Crystal Palace vs Liverpool – LIVE!
Liverpool have the chance to put some more pressure on their Premier League title rivals as they travel to face Crystal Palace in the lunchtime kick-off. Victory will move the Reds four points clear at the top of the table, at least until Arsenal and Manchester City play later this afternoon.
Arne Slot’s side have been in superb form and made it back-to-back wins in the Champions League in midweek as they eased past Bologna. Liverpool have a perfect record on the road under their new manager, winning all four matches while scoring ten times and conceding just once. Andy Robertson and Luis Diaz are among those to drop to the bench at Selhurst Park, as Slot makes four changes.
Palace, on the other hand, are still waiting for their first Premier League win of the season, with pressure starting to build on Oliver Glasner. There have been some positive signs, though, with draws against Chelsea and Manchester United, but the Eagles still find themselves in the relegation zone. Follow all the action with Standard Sport’s LIVE blog below!
Crystal Palace vs Liverpool latest news
GOAL! Jota scores inside ten minutes
How to watch: TNT Sports
Crystal Palace team news: Mateta dropped
Liverpool team news: Robertson and Diaz on bench
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
13:48 , Matt Verri
59 mins: Glasner has seen enough.
Mateta is coming on, as has felt inevitable for about 58 minutes.
He’s replacing Mitchell, so it’s a complete change of system for Palace. Had to be done.
Wharton also replaced, Hughes on in midfield.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
13:45 , Matt Verri
56 mins: Big save!
Brilliant ball over the top from Van Dijk, Salah brings it down and flicks an effort at goal. Can’t get a huge amount of power on it, but Henderson still does well to react.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
13:44 , Matt Verri
55 mins: Szoboszlai, Salah, Alexander-Arnold…
Liverpool patient in the box, until the right-back finally drills it low across the face of goal. Henderson kicks it away to safety.
Visitors continue to push for that second goal their performance has deserved.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
13:41 , Matt Verri
52 mins: Wharton strong in midfield, plays it out to Mitchell on the left.
Eze and Nketiah on the edge of the box, Mitchell off balance and instead sends the cross straight out of play for a goal-kick.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
13:39 , Matt Verri
50 mins: Eze finally does get on the ball in the Liverpool half, but passes it straight to Jota.
Have to think Glasner must be considering bringing Mateta on, and having Eze behind him and Nketiah. Needs to try something, surely.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
13:36 , Matt Verri
47 mins: Palace seem very keen to long at every opportunity.
Reminder that it is Nketiah playing up front, against Van Dijk and Konate…
Back underway!
13:34 , Matt Verri
Here we go again.
Szoboszlai on for Mac Allister at the break.
How Liverpool took the lead…
13:25 , Matt Verri
It was pretty much their first attack.
Lovely ball from Tsimikas, Gakpo plays it into the middle and Jota runs onto it perfectly.
HT: Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
13:19
Well Palace are good for the first 22 seconds and the last 100 seconds of the half.
In between that… dreadful.
Liverpool so comfortable, utterly dominant and will be frustrated the scoreline doesn’t reflect that.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
13:18 , Matt Verri
45+2 mins: I take it back – Palace have waited until added-time to start playing.
Ball fizzed through to Sarr, decent strike and Alisson gets down well to save. Nketiah blocked off from getting to the rebound.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
13:16 , Matt Verri
45 mins: Two minutes added on.
If I had to guess, I’d say that’s about 120 seconds more than Palace want.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
13:14 , Matt Verri
43 mins: Mac Allister tries to pull Eze back, play waved on but referee eventually goes back to book him.
Free-kick from Palace nicely sums up how their half has gone. Wharton boots it straight out of play after it was taken short.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
13:11 , Matt Verri
40 mins: Palace can be absolutely delighted if they are still only 1-0 down at half-time.
Glasner has to change something at the break, near enough everything the way this is going. But hosts need to avoid further damage before then.
Van Dijk with a good run across the near post but can’t keep his header down.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
13:07 , Matt Verri
37 mins: Latest Liverpool corner taken by Alexander-Arnold, Guehi takes a tumble and the whistle goes.
Jota shaking his head, so we’ll assume he was to blame for that.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
13:05 , Matt Verri
34 mins: Massive chance!
