English Premier League

Liverpool vs Crystal Palace, 2020-21 English Premier League

· English Premier League
Liverpool
  • 36': Sadio Mané
  • 74': Sadio Mané
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2 - 0
Crystal Palace

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    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 4': Attempt saved. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by James McCarthy.
    • 5': Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 5': Foul by Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool).
    • 6': Attempt saved. Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is saved in the top centre of the goal.
    • 6': Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Alisson.
    • 11': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Tyrick Mitchell.
    • 13': Attempt saved. Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jairo Riedewald.
    • 14': Attempt missed. Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a fast break.
    • 15': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Gary Cahill.
    • 15': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Joel Ward.
    • 16': Foul by Fabinho (Liverpool).
    • 16': Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 16': Foul by Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace).
    • 16': Nathaniel Phillips (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 17': Foul by Joel Ward (Crystal Palace).
    • 17': Sadio Mané (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 18': Attempt missed. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner from a direct free kick.
    • 19': Hand ball by Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace).
    • 19': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sadio Mané with a cross.
    • 19': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Gary Cahill.
    • 20': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Andros Townsend.
    • 20': Attempt missed. Rhys Williams (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a cross following a corner.
    • 21': Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
    • 22': Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 22': Foul by Thiago (Liverpool).
    • 23': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Thiago.
    • 24': Offside, Liverpool. Thiago tries a through ball, but Sadio Mané is caught offside.
    • 26': Attempt missed. Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.
    • 27': Foul by Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace).
    • 27': Sadio Mané (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 32': Attempt missed. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Georginio Wijnaldum.
    • 34': Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 34': Foul by Thiago (Liverpool).
    • 36': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Joel Ward.
    • 36': Attempt missed. Rhys Williams (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a cross following a corner.
    • 36': Goal! Liverpool 1, Crystal Palace 0. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Roberto Firmino following a corner.
    • 38': Offside, Liverpool. Thiago tries a through ball, but Trent Alexander-Arnold is caught offside.
    • 45': Attempt blocked. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
    • 45': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Cheikhou Kouyaté.
    • 45'+5': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
    • 45'+5': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Tyrick Mitchell.
    • 45'+5': Attempt missed. Rhys Williams (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high following a corner.
    • 45'+5': First Half ends, Liverpool 1, Crystal Palace 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Liverpool 1, Crystal Palace 0.
    • 48': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by James Tomkins.
    • 48': Attempt missed. Nathaniel Phillips (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross following a corner.
    • 49': Foul by Thiago (Liverpool).
    • 49': Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 53': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Tyrick Mitchell.
    • 53': Attempt saved. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a cross.
    • 53': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Vicente Guaita.
    • 54': Attempt blocked. Rhys Williams (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross.
    • 54': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Cheikhou Kouyaté.
    • 55': Foul by James McCarthy (Crystal Palace).
    • 55': Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 56': Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 56': Foul by Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool).
    • 58': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jeffrey Schlupp replaces James Tomkins because of an injury.
    • 62': Foul by Nathaniel Phillips (Liverpool).
    • 62': Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 68': Foul by Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace).
    • 68': Thiago (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 69': Offside, Crystal Palace. Vicente Guaita tries a through ball, but Wilfried Zaha is caught offside.
    • 71': Foul by Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool).
    • 71': Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 71': Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.
    • 71': Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
    • 74': Goal! Liverpool 2, Crystal Palace 0. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
    • 75': Foul by Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace).
    • 75': Thiago (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 76': Attempt missed. Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
    • 78': Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Georginio Wijnaldum.
    • 80': Foul by Thiago (Liverpool).
    • 80': Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 80': Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.
    • 83': Foul by Jairo Riedewald (Crystal Palace).
    • 83': Thiago (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 83': Jairo Riedewald (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 84': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Tyrick Mitchell.
    • 85': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrew Robertson.
    • 85': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Vicente Guaita.
    • 86': Foul by James Milner (Liverpool).
    • 86': Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 86': James Milner (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 86': Attempt saved. Gary Cahill (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andros Townsend with a cross.
    • 88': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Patrick van Aanholt replaces James McCarthy.
    • 89': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Martin Kelly replaces Cheikhou Kouyaté because of an injury.
    • 90'+1': Substitution, Liverpool. Diogo Jota replaces Roberto Firmino.
    • 90'+2': Substitution, Liverpool. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Andrew Robertson.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Liverpool 2, Crystal Palace 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Liverpool 2, Crystal Palace 0.

    Statistics

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    8 Fouls 10
    2 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 2
    1 Corner Kicks 14
    3 Saves 4
    30.4 Possession 69.6
    5 SHOTS 19
    4 ON GOAL 5
    0.8 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    161 Accurate Passes 502
    263 Passes 588
    0.6 Pass Completion % 0.9
    2 Accurate Crosses 8
    2 Crosses 28
    1.0 Cross % 0.3
    55 Long Balls 52
    15 Accurate Long Balls 36
    0.3 Long Balls % 0.7
    0 Blocked Shots 4
    16 Effective Tackles 12
    24 Tackles 15
    0.7 Tackle % 0.8
    10 Interceptions 10
    21 Effective Clearances 5
    21 Clearances 5

    Game Information

    Competition: English Premier League

    Venue: Anfield
    Location: Liverpool, England
    Attendance: 9,901

    Premier League Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Arsenal 31 +39 70
    2 Manchester City 30 +32 61
    3 Manchester United 31 +13 55
    4 Aston Villa 31 +5 54
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    LIV Liverpool (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Alisson Becker (GK)
    46 Rhys Williams
    47 Nathaniel Phillips
    26 Andrew Robertson
    66 Trent Alexander-Arnold Yellow Card
    3 Fabinho
    5 Georginio Wijnaldum
    6 Thiago Alcantara
    9 Roberto Firmino
    10 Sadio Mané
    11 Mohamed Salah
    Liverpool Substitutes:
    Curtis Jones, Kostas Tsimikas, Adrián, Neco Williams, Xherdan Shaqiri, Diogo Jota, Jordan Henderson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, James Milner.

    CRY Crystal Palace (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    31 Vicente Guaita (GK)
    24 Gary Cahill
    5 James Tomkins
    27 Tyrick Mitchell
    2 Joel Ward
    22 James McCarthy
    44 Jairo Riedewald Yellow Card
    8 Cheikhou Kouyaté
    11 Wilfried Zaha
    9 Jordan Ayew Yellow Card
    10 Andros Townsend
    Crystal Palace Substitutes:
    Nathaniel Clyne, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, Jack Butland, Patrick van Aanholt, Jeff Schlupp, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Martin Kelly.

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