Crystal Palace Coach, Oliver Glasner wants his team to be efficient when they meet Nottingham Forest at Selhurst Park on Sunday , Softfootball reports.
The Eagles sold star player Eberechi Eze to London rivals Arsenal and the England international was unveiled just before the Gunners demolished Leeds United 5-0 at the Emirates in the Premier League match-day 2 encounter.
Glasner, who guided Crystal Palace to win the FA Cup over Manchester City and lifted the Community Shield after defeating Liverpool via penalty says he is wary of Nottingham during a conversation with Crystal Palace’s official club media.
He said:
“Yeah, good performance. Efficient. Honestly, nothing new. I think they just played one new player, who is Dan Ndoye, on the right, instead of [Anthony] Elanga – but more or less, all the other players played like last year, a nd now they brought in several new players.
“I don’t know, but if you win 3-1, I don’t expect that they will change many players. They have a lot of pace, especially from the side with Ndoye, with [Callum] Hudson-Odoi, but also with their fullbacks, Ola Aina and Nico Williams.
“They have a very good midfield. With [Ibrahim] Sangaré, the more defensive one. With Elliot Anderson, this box-to-box player. And with Morgan Gibbs-White, the creative ten.
“Two centre-backs playing together for a longer time now, for more than one year, Murillo and Nikola Milenković, and a great keeper with Mats Selz.
“They’re a very good team, clear structure, how Nuno is playing, very compact, always waiting for transitions. They’re very good in set-plays. On the other side, we could see last year. Away they scored the first goal, and they won. At home we scored the first goal, and I think we could have won, but 1-1 after one set-play, we gave them the second shot and we were punished.
“I expect a similar game: very intense, many duels, and not so many chances because both teams are really defending well, and then it’s about being efficient and taking the few chances we will get.”
Crystal Palace drew their first game against Chelsea goalless at Stamford Bridge while Nottingham Forest hammered Brentford 3-1 on the opening day of the premier league.
