Liverpool continues to show that they are masters of comebacks after winning an emotional 3 points against Crystal Palace.
Liverpool is a guest at Crystal Palace’s home field with the ambition of taking the top spot from Arsenal. However, The Kop encountered difficulties due to the tight playing style of the home team.
Liverpool is even the team that receives more dangerous аttаck situations. If Alisson Becker is not excellent in this situation, the away team will have to concede a goal.
Then Virgil van Dijk fouled Odsonne Edouard in the penalty area. The referee blew the whistle and blew a penalty against Van Dijk, giving Palace a penalty.
A heart-stopping moment for Liverpool fans. The referee blew the whistle when he determined that Will Hughes had fouled Wataru Endo in advance. Jurgen Klopp and his team escaped defeat in an instant and this ball was the final highlight in the first half.
The referee once again consulted VAR in the second half. This time Liverpool could not avoid the penalty because Jarell Quansah clearly fouled.
In the 57th minute, from a distance of 11 meters, Jean-Philippe Mateta deceived Allison to break the deadlock.
Facing a disadvantage in terms of score and position, Liverpool suԀԀenly saw the light at the end of the tunnel. In the 75th minute, Jordan Ayew committed a foul to prevent the white shirt players from counterattacking, and he was disqualified due to the second yellow card.
Exactly 1 minute later, Liverpool successfully leveled the gap. Mohamed Salah’s shot Һit the Palace player, the ball changed direction, causing goalkeeper Sam Johnstone to give up.
The constant pressure created by Liverpool brought results. Minute 90+1′, Harvey Elliott rushed straight into the Palace defense and shot a dangerous shot from outside the penalty area to put the Merseyside representative ahead.
Winning 2-1, Liverpool temporarily took over Arsenal’s top spot in the context of the Gunners promising to have a difficult match against Aston Villa tomorrow morning.