adminCrystal Palace fans will love Oliver Glasner’s comments as unbeaten run comes to an end vs Everton
For the first time in 19 games, Crystal Palace have experienced defeat, but manager Oliver Glasner remains unfazed, confident that the team’s positive run isn’t over.
The Eagles seemed set to secure another victory at Hill Dickinson Stadium, taking the lead through a Daniel Munoz goal. However, the momentum shifted when a defensive lapse gave Everton a penalty, which Iliman Ndiaye calmly converted.
A disappointing performance from Jean-Philippe Mateta, marked by several missed chances, ultimately cost Palace the match. The decisive blow came in the dying moments when Jack Grealish netted the winner, handing Glasner’s side a late loss.
After the game, speaking to the club’s official website, Glasner admitted the defeat was hard to accept but expressed his ambition to kickstart a new unbeaten streak following the upcoming international break.
He stated, “It hurts even more because we hadn’t felt this in nearly six months. But I told the players after the match that this is simply the next chapter in Crystal Palace’s story.
After winning two trophies and setting the club’s longest unbeaten run, they should be proud. Now, it’s time to begin a new run.”
Palace’s unbeaten run stretched across 19 matches in all competitions, including 12 consecutive Premier League games without defeat. Glasner now prepares for two consecutive home games: hosting Bournemouth in the league and welcoming AEK Larnaca in the Europa Conference League.
An interesting coincidence surrounds this defeat: Palace’s previous longest unbeaten run was 18 games in 1969, which was also ended by Everton with a 2-1 away loss. Fast forward 56 years, and history repeated itself with the same outcome.
Before the match, pundit Paul Merson predicted a draw as the likely result. While Palace probably deserved at least a point, they were ultimately undone in the final moments and will now need to regroup and bounce back.
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