Glasner gives honest assessment following Burnley defeat
Oliver Glasner said Crystal Palace can have no complaints after "throwing away" points against Burnley, losing the lead to slip to an eventual defeat at Selhurst Park on Wednesday evening.
Palace came out on the wrong side of a dramatic five-goal game, thanks to three goals in eight bizarre minutes just before half-time.
Two goals from home debutant Jørgen Strand Larsen had put the Eagles in control, with the Norwegian dominating the Burnley backline in a strong first 30 minutes from the hosts.
But the Clarets responded with goals from Hannibal Mejbri and Jaidon Anthony, before Bashir Humphreys’ header was deflected in by Jefferson Lerma.
And Glasner was particularly disappointed with the manner in which the goals were conceded during a short, yet costly, period.
"When you defend so sloppy in this eight minutes, we deserve to lose," he said. "We controlled the game, scored nice goals. But then we forgot about the basics.
"About the duels, second balls, defending, complaining about the referee's decision, stopping during play.
"We were still complaining when we concede a goal. Maybe it felt too easy [for us] to be 2-0 up and controlling the game. Then we got punished. In the second-half we tried everything.
He will score a lot of goals for us
—Oliver Glasner on Jørgen Strand Larsen
"If you throw away the game like we did in these eight minutes, you don't deserve to win. That's why we have to accept it. But honestly, it's very tough today."
Despite a tough evening there were, as the manager admitted, positives to take, the main one being two goals from Strand Larsen on his home debut.
"Jørgen scored a great first goal, added Glasner. "And that is exactly what we have seen from him. A good run in-behind and a fantastic finish. Then a fantastic header.
"We have seen it, we have seen his effort at Brighton as well. When we deliver balls into the box, he's always a threat.
"At Brighton he didn't get the reward. But with this attitude, with his mentality and with his quality, he will score a lot of goals for us."
The manager added that the first half an hour showed the quality Palace possess but that they need a sharper focus on keeping clean sheets.
"From the first 30 minutes we can take a lot of positives. We played well, played with a purpose. And I want to play with the purpose to score a goal.
"Today we played much better football than at Brighton. But at Brighton we had the desire and the passion to defend as a team and defend our goal."