Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Manchester City (kick-off 12:30 BST).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
- Maxence Lacroix is available despite being withdrawn as a concussion substitute against Brighton. Glasner also confirmed the return of Chris Richards after missing the past two games with a calf injury.
- Romain Esse and Matt Turner will both miss the game against the reigning Premier League champions with sickness, but should be available for the midweek fixture against Newcastle.
- Glasner said Palace "have huge respect for Manchester City", adding: "It's a great team with one of the best managers in the last decade in the Premier League but we approach with confidence and our goal isn't to go away unbeaten but to win the game."
- On what he expects from City: "A possession-based team, who have a clear structure in their game. Normally Pep plays with high and wide wingers but against Manchester United he played a 4-4-2 diamond with two strikers and Kevin de Bruyne more as a number 10, so I don't know exactly but we are prepared."
- On "amazing finisher" Omar Marmoush, who Glasner previously worked with at Wolfsburg: "He has the skills and what I loved was he was two and a half years in Germany and he spoken German perfectly and this is quite unusual."
- He continued: "He is a great guy, has all the skills and in the football career you may not have to make a straight direction to come to the top but he had a loan at St Pauli, Stuttgart, then performing for Wolfsburg, then an outstanding season for Frankfurt. Immediately he shows Manchester [City] what kind of striker he is. I'm really pleased for him but not tomorrow."
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