English Premier League

C Palace vs Liverpool 2021-22 English Premier League

  • 55': Odsonne Édouard
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1 - 3
  • 8': Virgil van Dijk
  • 32': Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
  • 89': Fabinho (P)

Liverpool edge Crystal Palace, cut Manchester City's Premier League lead

Liverpool cut Manchester City's lead at the top of the Premier League to nine points with a 3-1 win at Crystal Palace on Sunday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 8': Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Liverpool 1. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a cross following a corner.
  • 32': Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Liverpool 2. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrew Robertson.
  • 49': Conor Gallagher (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 55': Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Liverpool 2. Odsonne Édouard (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jean-Philippe Mateta.
  • 60': Substitution, Liverpool. Takumi Minamino replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
  • 61': Will Hughes (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 68': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Eberechi Eze replaces Odsonne Édouard.
  • 77': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jordan Ayew replaces Will Hughes.
  • 77': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Christian Benteke replaces Jean-Philippe Mateta.
  • 81': Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
  • 82': Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 89': Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Liverpool 3. Fabinho (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 90': Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Roberto Firmino.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Liverpool. Joseph Gomez replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.
  • 90'+3': Joel Ward (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Crystal Palace 1, Liverpool 3.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Selhurst Park
Location: London, England
Attendance: 25,002

English Premier League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+15 Arsenal 11 26 1
+15 Manchester City 11 22 3
+10 Chelsea 11 20 3
+4 Sunderland 11 19 2
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Statistics

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10 Fouls 12
1 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 5
5 Corner Kicks 2
4 Saves 4
56.6 Possession 43.4
14 SHOTS 8
7 ON GOAL 5
0.5 On Target % 0.6
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
465 Accurate Passes 328
576 Passes 431
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 1
19 Crosses 12
0.2 Cross % 0.1
74 Long Balls 60
35 Accurate Long Balls 26
0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
1 Blocked Shots 0
6 Effective Tackles 8
7 Tackles 13
0.9 Tackle % 0.6
9 Interceptions 10
11 Effective Clearances 25
11 Clearances 25

Line-Ups

CRY Crystal Palace (4-3-3)

No. Name
13 Vicente Guaita (GK)
6 Marc Guéhi
16 Joachim Andersen
3 Tyrick Mitchell
2 Joel Ward Yellow Card
12 Will Hughes Yellow Card
15 Jeff Schlupp Yellow Card
23 Conor Gallagher Yellow Card
14 Jean-Philippe Mateta
22 Odsonne Édouard
7 Michael Olise

LIV Liverpool (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Alisson Becker (GK)
4 Virgil van Dijk
32 Joël Matip
26 Andrew Robertson
66 Trent Alexander-Arnold
3 Fabinho
17 Curtis Jones
14 Jordan Henderson
9 Roberto Firmino Yellow Card
20 Diogo Jota
15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

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