Liverpool beat Crystal Palace 3-1 at Anfield on Saturday to say their third consecutive Premier League win.
Alexander Isak and Andrew Robertson scored within the first half, Daniel Muñoz scored in stoppage time and Florian Wirtz scored in stoppage time within the second half.
Liverpool had already had a penalty awarded to Mohamed Salah overturned, however Isak brilliantly managed Alexis Mac Allister’s sharp shot and smashed it into the bottom and previous Dean Henderson.
Reds third-choice goalkeeper Freddie Woodman brilliantly stopped Jean-Philippe Mateta’s objective and launched a fast counter-attack, with Robertson calmly slotting house from a cultured by ball from Curtis Jones.
Palace grabbed a objective in controversial circumstances when Woodman was injured after making an excellent cease in a one-on-one with Ismaila Sarr and Muñoz pressured the ball into the unguarded objective.
The guests pushed arduous for an equalizer, however Wirtz relieved Liverpool’s remaining nerves with an outstanding slice-half volley into the highest left nook late in stoppage time.
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Information reporting: Isak units the tone
Isak has endured an injury-plagued season with Liverpool, offering a well timed reminder of his high quality after being sidelined for nearly 4 months after breaking his foot in December.
All three of his Premier League targets for Liverpool had been the opening targets of the match. For the reason that 2022-23 season, solely Erling Haaland (37) and Ollie Watkins (21) have scored extra opening targets within the competitors than his 19.
Woodman, who changed injured Alisson and Giorgi Mamadashvili within the Liverpool objective, made 5 saves, together with one from Mateta to double Robertson’s lead.
In reality, it took simply 15 seconds from save (39:33) to objective (39:48), and it was his first objective from a fast break within the Premier League since in opposition to Newcastle United in January.
In reality, Palace had extra pictures on objective (13 to 9) and pictures on track (7 to three) than Liverpool. Their whole non-penalty xG (2.32) is the very best by a visiting workforce at Anfield in all competitions this season, and the very best since Arsenal’s 2.58 in Might final season.
