Crystal Palace: Oliver Glasner issues verdict on Eagles star after sparking Conference League display | OneFootball

New signing was on top form as south Londoners swept Dynamo Kyiv aside

Oliver Glasner heaped praise on Yeremy Pino after the Spaniard’s star showing in Crystal Palace’s comfortable 2-0 win over Dynamo Kyiv in the Conference League.

The visitors were down to ten men when Borna Sosa was dismissed for a second bookable offence, but it was another summer signing who stole the show.

Pino, signed from Villarreal in a package worth £21.5million plus add-ons, laid on a sublime assist for the second goal, producing a spectacular piece of skill to break into the box and set Nketiah up for a tap-in.

In his post-match press conference, Glasner lauded the winger’s performance.

“He was very good,” the Austrian said.

“He worked so hard. In the last games, he didn't get the reward, but he's such a great guy, he always keeps going and he gets more and more used to the way we are playing.

“The second assist was too quick for my eyes. I'm already an old guy, too far away, it was too quick, so I’ll have to look it back on TV.

“It was a fantastic assist, and a very good performance.”

Glasner, who has led Palace to a club-record 19-game unbeaten streak, also responded to Jean-Philippe Mateta’s maiden international call-up by France, which was announced earlier on Thursday.

"It's fully deserved,” he said. “We're very pleased. We got the information just before we left for the stadium. I’m really delighted for him.

"Now is no time to celebrate, now is the time to stay focused, but of course it's more the feeling, the satisfaction, that he worked so hard.

“I know he wanted this, we had a long chat in Austria at the training camp about the national team, so I'm really pleased for him that he has been called up by France."