Glasner: Jurgen’s passion fired me up to become boss

CRYSTAL PALACE boss Oliver Glasner has hailed Liverpool counterpart Jurgen Klopp as a big influence on his managerial approach.

Klopp’s title-chasing Reds welcome the Eagles to Anfield tomorrow, looking to bounce back from a 3-0

Europa League quarter-final first-leg loss to

Atalanta.

Liverpool sit second in the table heading into the weekend – and Palace will be the next side looking to dent their title bid in Klopp’s (circle) final season as Liverpool manager, with Glasner full of praise for the outgoing German. “I think Jurgen was inspirational for many

German-speaking coaches because at the time when he was performing with Borussia Dortmund so well, he had maybe a new style of playing: very aggressive, very intense,” said Glasner

(top). “This was at the end of my career as a player, so his approach to the game had a lot of influence on my sights to the game.

“It still has because of how they play with this intensity, especially this season. I think they struggled a little bit last season because they didn’t have this power, this energy, this intensity in the games.

“When I see it in many games, when they lose the ball, what happens? It’s like somebody whistles and 10 players are hunting the ball and so it makes it so difficult for you.”

Palace are in a scrap for results themselves as, despite heading into the weekend in 14th place, they are just five points clear of the bottom three.

They took a shock lead over Manchester City last weekend before falling to a 4-2 loss and Glasner wants to see consistency in performances to help steer Palace away from the drop.

“It’s up to us to get the points that we need,” he added.

It’s our job to get these points, to increase our performance over the whole period of the game.”