0-1 to Palace → ‘9G only loss + 3rd place’
Liverpool’s title race is in trouble as they suffer a shock defeat.
Liverpool lost 0-1 to Crystal Palace at Anfield in Liverpool, England, on Thursday at 10 p.m. ET in the 33rd round of the 2023-24 Premier League season. The loss was the Reds’ first in nine games after winning their last six and drawing two, leaving them in third place with 21 points (8 wins, 3 draws, 3 losses) and 71 points.
The home team deployed a 4-3-3 formation. Luis Dias, Darwin Núñez, Mohamed Salah, Curtis Jones, Wataru Endo, Alexis Sanchez, Alexis Sanchez, Andrew Robertson, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate, Connor Bradley, and Alisson Becker started up front.
The visitors, Palace, lined up in a 3-4-3 formation. Eberezi Eze, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Michael Oliseh, Tyrick Mitchell, Will Hughes, Adam Wotton, Daniel Muñoz, Hefersson Lerma, Joachim Andersen, Nathaniel Clyne, and Dean Henderson.
Palace opened the scoring. In the first minute, Oliseh fired a shot from inside the penalty box that was weakly saved by Alisson. Liverpool fought back. In the eighth minute, a three-way pass between Dias, Robertson, and Núñez. Núñez’s diagonal shot from inside the penalty box was headed straight at Alisson.
Palace took the lead. In the 14th minute, Mitchell cut back inside the penalty box after a series of attacks down the left flank. On the doorstep, Oliseh rattled the net with a calm shot from a no-mark opportunity.
Palace hit the ground running. In the 18th minute, Van Dijk slipped, leaving Oliseh with a one-on-one situation. He then tried a roving shot, which Robertson chased down and cleared off the line before it crossed the line.
Liverpool then took the initiative, sending a number of balls into the Palace penalty box, but were repeatedly denied by a resolute Palace defense. The chances came in the 27th minute, when Endo’s turning shot hit the crossbar from a corner kick mix-up. Then, in the 29th minute, Robertson’s cross was met by Dias with a scissor kick. But Henderson got a hand to it.
Liverpool continued to push forward. In the 34th minute, Salah cut in from the flank into the center of the box. It was headed towards the far post, but Henderson leapt out of the way. Palace didn’t stand still. In the 42nd minute, Oliseh’s shot from the penalty area was saved by Alisson. Then, in the 45th minute, Mateta’s header sailed wide of the post.
Two minutes of first-half stoppage time ended with 토토사이트 Palace holding a 1-0 lead.
At the start of the second half, Liverpool made a substitution. Endo was taken off and Dominic Soberslaw was brought on. There was a change. In the first minute of the second half, Bradley went off injured and Trent Alexander-Arnold came on in his place.
Liverpool got their heads around it. Ten minutes into the second half, Van Dijk’s header from a corner was cleared off the line and Núñez unleashed a powerful shot from just in front of goal, but it was centered and saved by the keeper. Then, in the 17th minute of the second half, Arnold’s mid-range effort soared over the crossbar.
Liverpool made a substitution. In the 21st minute, they took off Dias and Núñez for Diogu Jota and Kodi Gyepo. Palace also brought on Jordan Ayew for Oliseh.
Liverpool would be disappointed. In the 27th minute, they had an open chance when Soboslaj was brought down in the penalty box. Jota then took a shot on goal that was saved by Clyne with his body. It was the same for Palace. In the 29th minute, from a free kick, Andersen headed over and Mateta found himself in front of goal. Alisson got a hand to it, but it was a close call.
Liverpool hit the ground running. In the 30th minute, Gyepo stabbed a through ball between the defense lines. Jones ran onto it and took a shot against the keeper. His right-footed shot went just wide of the side netting. In the 41st minute, substitute Harvey Elliott’s header after a cross was saved by Henderson.
Seven minutes of second-half stoppage time were awarded. In the first minute of stoppage time, Salah’s shot on goal was blocked by Mitchell Block. There was no equalizer for Liverpool, and the game ended with a 1-0 win for Palace.