'It looked like we were mentally tired'
Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner, speaking to Sky Sports: "It was a very difficult game, we were not on our top level, especially with focus and mentality, it looked like we were mentally tired. But it was nothing to do with our attitude. We fought until the last second to get the equaliser,"It's important to keep going and keep believing, we kept going and even after scoring we wanted to win the game."The points is from the character of the team, we know we can play better but sometimes it's not to perform at the best level but to fight and keep going until the last minute. It's a very important point."We were missing the accuracy in the final third, the final pass or cross was sloppy."On Matheus Franca scoring his first Premier League goal: "His first goal for Palace. His first game in one and a half years, injured for 10 months, he also had his birthday this week. It was a great win for him."
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