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Glasner ready to beat Liverpool for the fourth time this season in "unique" chance

Glasner ready to beat Liverpool for the fourth time this season in "unique" chance
Glasner ready to beat Liverpool for the fourth time this season in "unique" chanceREUTERS

Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner has spoken ahead of the clash with Liverpool this season.

Liverpool have only suffered defeat in one of their last 10 top-flight home games as they welcome Palace to Anfield on Saturday afternoon. 

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Three wins and one draw across the Premier League, EFL Cup and Community Shield means Glasner has an excellent record against the hosts this season. 

Could Palace beat Liverpool again?

Speaking on the chance to pull the wool over the Premier League champions’ eyes once more, Glasner admitted that it is fantastic opportunity. 

"I think when you talk before a season and say: ‘OK, we win once against Liverpool’, you would say ‘yeah, it's good’. And if you say we’d win twice against Liverpool, you would say, ‘well, it would be very good’. And you say we win three times against Liverpool, it's amazing." 

"And now we have the opportunity to win four times against Liverpool in one season. I think that's something unique. First of all, you don't play a team like Liverpool four times a year very often. 

"And on the other side, then having already three wins, that's massive for us, and that's why we're really highly motivated, because maybe this will never happen again, and it's a massive chance." 

Rosenior being sacked is normal

Glasner has been at Palace since February 2024 and is one of the longest serving managers in the league despite being at the side for just over two years. He has outlasted many including Liam Rosenior who was sacked by Chelsea this week. The Austrian says sackings are normal and is just part of the job.

"When I did my coaching programme, we went to Nyom to the UEFA headquarters and the first speaker was on screen. First it was ‘welcome to the land of no sleep!’- and then there was the average time you spend at a club is 1.2 years, and 56% of managers don't find a second job after the first one. ‘You can still leave and think about it if you want to become a manager.’

"That's just the reality where we are in. If you don't like it, you have to look for a different job. It's very volatile, we know it, yes. Do I think that's the best? I don't think so.

"You always need a little bit of time to implement your ideas, to create, and I think it is the most important thing to create a winning environment, an environment where everybody is aligned and goes in the same direction.

"I think you see it in the Premier League, how many managers are still in charge who started this season, and it's just the reality."

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