English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 19, 2017
Crystal Palace LLWDL 0
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Liverpool WLWDW 1
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Anfield · 53,138 att.

Match Report

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Sadio Mane earns Liverpool victory over Crystal Palace

Sadio Mane got Liverpool's season up and running with the only goal as they laboured to a 1-0 win over bogey team Crystal Palace.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
4
12
Saves
1
27.6
Possession
72.4
4
SHOTS
23
1
ON GOAL
13
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
181
Accurate Passes
603
273
Passes
712
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
7
6
Crosses
22
0.2
Cross %
0.3
89
Long Balls
58
38
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
5
11
Effective Tackles
16
21
Tackles
24
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
26
Effective Clearances
11
26
Clearances
11

Head to Head

LIV leads series 3-2

Lineups

LIV · 4-3-3

  1. 22Simon MignoletG
  2. 17Ragnar KlavanCD-L
  3. 32Joël MatipCD-R
  4. 26Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 12Joe GomezRB
  6. 14Jordan HendersonCM
  7. 7James MilnerLM
  8. 5Georginio WijnaldumRM
  9. 15Daniel SturridgeF
  10. 9Roberto FirminoLF
  11. 19Sadio ManéRF

Substitutes

  1. 27Divock OrigiSUB
  2. 11Mohamed SalahSUB
  3. 1Loris KariusSUB
  4. 38Jon FlanaganSUB
  5. 29Dominic SolankeSUB
  6. 23Emre CanSUB
  7. 6Dejan LovrenSUB

CRY · 3-5-2

  1. 13Wayne HennesseyG
  2. 6Scott DannCD
  3. 5James TomkinsCD-L
  4. 24Timothy Fosu-MensahCD-R
  5. 4Luka MilivojevicCM-L
  6. 8Ruben Loftus-CheekCM-R
  7. 42Jason PuncheonAM
  8. 3Patrick van AanholtLM
  9. 2Joel WardRM
  10. 17Christian BentekeCF-L
  11. 10Andros TownsendCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Yohan CabayeSUB
  2. 28Jason Eyenga LokiloSUB
  3. 34Martin KellySUB
  4. 15Jeff SchluppSUB
  5. 1Julian SperoniSUB
  6. 18James McArthurSUB
  7. 25Sullay KaikaiSUB

Timeline

  1. 15' Jason Puncheon (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 61' Substitution, Liverpool. Mohamed Salah replaces Daniel Sturridge.
  3. 63' Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 69' Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 71' Substitution, Liverpool. Dominic Solanke replaces Georginio Wijnaldum.
  6. 73' Goal! Liverpool 1, Crystal Palace 0. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  7. 73' Substitution, Crystal Palace. James McArthur replaces Jason Puncheon.
  8. 77' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Sullay Kaikai replaces Luka Milivojevic.
  9. 84' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jeffrey Schlupp replaces Patrick van Aanholt.
  10. 90' Substitution, Liverpool. Dejan Lovren replaces Roberto Firmino.
  11. 90'+2' Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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