Liverpool players should be desperate to beat Palace after hearing Glasner's smug pre-match comments - opinion

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Liverpool will be presented with another chance to end their dismal run against Crystal Palace at Anfield on Saturday afternoon.Remarkably, the Reds have been beaten three times in all competitions by the Eagles in 2025/26, including a humiliating 3-0 Carabao Cup defeat in October.Arne Slot’s team should need no extra motivation to finally get a win over what has become an unlikely nemesis, but after listening to Palace boss Oliver Glasner speak gloatingly about his trio of wins against them, Liverpool players should be fired up to end his smug superiority. What’s your score prediction for Liverpool vs Crystal Palace? 🔮 A tough game for the Reds in recent times…Credit: Dan Istitene/Getty Images Glasner delights in Liverpool recordGlasner’s good record against Liverpool stretches back further than this season.

The Austrian was also in charge as Palace beat the Reds 1-0 at Anfield during Jurgen Klopp’s final campaign.It is clearly something he is proud of, and fairly so, but the extent to which he spoke about beating Liverpool during Friday’s pre-match press conference should add some fire into the bellies of Slot and his players.“I think when you talk before a season and say: ‘OK, we win once against Liverpool’, you would say ‘yeah, it’s good’. And you say we win three times against Liverpool, it’s amazing,” Glasner said.“And now we have the opportunity to win four times against Liverpool in one season.

I think that’s something unique.”Photo by Alex Broadway/Getty ImagesREAD MORE: Liverpool’s predicted XI vs Crystal Palace sees Rio Ngumoha start and Alexander Isak call madeClearly, the former Eintracht Frankfurt manager believes his team can beat the Reds again, and he later confirmed that they would be going to Anfield in search of a win.“If we don’t go to Liverpool and have the ambition to win there, I would say, ‘hey, we could stay in London and enjoy the nice weather, having a coffee and maybe an after-work beer’, because it makes no sense going to Liverpool, spending two days there, and saying ‘if we lose, it’s fine’,” he said.“If somebody asks you to do something you have never done in your life, then you have maybe a little bit of a concern and think, can I do it or not? This gives us confidence, but it’s also important for us that we stay humble, that we don’t take it for granted.“I think we will get three or four chances against them, and if we take them, we have a chance to win.