Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool: Premier League match highlights as Reds continue winning run but lose two key players
• Liverpool narrowly escaped this game
• Despite some problems, they still managed to beat Crystal Palace with a score of 1-0
The Reds will remain at the top of the table for at least another 2 weeks
Event: Football Premier League 2024/25
Match date: Saturday 5 October 2024
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Result: Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
Swan and Eagle
Although it is rare for an eagle to peck a swan, it is clear that the eagle is the swan’s troublemaker.
No Kop will ever forget the 3-0 lead that turned into 3-3 with Luis Suarez in tears and the Premier League title a decade ago.
Fast forward to the 2022/23 season and Palace are unbeaten at home and away against Liverpool, 1-1 at Anfield and 0-0 at Selhurst.
And it was only last season that Palace were the only โปรโมชั่น ufabet team (not City, Red Devils, Arsenal or any other team) to break the Reds’ wings at Anfield 1-0 with Eberechi Ese ‘s only goal , which was one of the factors that pulled Liverpool to bid farewell to Jurgen Klopp with just one Carabao Cup title.
For this season, it may be that Oliver Glasner has not yet been able to get the team settled after losing Michael Olise and Joachim Andersen .
But it depends on Liverpool themselves to see how good they will be in this situation.
1) Just finished European games, played on Saturday-Wednesday-Saturday-Wednesday, no breaks, this season has already scored 10 games (Palace 8)
And 2) Looking down from Mars, you can still see the tired, limp faces that the Swans players had to face at the beginning of this season.
Beautiful first half
In the first half, Liverpool played comfortably and the fans watched comfortably too.
There might have been some excitement 20 seconds into the game when Eddie Nketiah flicked the ball past Alisson Becker into the net.
But wow, it’s a meter ahead.
And then, less than 10 minutes had passed, when Cody Gakpo crossed from the left to Diogo Jota, who scored to make it 1-0 without having to check for offside.
Then, although there were not many clear chances, the ball was in the possession of the Swans almost the entire time.
The statistics show that at the 45th minute, Palace had 0 shots on target. The total shots were 0.
It must have been injury time that Ismaïla Sarr had a chance to fire in a shot that was saved by Alisson.
“Liverpool took the lead through Diogo Jota but they should have gone three or four goals ahead. It was a half they controlled completely,” Joe Cole told the BBC. “The only thing Palace can smile about is being one goal down… Alisson can just lay down on a mat and wake up in stoppage time.”
The second half is a bit scary.
But this is football, and this is the Premier League.
Glassner changed the game well to very well. From having exactly 1 chance in the first 45 minutes, it changed to
- Total shots – 9
Shots on target – 5
And Alisson had to work even harder, saving Nketiah’s 64th minute shot and Eberechi Eze’s 70th minute strike that almost went under the bar.
The only downside is that Palace clearly lack a “killer”, with the centre-forward (Nketiah) not threatening and Jean-Philippe Mateta becoming a substitute.
And of course, getting punctured early in the first ten minutes, coupled with a poor first half performance.
By the time he regained his form, it was too late.
9 out of 10
There was only one mistake against Nottingham Forest.
Other than that, Liverpool in the Arne Slot era is “9 out of 10” .
- Won Ipswich 2-0
Won Brentford 2-0
Won Man Utd 3-0
Lost Forest 0-1
Won AC Milan 3-1
Won Bournemouth 3-0
Won West Ham 5-1
Won Wolves 2-1
Won Bologna 2-0
Won Crystal Palace 1-0
Seriously, the Jurgen Klopp era, which has won the Premier League title once, was not as strong as this.
3 points…lose 2
Liverpool have retained their position at the top of the Premier League (above City and Gunners by 1 point) and, as mentioned, have won 9 of their first 10 games in all competitions.
But this latest victory has also brought two additional blemishes.
Alexis Mac Allister had to leave the pitch at half-time.
Alisson Becker had to leave the pitch in the final ten minutes.
In both cases, Arner Slots has also been updated after the game.
Mac Allister: “He’s out with a groin injury but the exact details are not known at this time.”
Alisson: “We have to see a little bit more, but it’s probably going to take two or three weeks, I think. It’s a hamstring problem.”
Caoimhin Kelleher is also unavailable today due to illness, but third-choice goalkeeper Viteslav Jaros, a 23-year-old Czech international (from Slavia Prague in 2017), made a confident debut and helped the team to another clean sheet.
But if after the international break (October 20), both Alisson and Kelleher are not ready, then just wipe away the sweat and wait.
When the rivals who will visit Anfield are the strong ones like Chelsea!