Oliver Glasner confirms Crystal Palace approach at Man City as Arsenal hope for Premier League title boost | OneFootball

Palace are currently on 44 points with three games remaining

Oliver Glasner has revealed Crystal Palace players will not switch off as they prepare to have a huge say on the Premier League title race.

Palace face Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night knowing if they avoid defeat it will hand Arsenal the chance to clinch the title at home to Burnley next week.

The Eagles then wrap up their Premier League campaign at home to the Gunners - though that fixture that falls three days before the Conference League final against Rayo Vallecano.

There have been suggestions that Palace will rest key players in preparations for their first-ever European final, thus having implications on the title race given they still have to play both of the contenders

However, after Palace set a new club record for Premier League points in a season last term with 53, Glasner is only concerned with matching that total, or at least cracking the 50-points mark in successive campaigns.

“44 points, this is more or less the average in the last seven or eight years of the Crystal Palace points, but playing 50 per cent more games.

Crystal Palace battled to a 2-2 draw against Everton at the weekend

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“Playing now, having a European Final ahead, so again, this group of players deserve any credit.

“How hard they are working, how committed they are, and how they deal with some setbacks, which we definitely had during the season, and being now at the end of the season in this fantastic situation, being able to play or equal the club’s best Premier League season, or let's say playing the second best season ever regarding the points, playing a European final, they deserve everything.

Glasner also added that it is not possible for his players to switch off for the final three Premier League games, warning anyone who does not have the mindset to win at the Etihad to stay home.

“I'm always very honest with the players. As I said, we have now two-and-a-half weeks to go for our big game,” he said.

“The biggest game we have to play right now will be the final. And what are we doing with the three Premier League games in between?

“I just told them my experience is that it's not possible to switch off now for two weeks and then switch on two days before the final. It's just not possible.

I just told them my experience is that it's not possible to switch off now for two weeks and then switch on two days before the final. It's just not possible

Oliver Glasner

“Everyone, especially the players, invested so much to get this turnaround after really tough weeks and months in December and January, and we would be really stupid if we throw this away by just now dropping our focus and being laid back and all this stuff.

“That’s why we go to City and it’s the same. I said exactly the same to the players today: if you don't want to win tomorrow, let me know, because then we will stay in London and enjoy the lovely sunny weather.

“It makes no sense making a very long day trip, but they all said: ‘no, we want to go there, show our best performance and, of course, we want to win.’”