Reflecting on August’s Community Shield meeting between the two sides, when Crystal Palace emerged winners on penalties after a 2-2 draw at Wembley, Glasner said in the embargoed section of his pre-match press conference: “I'm always positive.

“I always think that we can score two goals – but against Sunderland we didn't do it. Against Millwall we didn't do it. We had the chances.

“I'm always positive, yes. I'm trusting this group of players. I'm trusting the way we are playing, because we showed, so many times, that we are able to create chances, and then if we have the efficiency, yes, we can score two against Liverpool again.

“But we have to do many things only on a very, very good level, on a top level, and we have to be efficient. Then it's possible.”

Glasner was subsequently aske

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