Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner will not be fazed by who Unai Emery chooses to start out for Aston Villa of their FA Cup semi-final at Wembley on Saturday, as their construction at all times stays the identical irrespective of the primary 11.
The Eagles have performed Villa 4 instances since Glasner changed Roy Hodgson at Selhurst Park, with the South Londoners unbeaten to this point.
Palace have received 5-0 and 4-1 in opposition to Emery’s Villa aspect below Glasner, whereas additionally knocking out this season’s Champions League quarter-finalists within the EFL Cup earlier this season at Villa Park.
Emery has switched between beginning Ollie Watkins and Marcus Rashford within the second half of the season because the latter joined from Manchester United on mortgage within the winter window.
“I don’t care,” mentioned Glasner, when requested concerning the challenges of making ready for Emery’s tinkering.
“He won’t name me to ask who I need to play. The construction is similar if it’s Rashford or Ollie Watkins.
“They’ve just about the identical profiles – nice tempo and at all times attacking the house in behind.
“I’m fairly certain that Morgan Rodgers and Marco Asensio will play. If he performs with Yuri Tielemans, Boubacar Kamara or Amadou Onana, whichever two play, the construction is similar.
“If he performs with Lucas Digne or Ian Maatsen, the construction is similar. How he needs his defenders to defend is at all times the identical.
“I don’t actually care about it as a result of I don’t know. We are going to see his line-up 75 minutes earlier than tomorrow’s kick-off. Then we are going to discuss tremendous margins.
“There may be possibly a distinction in set-pieces between Tyrone Mings and Pau Torres. These are the small margins.
“Their construction introduced them into the Champions League quarter-final. Their construction and method of taking part in, and the way Unai Emery manages this staff, received them a win in opposition to PSG at house.
“That is what he’ll depend on. We are going to depend on what we did very well within the first three video games in opposition to Villa this yr.
“I’m actually certain it is going to be an amazing sport at Wembley.”
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