Glasner: City were simply too good for us

A candid admission from the touchline

There's a version of this press conference where a manager talks about fine margins, moments that didn't go their way, the quality of the opposition on the night. Glasner didn't bother with any of that. According to BBC Sport, his assessment was direct: City were too good. Full stop.

Glasner has built a reputation for calling it straight — it's part of why Palace trust him — and this was no different. A 3-0 defeat at the Etihad is not a result you explain away with bad luck or a harsh decision. It's a result that happens when the better team is significantly better.

What it means for Palace

Crystal Palace head into the final stretch of the Premier League season with this result sitting on their record — a heavy loss to one of the division's top sides. Without confirmed league table context from this source alone, the precise implications for Palace's end-of-season position remain unclear, but a three-goal defeat away from home does nothing for goal difference and even less for momentum.

Glasner has done solid work at Selhurst Park since taking charge, and Palace have shown they can hurt teams on their day. Wednesday was not their day.

City doing what City do

Three goals, no reply, clean sheet. Manchester City were clinical from the off — the kind of controlled, suffocating performance that makes the Etihad one of the hardest places in Europe to get a result. Glasner didn't look like a man who'd found a way to disrupt it, either.