Glasner: We will be honest with ourselves

Oliver Glasner said his Crystal Palace team will reflect honestly, and go again on Tuesday, after going down to a 4-1 defeat at Leeds United on Saturday evening.

Palace lost away from home in the Premier League for the first time since October, with Leeds’ Dominic Calvert-Lewin scoring twice, both goals coming after long throw-ins.

Justin Devenny’s late penalty offered a consolation, but the scoring was completed by Anton Stach’s free-kick in the dying seconds.

Glasner said his team struggled with the basics on a tough night at Elland Road, but added that he trusted his current group of players to respond in the right manner.

“It’s like we were not sharp enough,” he told his post-match press conference. “If you defend the set-plays like we did today, you have no chance to get a point in the Premier League.

“That’s why at the end we lost and conceded all these goals. You have to win your duels. [Christantus] Uche did it at the end and all of a sudden we have a penalty.

“It’s football, sometimes you can reduce it to the basics, and in the basics we were not good enough.”Quote Icons

We will be, like always, very honest with ourselves

When asked if possible additions to the squad were needed, he responded by saying: “I don’t talk about January because in three days we play at the Emirates [against Arsenal away in the Carabao Cup].

“Just this team will be available. It’s good, because I trust this team. I trust these players, because they’ve shown it so often. But not today.

“We will look in the mirror tomorrow. We will be, like always, very honest with ourselves. And I think there’s a lot we have to talk about.

“Then we can show in three days that we can do better. Especially in set-pieces, when we’re facing maybe the best set-piece team. That will be our job.”