Crystal Palace vs Liverpool. Premier League. Report and free match highlights as goals from Alexis Mac Allister, Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak help Liverpool return to winning ways after back-to-back defeats, piling the pressure on Crystal Palace head coach Pierre Sage heading into the international break Liverpool beat Crystal Palace 3-1 at Selhurst Park to inflict a fourth consecutive Premier League defeat on the hosts and leave Pierre Sage in a perilous position with his side bottom of the table. Eddie Nketiah pulled a goal back from the spot for Palace with the last kick of the game, but the damage was already done after Alexis Mac Allister and Florian Wirtz struck for Liverpool either side of half time before Alexander Isak added a third late on.
Liverpool secured a much-needed result following back-to-back defeats at Arsenal and Fenerbahce. The victory, their first for three games in all competitions, moves Liverpool up to fourth in the table. Goalkeeper Alisson Becker, arguably Liverpool’s most important player, kept his side in the game, producing important saves to keep out Daichi Kamada and Adam Wharton in a first half that also saw Palace hit the bar through Yeremy Pino. He ended the match with six saves.
All of Palace’s hard work was undone by Quinten Timber losing Mac Allister at a free-kick five minutes before the break, allowing the Argentina international to head in his fifth goal of the season – as many as he managed in the entirety of last season. Liverpool’s two £100m players then combined to double their lead as Bradley Barcola found Wirtz inside the box after a swift counter-attacking move and the Germany international picked out the far corner with a clinical finish. With the game already sealed, Isak compounded Sage’s misery by adding a third in the 89th minute before Palace scored from the spot deep in stoppage-time after Milos Kerkez was judged to have fouled fellow substitute Dario Osorio in the box. Reading on Sky Sports Scores?
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