English Premier League

FT Sunday, May 23, 2021
Crystal Palace LWLWL 0
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Liverpool DWWWW 2
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CRY000
LIV112
Anfield · 9,901 att.

Match Report

Liverpool caps season recovery by clinching CL qualification

— No trophy to celebrate this year but clinching Champions League qualification proved a welcome consolation prize for Liverpool.

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Team Stats

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

Head to Head

LIV leads series 5-0

Lineups

LIV · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alisson BeckerG
  2. 46Rhys WilliamsCD-L
  3. 47Nathaniel PhillipsCD-R
  4. 26Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 66Trent Alexander-ArnoldRB
  6. 3FabinhoCM
  7. 5Georginio WijnaldumLM
  8. 6Thiago AlcantaraRM
  9. 9Roberto FirminoF
  10. 10Sadio ManéLF
  11. 11Mohamed SalahRF

CRY · 4-3-3

  1. 31Vicente GuaitaG
  2. 24Gary CahillCD-L
  3. 5James TomkinsCD-R
  4. 27Tyrick MitchellLB
  5. 2Joel WardRB
  6. 22James McCarthyCM
  7. 44Jairo RiedewaldLM
  8. 8Cheikhou KouyatéRM
  9. 11Wilfried ZahaF
  10. 9Jordan AyewLF
  11. 10Andros TownsendRF

Timeline

  1. 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.
  2. 58' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jeffrey Schlupp replaces James Tomkins because of an injury.
  3. 71' Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 71' Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 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.
  6. 78' Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Georginio Wijnaldum.
  7. 83' Jairo Riedewald (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 86' James Milner (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 88' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Patrick van Aanholt replaces James McCarthy.
  10. 89' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Martin Kelly replaces Cheikhou Kouyaté because of an injury.
  11. 90'+1' Substitution, Liverpool. Diogo Jota replaces Roberto Firmino.
  12. 90'+2' Substitution, Liverpool. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Andrew Robertson.

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