Glasner on his tactical mistake costing Palace in 5-2 City defeat
12/04/2025
Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Uk
12/04/2025
Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Uk
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00:00Who would like to start?
00:12Matt, if you could pass that there.
00:15Oliver, obviously a disappointing result.
00:16What did you make of the game today?
00:18Yes, disappointing, especially when you have to lead by two goals.
00:21A great start into the game, scoring a third, disallowed, having a big chance with his Mela.
00:26And then our defence, we were not good enough today in defending and made too many mistakes.
00:34And then a team like City, when you give them so many chances, they just score from it.
00:39But I think we will learn from this game and we have to learn.
00:43The last time we conceded five was against Arsenal and I think then the players did really well.
00:49We will analyse it, we will show them, we will train it and hopefully we will do it better the next time.
00:55How much of a miss was Mark Gay today?
00:57Obviously your captain played so many games, such an important part of the team.
01:01How much did you miss him?
01:03I think every team misses his captain, but it was more.
01:07Chris didn't train for 10 days, Maxence didn't train the whole week.
01:10So everybody was not on his top level.
01:12And also when you see the third and the fourth goal, it's just unusual for us here
01:18that we're giving them the pass in the depth of the first goal
01:21because we have a clear pattern when there is no pressure on the ball
01:23that we always protect the depth first.
01:25Twice we were surprised and then you get punished and then it's difficult to come back
01:31because the start was great, how we played.
01:35Also when you see the first goal, how quickly we moved the ball from left to right
01:38and always knowing that we have a two-way one on the opposite side.
01:41But also to be honest, the longer the game lasted, the less we could do it.
01:45And that's why we lost the game.
01:49You took J.P. Matessa off at half-time.
01:51Was that a tactical decision?
01:52Yes, it was a tactical decision, but now I have to say it was the wrong decision
01:56not to take him off, just to change the system to a 3-5-2.
02:00We wanted to control the middle more, the pocket, but it didn't work.
02:06Thanks.
02:08Simon?
02:09Because you started so well, do you think almost the players forgot the game plan?
02:17No, I don't think so.
02:20When you see the first goal, I think it's a free kick, a direct free kick.
02:26And then the second is the reaction, I think, of Oma Mamouj.
02:29It's just quicker than ours.
02:30It was a second ball because we have the header.
02:32I don't know, we cleared it straight into the middle of the box,
02:35so we shouldn't do this.
02:36And the third, you know, the third goal, it just happens.
02:43You know, when City, they have a lot of possession,
02:46and they always play in your half,
02:48then they will find the space, they find the gaps, they find the pocket.
02:53And you need to have the ball, you need to play also in their half
02:56to avoid that they create so many chances.
02:59And this is what we couldn't do anymore.
03:01And, yeah, that's, at the end, I think it's nothing to do that we wanted to more.
03:07They forgot something.
03:08It's just we didn't do it in our top level because also before their first goal,
03:12I think Kevin De Bruyne hit the post and McAtee had a big chance having a header.
03:16So this is what we just didn't do it in the top level.
03:23Should you meet City again in the FA Cup final?
03:27Yeah, I know you'll have your captain back by then,
03:29but regardless of that, have you still seen enough
03:31that would give you confidence to overturn it?
03:35Yes, I said to Pep afterwards, if we meet again,
03:37you can't play in this system because we will solve it.
03:40Sorry, I forgot to ask, De Bruyne is about to finish at Manchester City.
03:49He's an opposition manager.
03:50Can you, even when he plays like he did today,
03:53can you appreciate him or is it just a pain to have him there?
03:57Of course, everyone, I think.
03:59When you have such a career, such a great player,
04:02not just in the England Premier League,
04:05so for a decade, I think, almost more than a decade,
04:09and every manager loves to see a player like him
04:14with intelligence and how he moves and always finds the space,
04:20how he passes, how he scores, how he creates chances.
04:23Of course, everyone loves to see this player,
04:25but not when he's playing for the other team.
04:30Hi, Oli. I'm just wondering, with Jean-Philippe Matata,
04:33he's been so important for you.
04:34What was his reaction when you told him he was coming off at half-time
04:37and you say you made a mistake.
04:40What's it like going back into the changing room
04:42after you feel you've made a mistake?
04:44I didn't make a mistake to sub him
04:45because I think he can do better than he did first half.
04:49He lost also too many duels.
04:51He lost too many balls.