Salah flicks it through to Gravenberch, who can drive into the box. He perfectly picks out Jota, free in the middle… doesn’t make proper contact. Had to score.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
13:04 , Matt Verri
33 mins: Eze floats a ball into the Liverpool box, Tsimikas flicks it behind for a corner.
It’s Eze to take this as well, but as with the earlier one Gakpo is there to head it away.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
13:02 , Matt Verri
31 mins: Gakpo shown a yellow card, gives something for the Palace fans to cheer I guess. He catches Sarr late.
Liverpool straight back on the attack, Guehi has to react quickly to intercept Salah’s pass through to Jota.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
13:00 , Matt Verri
30 mins: Eze walks into two Liverpool players. Wharton passes it straight to Tsimikas. Clyne then forgets to clear the ball before it crosses the line… corner.
This is a real mess from Glasner’s side.
Whipped to the near post, Gakpo completely free but he flicks a header over the bar.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
12:59 , Matt Verri
28 mins: Gakpo works it onto his right foot, whips an effort towards the far corner but it’s just wide.
It’s hard to emphasise just how one-sided this match is right now. Palace are doing absolutely nothing.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
12:55 , Matt Verri
25 mins: Long spell of possession for the visitors, eventually worked into the box and Mitchell can only hack it behind. Salah couldn’t quite get the shot away.
Tsimikas takes the corner, Guehi with the header over his own bar. Another set-piece to come.
Lacroix wins the header this time, before Lerma earns a much-needed free-kick for Palace.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
12:53 , Matt Verri
22 mins: Another Liverpool corner coming up. Camera pans to Mateta on the bench, he looks about as happy as the Palace fans in the stands. Not very.
Chance for the hosts as Nketiah picks out Mitchell out wide, but the ball in behind for Sarr has far too much on it.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
12:51 , Matt Verri
20 mins: Liverpool with all the possession, Palace unable to keep hold of it when they finally do win it back.
Visitors not particularly pushing the pace, but they are completely in control. Knocking it around in defence at their own pace, no real pressure.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
12:47 , Matt Verri
17 mins: Palace forced into that change. Munoz can’t continue, Clyne on in his place.
It was a superb first 22 seconds for Palace. Since then… not great. To put it mildly.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
12:46 , Matt Verri
15 mins: This isn’t going to help.
Munoz has gone down off the ball, seems to be an issue with his groin.
Chalobah, Guehi, Lerma and Wharton in deep discussions, trying to work things out.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
12:44 , Matt Verri
13 mins: This is already feeling fairly ominous for the Eagles.
Alexander-Arnold slides in Salah, plays it across the face of goal and Henderson just about parries it out, with Mac Allister unable to get a touch.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
12:42 , Matt Verri
11 mins: So after a fairly bright start, Palace have it all to do.
Eze playing on the left of the front three, hosts need to get him involved as much as possible.
On the other flank, Sarr tries to find Munoz but it’s straight to Gakpo instead. The groans are starting…
GOAL! Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool | Diogo Jota 9′
12:39 , Matt Verri
Absolutely ruthless!
First Liverpool attack, first Liverpool goal. Too good from the visitors.
Tsimikas with a great ball through to Gakpo, he squares it into the six-yard box and Jota arrives on the scene to poke a first-time finish under Henderson.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Liverpool
12:38 , Matt Verri
7 mins: Palace corner, after Munoz tries to shift his way along the byline.
Eze with the out-swinger, Gakpo there at the near post to flick it clear. Salah briefly threatens to break, but nobody up with him.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Liverpool
12:36 , Matt Verri
5 mins: Nketiah tries to lead the Palace counter, Tsimikas drags him down.
Nketiah, Sarr, Eze… hosts are going to have a real threat on the break this afternoon. Liverpool need to be careful.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Liverpool
12:34 , Matt Verri
3 mins: Frantic start to this match, Palace looking sharp.
Liverpool just starting to get a bit of control, knocking the ball around as we expected. Munoz flies up the pitch to press – Van Dijk swats him aside and sends the wing-back tumbling over.
GOOO…. OFFSIDE!
12:32 , Matt Verri
Inside 20 seconds!
