Glasner admits he wouldn't make so many changes after Palace thump Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield

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Glasner admits he wouldn't make so many changes after Palace thump Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield  29/10/2025  Anfield. Liverpool, Uk

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00:01I'm sorry.

00:02Sorry.

00:03Is it OK?

00:04Yeah, for me?

00:05Yeah, ah.

00:06That's fine.

00:12OK.

00:13Who would like to start?

00:16Gentleman there?

00:18Congratulations.

00:19I mean, you must have been delighted with pretty much every aspect of that.

00:23Thank you for the congratulations, but to be honest, no.

00:26I'm not pleased with the first 15 minutes.

00:29I told the players it looked like we were still in the hotel beds.

00:32And, yeah, but then, yes, we did much better.

00:36We controlled the game, scored very nice goals in the first half.

00:39But on the other side, I think we could have decided the game earlier.

00:43We had many situations that looked threatening,

00:46but then the last pass was not really good enough

00:49or the finish was not good enough, the decision was not good enough.

00:52But overall, of course, when he wins Renault at Anfield,

00:55it's a very good night for us.

00:58It's a very positive night and qualifying for the quarter-final is,

01:01of course, it's what we wanted.

01:03You've got really important Premier League games coming up.

01:09Do you think that you've got that balance right between changing the team

01:15but also keeping some of those senior players who can cause them problems?

01:20Yes, of course.

01:23For me, it's always important to stay in the rhythm.

01:26And we gave a few players a rest.

01:29Chris Richards had a small injury.

01:31Adam Wharton got ill.

01:33Team Mitchell didn't play.

01:35JP Mateta got the rest.

01:36So, unfortunately, we had to bring him on at halftime

01:39because Adrian Ketek got injured with his hamstring again.

01:42So that's the only negative aspect from today's evening.

01:44We could play.

01:48Rio Cardians got his minutes.

01:50I don't like if you can always say,

01:53OK, I rest almost the whole of every player,

01:58then you can have a good training session.

02:00But when you have them the whole day on a trip like we have today,

02:05then it's better playing a few minutes, staying in the rhythm.

02:08And we could manage the minutes quite well.

02:10And our defence is clear.

02:11We don't have six centre-backs, so we can't change three.

02:14It's just not possible.

02:17So we gave Walter Benitez 90 minutes here as a clean sheet.

02:22So overall, everything worked how we planned it, honestly.

02:28Just to mention again,

02:31his injury is really tough, especially for him.

02:35It's the next one after he missed the whole pre-season

02:38and the start of the season.

02:39So hopefully it's not too serious.

02:42OK, hi.

02:43The way you handled the night and the occasions,

02:46I know you've made a change in the field team,

02:49but the experience of winning the FA Cup and the Community Shield,

02:53you've got that a bit more street-wide now,

02:56a bit more composure when you're playing these times?

03:01We're always, I hope at least,

03:05that we're always confident and trusting us that we can win a game.

03:09And so maybe when I arrived one and a half year ago,

03:12we won the first game against Burnley

03:14and we had six games without the win

03:16and we played here at Liverpool and we won 1-0.

03:18And I always want that we go out on the pitch

03:23and be ourselves and show how we want to play.

03:26And again, the first 15 minutes we didn't show how we want to play,

03:29we didn't show how we want to defend

03:30and we didn't show how we want to play in possession.

03:32But afterwards, yeah, it looked like Crystal Palace football.

03:36And this is what we expect.

03:38This is when we have a training session,

03:40I expect that we play Crystal Palace football

03:42and every single game, we are out there.

03:44I expect that we play what we are talking about

03:46and what we are doing in training.

03:48Thank you, Paul.

03:50Congratulations.

03:52This minor style has now scored seven in nine matches against Liverpool.

03:55He's always been a very talented player,

03:57but what do you make of the way he's progressed

04:00and how much further do you think he can do?

04:04It's up to him, yes.

04:06He progressed, especially in scoring goals, massively.

04:09And I think also the way we are playing

04:12and he's connected with the other players

04:15suits his style.

04:17And when he has a little bit more space,

04:19also that's what he needs for his game.

04:24And it's a great finish.

04:26And to be fair, I was thinking,

04:30yesterday we were discussing in the coaching staff,

04:33do we rest Isma or JP?

04:36And then I decided that Eddie plays on the ninth position

04:42because this is the position he prefers most

04:44and Isma plays.

04:45And there was also the plan to play him 60 minutes.

04:48Yeah, scoring two goals.

04:50Especially the second goal, I really liked

04:52how we played in this situation.

04:54And it's good for him.

04:56And it's the same with Jeremy Pino.

04:58And then we're talking, should we rest or not?

05:00But what's the best motivation for him for Saturday?

05:05He's scoring the goal

05:06because it's his first goal for Crystal Palace.

05:08And that's why I never separate the mind from the body.

