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Palace boss Glasner: Canvot performance no surprise to me

Palace boss Glasner: Canvot performance no surprise to me
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Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner says he was always confident Jaydee Canvot would step up after Sunday's 0-0 draw with Brighton.

Glasner turned to the 19 year-old due to an injury to skipper Marc Guehi.

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He said afterwards, “I learned nothing new, because we trust every single player who is in our squad.

Jaydee replaced Marc one to one in this position and I think he had a very good game. The whole team really defended well today. It was a very intense game, many duels. Brighton have a lot of pace in their attack and we did so well defensively.

“I think our game was like against Alkmaar. Our positioning of the 10s was not on the top level, that's why we couldn't create more on the other side. Also credit to Brighton, they defended very well. They were very aggressive and intense in the duels.

“At the end I think it was a fair result, the draw. It was maybe who gets and takes the lucky punch. Nobody did it. That's why it's a 0-0, and I'm really pleased with the effort from the whole team, with the commitment we showed.

“We know our schedule and it's a good result.”

On Canvot’s role, Glasner explained: “I spoke to the back three yesterday where they feel most comfortable because Chris Richards played the left position when Marc was injured when we arrived and he did very well.

“I asked JD if he feels comfortable playing on the left side. For me, it's always the best, if we have to make a change, we change it one to one than if we have to change three or four positions. Then we said ‘okay, we'll play it in the same way’.

“It also helped him playing next to Tyrick Mitchell, who is a great defender and he showed it today. It was a good performance.”

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