Wow. Wharton with a brilliant ball through to Sarr, he squares it for Nketiah… lovely dinked finish over Alisson.
But the flag is up. Correct decision.
KICK-OFF!
12:31 , Matt Verri
Underway at Selhurst Park!
12:29 , Matt Verri
About 45 Palace mascots, it seems like.
Eventually everyone is out on the pitch. Handshakes done, all the other faff done.
Time to get up and running.
Here we go!
12:26 , Matt Verri
Teams are in the tunnel. A very, very tight tunnel.
So much so that Salah and Gravenberch are basically in the car park out the back.
Glasner backs Sarr to deliver
12:21 , Matt Verri
Oliver Glasner has been explaining his decision to start Ismaila Sarr this afternoon.
“Ismaila had very good performances when he came into the game and always had a positive impact,” he says.
“He has a lot of pace and we expect Liverpool to play with dominance and aggression, so there will be space in behind and this is one of the strengths of Ismaila Sarr and we hope that he can find and use this space and score goals.”
Not long now!
12:13 , Matt Verri
Just over 15 minutes to go until kick-off in south London.
Warm-ups pretty much done – wait is nearly over.
Reminder that this is the last weekend of Premier League action before the international break, so I suggest you enjoy it while it’s here…
Chalobah gets chance to impress
12:05 , Matt Verri
Trevoh Chalobah has been made to wait.
The 25-year-old joined Crystal Palace on loan from Chelsea in the summer, but has spent the first couple of months at the club on the bench.
He now makes his debut this afternoon – big game for it too!
Pre-match thoughts from Slot
11:57 , Matt Verri
The Liverpool boss has been speaking ahead of kick-off at Selhurst Park…
Reds in top form
11:49 , Matt Verri
Nine matches under Arne Slot, eight wins.
It’s been a really impressive start from Liverpool under the Dutchman, the only slip-up that home defeat against Nottingham Forest.
On the road, they have a perfect record so far. Ten goals scored, one conceded. Not too shabby.
Slot: Liverpool not getting carried away
11:40 , Matt Verri
Liverpool are top of the Premier League table and would move four points clear of Arsenal and Man City with a win, but Arne Slot has insisted none of his players will be getting too excited with the start to the season.
“No, we are Liverpool, so players are used to being on top of the league,” Slot said.
“It would be very weird if a player at Liverpool is all of a sudden with his head in the clouds.
“These players are experienced enough to understand the league table after six games as well and the schedule we have compared to some other teams.
“Second of all, Virgil, Ali [Alisson Becker], Trent, Robbo [Andy Robertson], Mo, they won the league here, they won the Champions League here.
“For them it’s a nice thing to be on the top of the table, but I’m not expecting them to watch their mobile every second of the day seeing them being top of the table.”
In the building!
11:29
Liverpool have arrived at Selhurst Park, where the sun is, believe it or not, shining.
Changes from both sides
11:24 , Matt Verri
Interesting decisions from both managers.
Arne Slot opts to rotate this afternoon, with Andy Robertson, Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez and Dominik Szoboszlai all on the bench.
It means Kostas Tsimikas comes in at left-back, Curtis Jones starts in midfield and Diogo Jota and Cody Gakpo get their chances up front.
As for Palace, Oliver Glasner drops Jean-Philippe Mateta to the bench, with Eddie Nketiah the lone striker. Big call.
Crystal Palace team news
11:20
Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Chalobah, Guehi, Lacroix, Munoz, Wharton, Lerma, Mitchell, Sarr, Eze, Nketiah
Subs: Turner, Ward, Clyne, Kporha, Schlupp, Kamada, Hughes, Mateta, Umeh-Chibueze
Liverpool team news
11:17 , Matt Verri
Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Tsimikas, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Jones, Salah, Jota, Gakpo.
Subs: Jaros, Endo, Gomez, Szoboszlai, Diaz, Nunez, Quansah, Bradley, Robertson.
Stand by…
11:11 , Matt Verri
Team news coming up in the next five minutes.
Sounds like there could be a few changes from Arne Slot. Confirmation very, very soon.
Glasner on Palace form
10:58 , Matt Verri
Oliver Glasner has defended his side’s poor start to the season.
