Crystal Palace defeated Liverpool for the second time in the season
Recently, the Crystal Palace team has been disappointing Liverpool multiple times. Euro-football.ru reported this.
In the summer, they did not allow the "Reds" to win the English Super Cup. In the sixth round of the Premier League, the London team once again created difficulties for the champions.
In the ninth minute of the match, the hosts took a corner kick. In a pass from distance to the center, Ismaila Sarr directed the ball into the net, making the score 1-0.
In a quick attack, Jeremy Pino took a shot from ten meters on the left wing, but the goalkeeper saved it with his foot. Mohamed Salah took a free kick, the ball hit the wall and then Ryan Gravenberch, whose 20-meter shot was also saved by the goalkeeper.
Sarr quickly advanced from the left wing and passed into the penalty area. Daniel Muñoz took a shot from ten meters, the goalkeeper saved the ball, but it hit his head, then the ground, and went into the goal.
Jean-Philippe Mateta faced the goalkeeper from the center and shot to the right corner, but the goalkeeper caught the ball. Adam Wharton entered the penalty area from the left wing and passed to Sarr, who directed the ball close to the goalpost.
Wharton gave a short pass from the penalty area to Mateta, who shot at the right post from 22 meters. In response to Wharton's pass, Mateta shot the ball slightly above the goalpost from ten meters.
In the second half, Dominik Szoboszlai made a pass to the goal from the right wing, Florian Wirtz's shot with his foot was saved by the goalkeeper. Alexander Isak passed through opponents and shot near the close post from the penalty area line.
Salah shot over the goal from eight meters on the right wing. Federico Chiesa took a shot near the left post from 17 meters, the ball hit the post.
Liverpool traditionally scored at the end of the game. Gravenberch passed to the goal from the left wing, Salah jumped but could not reach the ball, and Chiesa directed the ball into the goal with a powerful shot from nine meters, leveling the score at 1-1.
In the final attack, Eddie Nketiah scored the decisive goal, making the score 2-1. Liverpool lost points for the first time this season but still leads by a large margin.
Crystal Palace is currently in second place with 12 points.
