Liverpool once again experienced another ‘Crystanbul’, like in 2014, when they lost the Premier League in a three-way draw against Crystal Palace after winning 0-3, and this Sunday they fell inexplicably, after missing numerous scoring chances. , against the London team (0-1) and moves away from the league title.
After the disaster against Atalanta and Klopp’s promise that the team would improve, the game could not have started worse for Liverpool, who conceded another goal in the thirteenth minute at Anfield. Mitchell, with great ease from the baseline, found Eberechi Eze alone inside the area, who only had to adjust his foot to make it 0-1.
The blow could have been even worse minutes later, when Virgil Van Dijk wanted to honor Steven Gerrard’s terrible slip and fell while chasing Mateta. The forward only reached the one-on-one situation and chipped the ball in front of Alisson. At the goal line and with technology doing its job, Robertson avoided 0-2 by centimeters.
Then came Liverpool’s torrent of chances, which had Palace bottled up. Endo hit the crossbar in a carom inside the area and Luis Díaz, with a scissor kick, collided with Dean Henderson after a great cross from Robertson.
With a missing Mohamed Salah and an ill-advised Darwin Núñez, the truth is that Palace could have scored more goals on the counterattack, but neither Eze nor Michael Olise were inspired and allowed the ‘Reds’ to do even more in the second half.
Then it seemed that there was no way for Jürgen Klopp’s team to score, because they had opportunities of all colors.
Darwin volleyed a loose ball from point-blank range from the edge of the six-yard box and crashed into the knee of Henderson, the great hero of the afternoon for Oliver Glasner’s Palace. Szoboszlai left a goal made for Diogo Jota, removing Henderson from the equation and allowing the Portuguese to finish into an empty goal, with only one defender ahead of him. Inexplicably, Jota threw Clyne’s body and the Palace were saved again.
Meanwhile, the Londoners were able to make it 0-2, but the goal tap was still closed. Mateta, with everything in his favor on a dead ball in the small area, received a point-blank save from Alisson, who used his reflexes and cleared the shot with his right glove.
Liverpool returned to the attack, on the counterattack, with Curtis Jones, who stood in front of Henderson and shot wide.
Nobody in Liverpool could explain it, nor could they believe that, already in added time, Mitchell almost accidentally avoided Salah’s 1-1 with a shot again in the small area.
But there was no miracle of a comeback, Liverpool loses steam in the fight for the Premier and is left two points behind City and tied with Arsenal, who still have to play against Aston Villa.
– Datasheet:
0 – Liverpool: Alisson; Bradley (Alexander-Arnold, m.48), Connaught, Van Dijk, Robertson; Jones (Elliott, m.82), Endo (Szoszlai, m.46), Mac Allister; Salah, Diaz (Jota, m.66) and Nunez (Gakpo, m.66).
1 – Crystal Palace: Henderson; Muñoz, Clyne (Ward, m.77), Andersen, Lerma, Mitchell; Wharton, Hughes (Riedewall, m.77); Eze (Schlupp, m.77), Olise (Ayew, m.68) y Mateta (Edouard, m.90).
Gol: 0-1, m.14: Eze.
Referee: Chris Kavanagh. He cautioned Jones (m.71) for Liverpool and Lerma (m.90) for Crystal Palace.
Incidents: Match corresponding to matchday 32 of the Premier League played at the Anfield stadium. EFE
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