05:13And yes, maybe the legs are fatigued

05:15and both shins were bloody.

05:17And I said to him, welcome to England.

05:20Or English football.

05:22But he was smiling because he scored a goal.

05:27And this positive emotions and experience,

05:31this just helps you to recover quicker than it's the opposite.

05:35I'll be.

05:36Just to follow on on your paper,

05:38I told him that he spoke about being confident yesterday.

05:42It was just a perfect experience.

05:44Ah, yes.

05:46And I also liked him because he got a few knocks

05:49and then he was limping and we spoke at halftime.

05:52And I think I asked him eight times, is everything okay?

05:56And he said, yes, yes, yes.

05:58And I like it, honestly.

06:00If somebody is that ambitious and he worked really hard

06:03and he got the reward today,

06:05and this will help him, this will help us,

06:08and therefore it was very good for him.

06:11And the balls from deep, from Daiichi Kamala,

06:13especially in the first half,

06:14seem to be a really important move to attack you tonight.

06:18Yes, it was a little bit, again,

06:20we didn't expect them mirroring our system.

06:23And then it's because we want in possession

06:30to behave a little bit differently if they play 4-3,

06:32or they're mirroring us.

06:34And at the beginning we were too static in our positions.

06:44And for them it was easy because they mirrored us

06:46and that means the European people always got pressured

06:48and we said, okay, just move behind their sixes,

06:51maybe overload one side.

06:53And the third goal where all three players, I think,

06:56started from five yards and then they spread out.

07:00Again, it took us a little bit to adjust,

07:03but on the other side I expect that the players know what to do

07:08because they can change it three or four times in a game

07:12that they immediately know, okay, now they're playing a back four,

07:14that means we have other spaces when they play a back five.

07:18And this took us a little bit, from my perspective,

07:22it took us a little bit too long.

07:24And it's the first time since 1992 that Crystal Palace

07:27have reached the last eight of the league club with success in the season.

07:30What is it about cup football that this club loves on you being here?

07:39You know, we almost lost against Millwall,

07:42so we were a little bit lucky.

07:45I don't know.

07:47It's my mindset.

07:49I said it in the press conference after the Arsenal game,

07:55and I said to the players,

07:57as long as you don't say we send the under-21s

08:00because we feel too fatigued and too tired,

08:03we will go to win there.

08:05And I asked the players, yeah?

08:09And the players said, no, no, we won't.

08:10And then we went.

08:11And this is just, we did everything.

08:15And it's not, and to be honest,

08:19that's what I didn't like at the beginning.

08:21It looked like we saw the starting line-up

08:24and then maybe it's a little bit easier.

08:26And we didn't have to focus,

08:30and we're always talking about our standards

08:32and reset our standards, nobody else,

08:35and we don't want to care about whom the others are playing.

08:39And the first 15 minutes, we didn't show our standards.

08:43We want to have and we want to show.

08:45Yes, later we did.

08:47And also, of course, maybe I have to be a little bit,

08:50let me say, not too strict, harsh,

08:56not too harsh with the players,

08:57because we play many, many games

09:00and I'm, unfortunately for them,

09:03I'm always a perfectionist.

09:04And if I see something, even we are 3-0 up,

09:07and it's the 93rd minutes,

09:09I want them to play our way and be perfect

09:11and make the runs and make the runs

09:13and defend with 100% focus.

09:16So, sometimes it's tough for them.

09:19Gentlemen, yeah.

09:20What was your reaction when you saw the Liverpool team line up

09:24and how much of a breeze did it give your team

09:26when you saw Mo Salomo, Ketiki?

09:28No.

09:29No, no, no.

09:30It was Anerslaut's decision,

09:31so we never care about what the others are doing.

09:34Of course, we were.

09:35We told the players, but still, I think it would be disrespectful to all their players.

09:44I've seen Joe Gomez, I don't know how many games he played for Liverpool,

09:49won the Champions League and the league with them.

09:51I've seen Mataru Endo, I don't know how many games he has for Japan, but a lot.

09:58I've seen McAllister, he won the World Cup a few years ago as a starter.

10:04I've seen Kerkers, they bought for more than 40 million.

10:07I've seen Chiesa, who played for the Italian national team.

10:11I've seen Nguomo, who showed that he can score goals in the Premier League

10:15when he scored at Newcastle, a very important goal.

10:17And yes, they were mixed with a few maybe not so experienced players,

10:22but they showed that this is a good team.

10:28I think everybody is a member of the Liverpool squad.

10:31I played 19 years professional football

10:35and I was never good enough to be playing for Liverpool,

10:38being in the Liverpool squad because all these players are very good players.

10:42Otherwise they wouldn't play for FC Liverpool,

10:45wouldn't wear this shirt and wouldn't wear this badge.

10:47So I think it would be disrespectful if we say,

10:50maybe it wasn't the strongest team, but it was a very good Liverpool side.

10:59OK. Thanks very much everyone.

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