Oliver Glasner names Crystal Palace player Liverpool simply cannot stop amid injury blow

Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner spoke after Wednesday night’s big Carabao Cup win over Liverpool. The Eagles have now beaten the Reds twice this season, and the latest was an emphatic 3-0 win at Anfield.

Ismaila Sarr scored twice, and Yeremy Pino added to an assist earlier in the game with a goal of his own. Palace will now face Arsenal in the quarter-final, and they will go into that believing they can reach the last four.

Speaking after the game, Glasner was naturally delighted with the win, but he also confirmed some bad news in the form of an injury. “A very good result,” he told Palace TV. “To be honest, the first 15 minutes, I was not pleased with our performance. It looked like we were still in the hotel beds, but then the rest of the game we did well, we scored very nice goals.

“I think in attack we still could have created more clear chances in the second-half, and the last ball wasn't so good. But again, winning 3-0 at Anfield is a great result. Reaching the quarter-finals was our goal, and we did it.

“Just one negative aspect: Eddie Nketiah unfortunately got injured with his hamstring again, but everything else worked how we scheduled it.”

Sarr has now made it three goals in his last two appearances against Liverpool, with the Reds clearly having a hard time handling the Eagles star. Glasner joked: “It looks like Isma likes to play against Liverpool – he's always scoring against them! But on the other side, he needs all the other players around him.

“Like in the first goal, Dani Munoz makes a great run into the box, and he's there. In the second, as I mentioned, the three attackers were connected, and it was quite a nice goal.”

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