OLIVER Glasner said Crystal Palace “deserved more” after their 1-0 defeat to Liverpool last weekend – as he insisted the way his players fought in the second half “gives me a lot of confidence”.
Diogo Jota scored the only goal of the game in the ninth minute as the Eagles’ winless run at the start of their Premier League campaign stretched to seven games.
Eddie Nketiah had a goal ruled out for offside and Ismaila Sarr was denied by Alisson before the break.
Alisson then kept out Nketiah and Eberechi Eze, before Vitezslav Jaros, who had come on for his injured colleague, was well behind Eze’s shot.
Glasner felt his side should have have a penalty when Marc Guehi appeared to be pulled back by Virgil van Dijk.
“I think we deserved more at the end,”Glasner said. “In the first half we could see how good Liverpool are, how quickly they moved the ball.
“We had a great start with the offside goal, and then we had problems and they had the lead. They deserved the lead at half-time.
“But the second half gives me a lot of confidence for the rest of the season.We created chances and also we were good in defending.
“I think we must get a clear penalty for us. Marc is held with two hands, but we have to accept it.
“The second-half performance for me was the best in the season and this gives me confidence.”
Palace are eighteenth in the table with three points from seven games and must wait until after the international break to try to secure that first win then they travel to Nottingham Forest on October 21.
“Of course, we’re playing for results and it was a disappointment. But I also told the players right after the game that we will build up on this,” Glasner said.
“I experienced in my career [being] 1-0 down, and Liverpool playing like they did in the first half, that you leave the pitch with a 3-, 4- or even a 5-0.
“But we came back and we came close to the draw. We didn’t get it.
“It’s tough, but at the moment it looks like we invest, we fail. We invest, we fail. We invest, we fail. The only way to get the turnaround is invest, invest, stay together and work.
“This is what we will do. Then we will get the turnaround. Then we will get the wins because we have the quality, we have the working mentality, we have the togetherness.
“This, again, gives me a lot of confidence.”