04:52And that's why we thought to change something
04:57so that the mistake I made was to change the system,
05:01not to sub JP.
05:05Sorry, this gentleman here at the front.
05:07Bobby, thank you.
05:09Hi, Oliver.
05:10Obviously, you missed the captain, Mark Gay, today.
05:12At 2-1 and then 2-1,
05:14do you think you kind of lacked a little bit of leadership
05:16out on the pitch, players keeping going
05:18and keeping things together?
05:19I don't know if it's too easy.
05:24I think Mark played when we conceded five against Arsenal
05:27and I think, no, that's not the reason.
05:29I think we just, again,
05:31now we can look for many reasons
05:33and we missed the captain or this and that.
05:36No.
05:37When we see all the chances
05:39and just the last goal,
05:41when we're speaking about details
05:43and you have to do it,
05:44we don't attack on the winger,
05:46we don't double up.
05:47it's clear what we want to do,
05:49then you have to cross
05:50and then everything can happen.
05:52So we want to avoid the situations earlier.
05:56We didn't do it today
05:58and when Aderson has the ball,
06:02we are not aware that he plays in behind,
06:06so it's not really surprising for everyone.
06:09But today we are not good enough.
06:14It's not that anybody does want to do it,
06:15so it just happened.
06:16Yeah, maybe a little bit too much pressure
06:18from the Manchester City players,
06:21and then everything goes so quickly
06:23and it's easy for us,
06:24standing outside,
06:25analysing everything,
06:26but they have to take decision.
06:27And when you see these long balls,
06:29I think De Bruyne in the pocket,
06:31we are on the jump.
06:32And then it was the wrong decision.
06:33We took too many wrong decisions
06:35before the second goal.
06:37Maxon steps into the midfield
06:38where he doesn't need to step
06:39and opens the gap
06:40and then they pass in behind.
06:41So I think the first goal,
06:43the free kicks,
06:44and now we can analyse all the situations.
06:45I think we didn't defend on our top level,
06:47that's why we didn't win the game.
06:49We often talk about looking ahead to the future.
06:51Obviously, you've got a quick turnaround of games now.
06:53Is that something you kind of relish,
06:55having the opportunity to rectify
06:56what went wrong today?
06:57Yes, of course.
07:00But this is,
07:02regardless if we play in three days
07:04and four days in one week,
07:05we're always analysing
07:06because as you could see,
07:09a great effort from the team again
07:11and on analysing what we can do better.
07:14It's now for us,
07:15this is what we never do.
07:16We don't point with the finger.
07:18Now we have to support the players.
07:20We have to show them
07:21how we can solve these situations
07:23to be better prepared.
07:24And this is our job
07:25and this is what we'll do.
07:26You've talked about
07:28maybe the mistakes you've made today,
07:32but you said it just happens in football.
07:33It's normal.
07:34And obviously, you've talked about
07:35the tactical things
07:35that maybe didn't go right.
07:37How difficult is it though
07:38when De Bruyne scores that free kick?
07:40It changes the atmosphere inside the stadium.
07:42It changes the atmosphere on the pitch
07:44because City take a step forward.
07:46Does that affect your players as well?
07:48Is that one of those factors
07:50that just changes the whole thing?
07:52Of course, you know.
07:53I don't know.
07:54A few minutes before you ever disallowed 3-0
07:56you miss a big chance to 3-0
07:57and then you concede one.
07:58Yes, this changes their momentum
08:00and football is a game of momentum.
08:02I remember the Champions League final
08:04where an Italian team was up
08:06by three goals
08:07and an English team won on penalties.
08:09It's football.
08:10Human beings, you know.
08:12Many things going around in their mind.
08:15And yes, we're not happy that it happened
08:18but we have to accept it
08:19and again learn from it.
08:20Was it something that you talked about at half-time?
08:23No, I talked about...
08:25Of course, you know,
08:27we were disappointed in the dressing room
08:29when you lead
08:30and all the game was going
08:32but I told them,
08:33guys, a draw at half-time
08:34at Etihad is a good result for us.
08:36And it shouldn't influence our mood
08:41because, you know,
08:41when it's the opposite
08:42where 2-0 down
08:43and coming back
08:44and having a 2-2
08:45is still the same result.
08:46So this is what we talked about
08:48but, you know,
08:49so it didn't work.
08:52Okay.
08:53That's it.
08:53Thank you very much.
08:54Cheers.