Crystal Palace have not yet won a Premier League match and sit in the relegation zone as it stands, but Glasner called for “realistic” expectations.
“It’s unfair for anyone to expect us to win six out of seven games,” the Eagles boss said.
“I could give you many reasons but overall it’s unrealistic that we will win every game. At the moment, we are critical of ourselves.
“We are not in the best shape. It’s hard work – nothing happens on its own.”
Slot: No concerns over early kick-off
10:47 , Matt Verri
Arne Slot has insisted Liverpool should have no issues with the lunchtime kick-off in the Premier League, joking he would be a “stupid manager” if they did as that is when his side train.
Slot’s predecessor Jurgen Klopp regularly hit out at the scheduling for televised matches and how often Liverpool were given the 12:30pm slot on a Saturday, particularly away from home.
This afternoon’s clash at Selhurst Park leaves Slot and his players with a tight turnaround, after they beat Bologna on Wednesday night in the Champions League, but the Dutchman played down any concerns over the kick-off time.
“I think the league I come from, they are more aware and try to help teams in Europe,” Slot said at his press conference on Friday.
“But to be fair to English FA our schedule is tight so it is difficult. It has a lot to do with TV stations, it feels like I do an interview every day. I think they can pick a team for 12:30pm, so they choose Liverpool.
“People talk about 12:30pm, we talk about difficult away games. If 12:30pm was a difficult time to perform then I am a stupid manager because I train every day at midday!”
Stage is set!
10:38 , Matt Verri
What a lovely… grey morning in south London.
Standard Sport prediction
10:31 , Matt Verri
Liverpool are soaring with confidence at the moment and, shock defeat at home to Nottingham Forest aside, have been hugely impressive under Slot thus far despite a quiet summer in the transfer market.
The Dutchman is evidently reaping the rewards of such valuable continuity and his team are firing on all cylinders at present, which is likely to spell bad news for a struggling Palace side of whom much progress was expected this season after Glasner’s excellent run at the end of last term.
That hasn’t been the case at all so far though, with the insipid Eagles picking up only three points to date and on the receiving end of a rare comeback from fellow strugglers Everton last time out. All the signs point towards a comfortable away win at Selhurst.
Liverpool to win, 2-0.
Liverpool team news
10:23 , Matt Verri
Federico Chiesa is a major doubt for Liverpool.
The Italian has missed the last two matches after picking up an issue in training, and a late decision will be made on whether he is fit enough to make the squad at Selhurst Park.
Arne Slot said on Friday: “Wait and see, he didn’t train for the last two days. He came in today to see if he can train.
“If he can today, I have a decision to make because we can only select 20. First of all we have to wait and see if he can even train. And if he can, it’s our decision if we bring him to the game or not.”
The big decisions for Slot come in attack, with Diogo Jota pushing to get the nod and lead the line ahead of Darwin Nunez, who started in Europe.
Cody Gakpo has impressed in his cameos off the bench and will hope to start on the left if the in-form Luis Diaz is given a rest.
Predicted Liverpool XI:Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai; Salah, Jota, Gakpo
Crystal Palace team news
10:14 , Matt Verri
Crystal Palace are without the likes of Chadi Riad, Chris Richards, Cheick Doucoure and Rob Holding this weekend, while Matheus Franca is facing another lengthy lay-off.
“Franca is unfortunately injured again,” Oliver Glasner said yesterday.
“Adductor, groin. Tough situation for him and for us. I don’t think he will play many games in 2024 for us.”
How to watch Crystal Palace vs Liverpool
10:07 , Matt Verri
TV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live on TNT Sports 1, with coverage beginning at 11am.
Live stream: Subscribers can also catch the contest live online via the Discovery+ app and website.
Live blog: You can follow all the action right here with us!
Good morning!
10:00 , Matt Verri
Hello and welcome to Standard Sport’s LIVE coverage of Crystal Palace vs Liverpool!
It’s the opening match of the Premier League weekend – best enjoy every second of these next couple of days as we’ve then got an international break.
We’ll have all the latest updates, build-up and team news right here ahead of kick-off, which comes at 12:30pm BST from Selhurst Park.
