Article by Alexandru Tomuțiu – Published Friday, December 12, 2025 7:14 p.m. / Updated Friday, December 12, 2025 7:16 p.m.
The Crystal Palace team experienced problems with their flight from Dublin and were unable to return as originally scheduled after Thursday night's 3-0 win against Shelbourne in the Conference League.
This situation will complicate the preparations of the “eagles” for the confrontation with Manchester City on Sunday. This was acknowledged by the club's manager, Oliver Glasner, who remains optimistic about the match against the “citizens”, scheduled for Sunday afternoon.
Oliver Glasner: “It's better to have problems when the plane is on the ground than when it's in the air”
“We couldn't get back in time after the game because of problems with the plane, but it's better to have problems when the plane is on the ground than when it's in the air. Yes, we had to change the plan, but again, it's not that difficult.
We will train after arrival with the players who did not play much yesterday and of course we will add Jean-Philippe Mateta and Ismaila Sarr to the group. Everyone else will recover at home. We stayed here in a nice hotel so we shouldn't have any problems for the City game.
Of course, we have to do one more training session to see how the players are doing, but for now everything seems to be fine. The returns of Mateta and Sarr will give us additional options,” Glasner told the club's official website.
Sunday's match finds Crystal Palace in a very good position in the Premier League, they are 4th with 26 points.
