03:24Pardon?

03:25On the Arsenal corner...

03:27Yeah, three players up.

03:28Can you explain the thinking and the logic behind it?

03:32Yes, quite easy, so usually they come with six, running all into the six-yard box,

03:39and causing a lot of noise and trouble, they are blocking, pushing,

03:43and then it looks like every single ball comes to the spot where they expect it,

03:49and then it's just... everything can happen.

03:52You can watch the Man United game against Arsenal,

03:56they had eight players in the six-yard box to defend,

03:59and I think they could have conceded five,

04:01so we wanted the box to be clearer, so it was.

04:06Also, the second goal, we defended the first ball,

04:13but we didn't defend the second ball, the rebound.

04:18And so I think it was not an issue of having three players up,

04:24it was just that we have to be so sharp in every situation,

04:31and that's why you can concede one of these,

04:36let's say the corner ball and then the rebound,

04:39you can concede, but I think you shouldn't concede the first,

04:42and especially you shouldn't concede the third one.

04:48Thank you, Merry Christmas to all of you.

04:54Austrian cookies.

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