Reflecting more on the squad’s confidence ahead of Sunday’s London derby at Selhurst Park, Glasner noted: “I never talk about luck or being lucky or unlucky. We have to focus on what we can influence, you know, and then cross our fingers and hope that the next time will be. For me, this is just my experience that I have.

“On the other side, now, it’s when you get good results, you have that confidence and then it seems like you’ve always had … You’re always the lucky guy. But then it’s the same, you know, you have this mood.

“Right now, you know, they want it. I see the players after training, practicing finishing and getting that confidence and everything back. And therefore, yes, we just need it.

“For me, it’s not always black and white. (In April) we were 1-0 down at Fulham and we had an incredible strike from Jeffrey Schlupp. Goal of the month, right? We go 1-1 – ‘ah, what a team mentality and they play so well’.

“So in the 88th minute (against Nottingham Forest), we have a great finish from Jeffrey Schlupp – and an incredible save from (keeper Matz) Sels, because he didn’t see the ball. (Ismaila) Sarr was in front of him. This would also have been 1-1 in the 88th minute.

“(Last season’s run of good results) was chemistry. It was the spirit. It was the trust. There were the results. The results helped us create this flow.

“It’s a process. Likewise, building your confidence is a process. And yes, I think it was the start (of the season): the start was two losses and (it was) also how the losses happened.

“I think we could have won the game at Brentford too, but we didn’t. Against West Ham we had three big chances in the first half. They missed us all, and then we were punished with two transitions.

“And then you start with two losses. And then you go to Chelsea. It was the time when players were leaving, new players were coming. The group must find each other. That was the process and then we didn’t get the results and that’s what happened.”

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