Ghana versatile player Jeffery Schlupp has opened up on working with new manager Oliver Glasner at Crystal Palace.
The Austrian replaced veteran coach Roy Hodgson in March and has since lived up to expectations. Crystal Palace have been on a good run of form under the new trainer.
Schlupp's late strike against Fulham on Sunday extended Palace's unbeaten run to four matches, with three of those games ending in victories.
Speaking in an interview, the former Leicester City winger asserted Oliver Glasner is more concerned about fitness and team bonding of the team.
“It was definitely heavy on fitness,” Schlupp told CPFC. “It was hot, and it was tough, touch work. But it was all good work, and stuff that we needed to do. We worked on tactics. There was obviously some team bonding as well. Everyone got to know each other more with the new staff.
“We had everyone in a band, five people within a circle holding hands and trying to move as one unit. Even just keeping the ball up, running in a circle and being connected. It’s sort of game tactics, but also making it fun and a warm-up drill. Communicating and trying to move as one. It was a bit of fun, but it was trying to work together.”
“We’ve been going through a tough spell, so something that is very important to him is everyone being together, working for each other and helping each other,” Schlupp says.
“We’ve taken it on board. Everyone has upped it to a whole other level, fitness-wise and work-rate-wise, and I think it will show in the games. It’s definitely stuff we needed to do."
Schlupp has managed two goals and provided three assists in 31 games across competitions this season.