Oliver Glasner reflects on Crystal Palace defeating Newcastle United

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Oliver Glasner took over at Selhurst Park in February.

Sadly, Roy Hodgson unable to carry on for health reasons.

The former Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt manager finding things tough with just one win in his opening seven Crystal Palace matches.

However, Oliver Glasner now hoping to make it four in a row at the weekend when Palace are away at Fulham.

Oliver Glasner reflecting on his third victory in a row, Wednesday night’s 2-0 defeat of Newcastle United:

“We hope for four in a row. A very famous coach in Germany said once: ‘after the game is always before a game.’

“It was a great performance, so all the credit to the players today for the performance, for the energy, for the intensity, for the offensive way of playing, always trying to score goals.

“Of course it’s a good feeling also now to have completed mission number one – staying in the Premier League mathematically – so it’s a good feeling, and I hope that the players get addicted to winning games, to this feeling, to these emotions. Today, it was really a very good performance.

“The players are showing what they’re able to do.

I told you when I arrived we are not magicians, so we can just encourage them and get their qualities on the pitch. We also have to say ‘thank you’ to the players for the trust they gave us from day number one, because we changed many things. They were always listening, they were always working hard, they gave us the trust and believed in what we were telling them.

“We had many opportunities to score in the first games, but we didn’t have the results and they were still trusting us, still listening to us. It shows the character of the players, and that’s what’s helped us.

“It’s great to see how the players can play. When I saw the first 30 minutes, I was so impressed by the intensity we played with.

“I was really scared – it’s not a joke – I was really scared if they continued playing like this that we’d have to make 10 substitutions in minute 60, because I couldn’t believe what I saw.

“There were moments Newcastle didn’t get out of their half and it’s Newcastle playing for the European League, playing in the Champions League this season. There’s a lot of quality, there’s a lot of speed and how they [Palace’s players] work together is really amazing.

“This is the way we want to go together and it’s a lot of effort, it’s a lot of discipline, it’s a lot of hard work and the players are doing it, so that’s why I say all the credit to the players, because we’re just telling them what they have to do – and they’re doing it really well.

“For me, it’s important to stay humble for all of us, because there are always tight decisions.

“Maybe if we conceded a penalty it would be 1-1 at that time, and it was when Newcastle were maybe a little bit fresher because they didn’t have a game three days before, but then we scored for 2-0 and the game was decided.

“It’s always tight so you have to work hard for this, and then you get the reward.

“For us it’s staying hungry and staying ambitious, because everything we do, we do for the club, we do for our fans and we do for us as a group.

“Now we feel how good it is, everybody knows how good it is to win a game, and since the Liverpool game we’re flying on a cloud, and it’s so nice there because it’s sunny and not raining below the clouds!

“We want to keep this feeling until the end of the season. Again, this is hard work, but the players give me the confidence that they are really hard working for the future.

“All the credit to the players for their performance, their spirit, their togetherness on the pitch.

“When you win you have a lot of self confidence. I saw an excellent first half against Man City, we could have had a 3-0 lead at Bournemouth. We can see the players are listening, they are really hard working and there is a great spirit in the team.

“We are on a good pathway but it is just the beginning of our journey.

“Always nervous when you lead by one. JP is the one who scores, he has a lot of self-confidence and he is working so hard.

“When you see the first goal, he is the one at the end but we won the ball four, five times before. It’s teamwork in the opposite half, working so hard together. They deserve all the credit today because they are the guys working so hard and coming together on the pitch.”

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