Oliver Glasner
Crystal Palace’s remarkable unbeaten run of 19 matches was halted in dramatic fashion by Everton at their new home on the Mersey waterfront. The Eagles appeared poised to extend their streak to 20 games after Daniel Munoz’s 37th-minute strike put them ahead. However, Everton turned the tide with Iliman Ndiaye’s penalty equaliser in the 76th minute, followed by Jack Grealish’s stoppage-time winner, sending the home crowd into a frenzy.
Oliver Glasner said: “Every fan deserves huge credit for their support, especially in England. I love every single stadium, and of course I love Selhurst Park most. It’s always a great atmosphere wherever you go here in England. You would not go out with your dog in this weather, but the stadium was full and the atmosphere was fantastic. I think this is what you in England can be really proud of, the support of your teams. I think they (Everton’s supporters) were quite silent for 60-70 minutes, but also we helped them a little bit to get back. Yes, it was very loud and it’s a really nice stadium.”
Glasner said: “I’m massively disappointed. Everyone hurts. The way the game was played for 60-70 minutes was a fantastic performance from our team. But once again, we didn’t decide the game when we could have decided it, that’s happened a few times. We’ve played 12 games this season and this was the first defeat. I don’t think you have more clear chances than we had in the first 60 minutes when you play away at Everton, a very good team, very well-organised. As long as it’s one-nil, always everything is possible. Then we made one mistake in defence and we don’t make many mistakes in our defence but we made one and they got the penalty and the game was open. Then it’s who gets the lucky punch and takes it and today it was Everton so congrats to them. But it really hurts. In the first game it was a fantastic performance. It’s Premier League football, every team can score, you just need one situation with set plays, and this happened. On the other side, it’s part of the development we’re in now, there is never a straight line up. I think we have made a few steps forward in the last couple of months. Today we have to take this disappointment and this pain. Then we will learn from it and try to improve.”
He said: “It would be a cheap excuse and easy to say. Nobody had this feeling for 60 minutes when we could have been two or three nil up. When you get the equaliser at home, you get the momentum and the energy again. The players are feeling it in their minds: ‘We could have decided it already,’ and we tried to bring on a few fresh legs but today it didn’t work.”
Despite the setback, Glasner remained optimistic about the team’s progress and development. Palace had recently celebrated a significant European away victory against Dynamo Kyiv in the UEFA Europa Conference League, but Glasner refused to attribute the defeat to fatigue, emphasizing the team’s strong performance for the majority of the match. The manager acknowledged the need to learn from this experience and continue improving as the season progresses.
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