Glasner loved what one of his veterans did against
Glasner loved what one of his veterans did against Fulham |
And while the goalscorers will take much of the credit, Glasner was left most impressed by 34-year-old Nathaniel Clyne, who deputised for the ever-reliable Daniel Munoz.
“For me, the man of the match was Nathaniel Clyne,” Glasner told PalaceTV. “He didn’t start for months now. When I heard yesterday that Dani [Muñoz] can’t play, I told him that he will start. Then performing like the way he did, at 34 years of age. He’d not had much rhythm, not a huge amount of team training.
“He’s been doing a lot of training in groups of seven or eight. So to show this performance, it’s just huge credit to him and shows what a great player he is and what a great person he is.”
Speaking about the win more generally, Glasner said: “It’s a great win here. Of course it was a tight game. What makes me really proud is that, although we were lucky in one situation when their goal was ruled out. But for me, the longer the game went on, the more likely it felt like we were to win it.
“We were playing forward, creating some nice attacks and creating chances – then we get the game winner from a set-play. A huge credit to the players and thank you to our fans who pushed us and supported us right until the end, we kept going. That’s why I think, at the end, we deserve to win.
“For me, it’s the way we are playing, the commitment and always believing that we can get the win. I think this is much more important. You can lose a game and drop five positions. But yes, being more towards the top of the table, than at the bottom, it makes life a little bit easier and a little bit more relaxing.
“We are enjoying it, we are enjoying ourselves. This is what we want and what we have to continue to be successful until the end of the season.”
Silva: We were more dominant
Fulham boss Marco Silva felt his side were the more dominant of the two teams, with the Cottagers having more possessions but less efforts on goal. He told club media: “We knew that we are going to have this type of Palace approach in the game, most of the times trying to block everything from ourselves, deep on the pitch with that line of five, four players in front, and sometimes [Jean-Philippe] Mateta very deep trying to block the lines.
“We knew that it’s going to be a game that we have to be patient, but at the same time it’s important for us to move quicker the ball. And that was one of the reasons, because in some moments we didn’t find more solutions, sometimes the possession at the back was a little bit slower than it should be.
“Even so, I think we were the team more dominant in the game, definitely. Of course, sometimes in terms of chances, the dominance doesn’t reflect it, but I think we did create.”
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