“The coach of the “glaziers” shared his thoughts after the game with Arsenal.”, — write: football.ua
The coach of the “glaziers” shared his thoughts after the game with Arsenal.
Oliver Glasner, Getty Images December 24, 2025, 10:45 am
“Of course, when you lose on penalties, you always feel disappointed. On the other hand, I’m very happy with the performance in the second half, especially after the terrible performance in the first – it was really bad. Walter helped us stay in the game, but the second half was much better, the game was even.
We’ve already had two penalty shoot-outs this year and we’ve won both, but Arsenal were luckier today. To be honest, I’ve watched many penalty shootouts, but I don’t remember ever seeing so many well executed penalties. Someone always has to miss and today it was one of our players, so there is no one to blame.
I talked to the players. It is important for us to build on the success achieved in the second half and show our excellent character again. The fact that we were able to come back, given everything that has happened in the last weeks and months, is a huge credit to the players for their spirit, so we got a lot of positives.
Chris Richards stepped on his foot and had to get stitches. I don’t know how many, but a few. The doctor said that everything does not look so bad. I always hope for the best. We have to hope for that. I don’t know if he will be ready for Tottenham, but I still hope he will be back for Fulham.
The players will not hear anything for the next two days. Now it is very important to switch off and not talk about football. Everyone has families. Parents deserve their sons to come home and not think about football. They have two and a half days to completely disconnect from everything. We have five games in the next two weeks, but now the main thing is to distract ourselves.
Then when we meet on the 26th, we will analyze this game. I’m sure we’ll get a lot of positives out of it. This game, and especially the change in tactics, should definitely give us confidence,” Glasner was quoted as saying by the club’s press service.
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