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Glasner delighted with Palace for victory at Dynamo Kyiv

Glasner delighted with Palace for victory at Dynamo Kyiv
Glasner delighted with Palace for victory at Dynamo KyivAction Plus

Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner says victory over Dynamo Kyiv was fully deserved.

Palace won their opening Europa Conference League tie 2-0 thanks to goals from Daniel Munoz and Eddie Nketiah.

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Glasner said afterwards:  “We controlled the game or most of the time – just after the red card (for Borna Sosa), the pressure was a little bit more – but overall I think we deserved the win.

“We knew that they (Dynamo Kyiv) had played in the back five against AS Roma, for example, last year, so it was not completely surprising, yes, but it was a little bit (that they started that way tonight).

“Credit to the players, because we scored a very nice goal with Dani Munoz. This was one of our habits against a deep block, going in behind. We had two more big chances, and I think it was a completely deserved win.

“It looks like teams (in Europe) react more to the way we are playing, so in the Premier League every team plays its style, their system, once or twice it happens that the opposition changes their system, and now we’ve two opponents with Fredrikstad and Kyiv, and both teams started in a different system than we expected.

“Maybe this is a little bit different, and we will see if this continues, but it is not difficult to prepare the team, because they are so hungry to succeed, and so ambitious, and of course we want to keep them pushing, and it is really easy to keep the focus high.”

On Yeremy Pino's performance, Glasner also said: “He was very good. He worked so hard. In the last games, he didn't get the reward, but he's such a great guy, he always keeps going and he gets more and more used to the way we are playing.

“The second assist was too quick for my eyes! I'm already an old guy, too far away, it was too quick, so I’ll have to look back at it on TV! But it was a fantastic assist, and a very good performance.”

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