Crystal Palace vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction today

Follow all the action from Selhurst Park as the Reds look to close the gap at the top of the table

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Liverpool head to Crystal Palace on Sunday afternoon, hoping for a third win in a week to start to put pressure back on Manchester City at the top of the Premier League. Victory for the Reds would leave them nine points adrift of the reigning champions with a game in hand, following their draw with Southampton on Saturday. Jurgen Klopp’s team have rediscovered form of late after a slight stutter, beating Brentford last weekend before dispatching Arsenal in midweek to reach the Carabao Cup final.

For Palace, this has undoubtedly been a season of progress and putting into place building blocks for an exciting-looking future, after a summer squad overhaul and the appointment of Patrick Vieira as manager. They sit 13th in the table, with just one win from the last five following a draw at Brighton last time out.

Victory would push the Eagles back into the top half, though the scale of their task is underlined by the fact the Reds have emerged triumphant in all of the last nine competitive meetings between these two teams, including a 3-0 win at Anfield in September and a 7-0 thrashing at Selhurst Park last term. Follow all the team news and match action as Crystal Palace host Liverpool below:

Crystal Palace vs Liverpool

• Crystal Palace: Butland; Mitchell, Guehi, Andersen, Ward; Schlupp, Hughes, Gallagher; Olise, Edouard, Mateta
• Liverpool: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson; Fabinho, Henderson, Jones; Jota, Firmino, Oxlade-Chamberlain
• 8’ GOAL! Van Dijk powerfully heads Liverpool into early lead, 0-1!
• 32’ GOAL! Oxlade-Chamberlain converts a delightful Robertson cross, 0-2!
• 55’ GOAL! Edouard puts the Eagles back in it, lovely work from Mateta too, 1-2 and game on!
• 89’ GOAL! Fabinho converts from the spot after a controversial penalty awarded to Liverpool by VAR after Jota is fouled by Guaita, 1-3!

[23 January 2022 15:28 · Michael Jones]

Crystal Palace 1 - 2 Liverpool

70 mins: Schlupp and Eze combine on the left side. Eze is played down the side of the box and feeds a pass into the penalty area. Schlupp gets on the end of it and smokes his shot into the near side-netting. Crystal Palace are coming closer to that equaliser.

[23 January 2022 15:26 · Michael Jones]

Crystal Palace 1 - 2 Liverpool

67 mins: Patrick Vieira makes his first Crystal Palace change. Eberechi Eze comes on to replace the goalscorer Odsonne Edouard. Liverpool are trying to take the sting out of the game but Crystal Palace are playing well. They’re aggressive and winning the battles in midfield.

[23 January 2022 15:24 · Jack Rathborn]

Tottenham arrive at Stamford Bridge for Chelsea clash

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[23 January 2022 15:23 · Michael Jones]

Crystal Palace 1 - 2 Liverpool

64 mins: Mitchell floats a free kick into the Liverpool box and Mateta chests it down to Schlupp. He’s forced out wide by Matip where Liverpool recover the ball.

[23 January 2022 15:20 · Michael Jones]

Crystal Palace 1 - 2 Liverpool

61 mins: Conor Gallagher and Will Hughes have both picked up yellow cards for Crystal Palace. Andy Robertson sends a Liverpool throw in into the box but Hughes beats Jota in the air and heads it clear.

Alexander-Arnold recovers the ball from Palace’s clearance and attempts to pick out Firmino in the box. The Brazilian flicks the ball on but knocks it straight to Guaita in goal.

[23 January 2022 15:18 · Jack Rathborn]

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[23 January 2022 15:18 · Michael Jones]

Crystal Palace 1 - 2 Liverpool

58 mins: Crystal Palace have deserved that goal. They ended the first half as the better team and have picked up where they left off. Jurgen Klopp goes to the bench and replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain with Takumi Minamino. The Reds need to half Palace’s momentum. There’s a great atmossphere around the ground now, the home fans believe that Palace can get something out of this game.

[23 January 2022 15:12 · Michael Jones]

GOAL! Crystal Palace 1 - 2 Liverpool (Edouard, 55’)⚽️

55 mins: Hope for Crystal Palace! This is a brilliant goal from the home team. Liverpool play with a high line as Jeffrey Schlupp brings the ball into their half. He threads the ball through the defence and picks out the run of Jean-Philippe Mateta who gets in behind Virgil van Dijk. He brings the ball into the box, draws in Alisson and then squares it to Odsonne Edouard for the simplest of tap ins.

[23 January 2022 15:11 · Michael Jones]

Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Liverpool

54 mins: Diogo Jota brings the ball into the box from the right and slots it back to Jordan Henderson. The Liverpool captain shoots from just outside the box but sees his effort blocked.

[23 January 2022 15:10 · Michael Jones]

GOAL! Leicester 1-0 Brighton⚽️

The deadlock has been broken at the King Power stadium as Leicester City take the lead immediately after the restart. Patson Daka turning rebounded shots from James Maddison and Harvey Barnes into the open goal at the back post.