{"id":421357,"date":"2026-02-12T07:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T07:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/421357\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T07:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T07:17:11","slug":"premier-league-burnley-deepen-crystal-palace-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/421357\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League: Burnley deepen Crystal Palace woes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">So where does Tuesday&#8217;s result leave Palace?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In stark contrast to his opposite number, Oliver Glasner looked ashen-faced when he addressed the media after the full-time whistle, which was greeted by loud boos from the Palace supporters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Having watched his team arrest a 12-match winless run against arch rivals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/brighton-and-hove-albion\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brighton<\/a> last time out, Glasner looked set to mark his 100th match in charge of the club with another morale-boosting win after Strand Larsen&#8217;s double.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But Palace froze after Mejbri had pulled a goal back for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/burnley\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Burnley<\/a>, who took full advantage of the hosts&#8217; inertia to inflict one of the most painful defeats of the Austrian&#8217;s Selhurst Park tenure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s not acceptable,&#8221; Glasner, who is leaving the club in the summer, told TNT Sports. &#8220;I can&#8217;t explain it. Maybe [the first 39 minutes] were too easy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The start was very good. We controlled everything, [but] I&#8217;ve watched all the goals back and it&#8217;s just not acceptable how we defended as a team \u2013 just jogging around, not in the duels, not in the second balls.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Another issue, according to Glasner, is the presence of a Marc Guehi-sized hole in the Palace defence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The England defender left for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-city\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester City<\/a> for an initial \u00a320m last month in a move which incurred the wrath of Glasner, who announced his own departure not long afterwards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Right now, we don&#8217;t have someone on the pitch who leads the team in these moments, who makes players calm and decides the meaning of the game,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I praise the boys very often for their effort. When you throw the game away like we did, you don&#8217;t deserve to win.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Palace are still eight points above the bottom three \u2013 a sizeable cushion, but one not comfortable enough for a side with only one win in all competitions since 11 December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Defeat at home to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/wolverhampton-wanderers\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wolves<\/a> in their next league game really would set alarm bells ringing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So where does Tuesday&#8217;s result leave Palace? 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