Oliver Glasner: Crystal Palace cannot afford Arsenal opportunities from set-pieces
Oliver Glasner is keen to avoid conceding corners ahead of facing Arsenal twice in three days.
The Gunners have scored 23 times from corners since the start of last season, providing the biggest threat from the set play in the league.
In Arsenal's 5-0 demolition of Roy Hodgson's Crystal Palace last term, Gabriel scored a brace of corners against the Eagles, a fate Glasner's side hope to avoid on Wednesday.
Crystal Palace boss Glasner is aware of Arsenal's threat from set-pieces, confessing his side must attempt the tricky task of not giving them away.
"This season, we have only conceded two and we've scored four or five. It’s getting better and better. Big credit to my assistants, who invest a lot of work into analysing on the pitch with the players.
"What we have tried to implement into the team is that set plays are a chance to score goals.
"But, on the other side, everybody knows [that Arsenal pose a huge threat from set-pieces]. Everybody has tried different things. To be honest, it looks like nobody could avoid giving them chances.
"Even though they didn’t score, they had one big chance against Everton. It’s a strength.
"The best thing would be not to give them any corners, but the way they are playing, they force corners. They come from the wing, overload sides, make runs early, crosses get blocked, corner. That’s how they play.
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"We have to deal with it. It’s not that we allow just talking about corners. We know it, but we don’t make the issue bigger than it is."
In the Champions League, Monaco defended with three players forward when facing corners, reducing the amount of players the Gunners could commit. Although Monaco did not concede from a corner against Arsenal, the sample size was small.
Looking towards Wednesday's Carabao Cup quarter-final, Glasner evaluated the best way to limit Arsenal's effectiveness from the dead-ball situation.
"I know Adi. He’s an Austrian manager. I played against him and he's done this in his whole career. He always had three players on the halfway line when defending corners at every single club. Most of the time, I had to find solutions against him.
"There are a few possibilities. I saw Manchester United defending with eight players in the six yards, they conceded two and could have conceded five.
"I saw Monaco, but they only gave away three corners. The best thing would be to not give them many corners. It’s the easiest way to defend it."
