Liverpool v Crystal Palace, 19 August 2017

Score1-0 to Liverpool
RefereeKevin Friend
CompetitionPremier League
VenueAnfield
Attendance53,138

View Liverpool v Crystal Palace head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm Crystal Palace failed in their attempt to become the first club to win four consecutive top division games at Anfield since Arsenal in December 1935.

1 Liverpool

0 Crystal Palace

Goals:

Sadio Mané 73 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Ragnar Klavan
Defender/Midfielder Jordan Henderson
Defender/Midfielder Joël Matip
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum
Midfielder/Forward Roberto Firmino
Midfielder/Forward Sadio Mané
Forward Daniel Sturridge

Starting lineup:

Wayne Hennessey Goalkeeper
Scott Dann Defender
James Tomkins Defender
Patrick Van Aanholt Defender
Joel Ward Defender
Tim Fosu-Mensah Defender/Midfielder
Ruben Loftus-Cheek Midfielder
Luka Milivojević Midfielder
Jason Puncheon Midfielder
Andros Townsend Midfielder
Christian Benteke Forward

Substitutions:

Mohamed Salah for Daniel Sturridge 61
Dominic Solanke for Georginio Wijnaldum 71
Dejan Lovren for Roberto Firmino 90

Substitutions:

James McArthur for Jason Puncheon 73
Sullay Kaikai for Luka Milivojević 77
Jeffrey Schlupp for Patrick Van Aanholt 84

Cards:

Jordan Henderson 69 Y

Cards:

Jason Puncheon 15 Y
Patrick Van Aanholt 63 Y
Christian Benteke 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Loris Karius
Defender Jon Flanagan
Defender Dejan Lovren
Defender/Midfielder Emre Can
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah
Forward Divock Origi
Forward Dominic Solanke

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Julián Speroni
Defender Martin Kelly
Defender/Midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp
Midfielder Yohan Cabaye
Midfielder James McArthur
Midfielder/Forward Sullay Kaikai
Forward Jason Lokilo

Comments:

League position: 4th Liverpool had now won their opening Premier League home game in each of the last five seasons. The Reds had now kept five clean sheets in their last six Premier League games; as many as in the previous 21 games. Sadio Mané had now scored six goals in his last eight Premier League games and four goals in six career Premier League appearances against Crystal Palace. Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp said: "We could have played a little clearer in the first-half. We defended brilliantly and we had the ball all of the time. It felt like 85% possession. You need to make the right decisions and in the first-half we didn't. We could have finished more often than we did, but had our moments."

Comments:

League position: 19th Crystal Palace had now lost their opening two Premier League games in four of their last five seasons. Frank De Boer became only the second Dutch manager to suffer defeat in his first two Premier League games after Martin Jol at Tottenham Hotspur, who lost his opening three in the competition in November 2004. Palace had now lost six of their last seven games in the Premier League, failing to score in each defeat. Crystal Palace manager Frank De Boer said: "We were quite concentrated for almost all of the match. I saw a team who wants to fight for each other. It could be a draw, a Liverpool win or the other way. With our two chances it could have been different. A lot of times they were frustrated because we played very organised."

1 Liverpool

Goals:

Sadio Mané 73 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Ragnar Klavan
Defender/Midfielder Jordan Henderson
Defender/Midfielder Joël Matip
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum
Midfielder/Forward Roberto Firmino
Midfielder/Forward Sadio Mané
Forward Daniel Sturridge

Substitutions:

Mohamed Salah for Daniel Sturridge 61
Dominic Solanke for Georginio Wijnaldum 71
Dejan Lovren for Roberto Firmino 90

Cards:

Jordan Henderson 69 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Loris Karius
Defender Jon Flanagan
Defender Dejan Lovren
Defender/Midfielder Emre Can
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah
Forward Divock Origi
Forward Dominic Solanke

Comments:

League position: 4th Liverpool had now won their opening Premier League home game in each of the last five seasons. The Reds had now kept five clean sheets in their last six Premier League games; as many as in the previous 21 games. Sadio Mané had now scored six goals in his last eight Premier League games and four goals in six career Premier League appearances against Crystal Palace. Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp said: "We could have played a little clearer in the first-half. We defended brilliantly and we had the ball all of the time. It felt like 85% possession. You need to make the right decisions and in the first-half we didn't. We could have finished more often than we did, but had our moments."

0 Crystal Palace

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Wayne Hennessey Goalkeeper
Scott Dann Defender
James Tomkins Defender
Patrick Van Aanholt Defender
Joel Ward Defender
Tim Fosu-Mensah Defender/Midfielder
Ruben Loftus-Cheek Midfielder
Luka Milivojević Midfielder
Jason Puncheon Midfielder
Andros Townsend Midfielder
Christian Benteke Forward

Substitutions:

James McArthur for Jason Puncheon 73
Sullay Kaikai for Luka Milivojević 77
Jeffrey Schlupp for Patrick Van Aanholt 84

Cards:

Jason Puncheon 15 Y
Patrick Van Aanholt 63 Y
Christian Benteke 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Julián Speroni
Defender Martin Kelly
Defender/Midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp
Midfielder Yohan Cabaye
Midfielder James McArthur
Midfielder/Forward Sullay Kaikai
Forward Jason Lokilo

Comments:

League position: 19th Crystal Palace had now lost their opening two Premier League games in four of their last five seasons. Frank De Boer became only the second Dutch manager to suffer defeat in his first two Premier League games after Martin Jol at Tottenham Hotspur, who lost his opening three in the competition in November 2004. Palace had now lost six of their last seven games in the Premier League, failing to score in each defeat. Crystal Palace manager Frank De Boer said: "We were quite concentrated for almost all of the match. I saw a team who wants to fight for each other. It could be a draw, a Liverpool win or the other way. With our two chances it could have been different. A lot of times they were frustrated because we played very organised."