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 18:54 · Jack Rathborn]

Hakim Ziyech stunner inspires Chelsea victory over timid Tottenham

Push comes to shove for Tottenham Hotspur, as Chelsea are launched back up the table by one divine delivery.

Thomas Tuchel claimed his first Premier League win of 2022 as Antonio Conte also suffered his first league defeat as Spurs manager, although this 2-0 win was still more commanding than it was controversial.

The extent of the difference between the sides is actually reinforced by another figure, which is that this was Chelsea’s third win over their London rivals in as many weeks. Spurs will say the game could have gone a different way if the decision over Harry Kane’s disallowed goal had gone another way, but most of the play was only going in one direction.

[23 January 2022 18:52 · Michael Jones]

Reaction from Thomas Tuchel

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel spoke to Sky Sports after the game and reflected on his first year in charge of the Blues. He said:

We were working extremely hard for it and it was a tough match. The effort was outstanding and it was a deserved win. It is so hard to create chances against them but we were relentless and kept on believing.

“Keep on going, there was no need for changes, some details of when to take the risk and when not. Encouragement to keep on going.

“The table is the table, it is our responsibility to prove ourselves every third day and now we have a break and it was important to go into this break with a performance we want. We needed this but needed also to do things better. The guys are very tired because it was a long run for us.

“A good year, a nice year. I feel very good because it feels still like the first day, nothing has changed, it is exactly the right place to be. I feel an enormous amount of support - hopefully many more years to come.”

[23 January 2022 18:46 · Michael Jones]

Hakim Ziyech stunner inspires Chelsea victory over timid Tottenham

Push comes to shove for Tottenham Hotspur, as Chelsea are launched back up the table by one divine delivery.

Thomas Tuchel claimed his first Premier League win of 2022 as Antonio Conte also suffered his first league defeat as Spurs manager, although this 2-0 win was still more commanding than it was controversial.

The extent of the difference between the sides is actually reinforced by another figure, which is that this was Chelsea’s third win over their London rivals in as many weeks. Spurs will say the game could have gone a different way if the decision over Harry Kane’s disallowed goal had gone another way, but most of the play was only going in one direction.

[23 January 2022 18:40 · Michael Jones]

Chelsea 2 - 0 Tottenham

Chelsea have won four games against Tottenham in all competitions this season making them the first Premier League side to win four games against an opponent in a single campaign since Manchester City against West Ham in 2013-14 and the first to win three games in the same month against an opponent since Aston Villa against Blackburn in January 2010.

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[23 January 2022 18:36 · Michael Jones]

Chelsea 2 - 0 Tottenham: Player ratings as Hakim Ziyech and Thiago Silva hand Antonio Conte defeat

Chelsea beat Tottenham for a fourth time this season as goals from Hakim Ziyech and Thiago Silva handed them a 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge.

Harry Kane thought he had given Spurs the lead shortly before half-time when he turned and swept home Steven Bergwijn’s cross. But referee Paul Tierney spotted a push from Kane on Silva in the build-up and disallowed the goal.

Chelsea then found the opener less than two minutes into the second half when Ziyech cut inside before picking out the top corner from 25 yards out with a sensational left-footed strike.

And it was 2-0 before the hour mark when Silva glanced home a header to seal all three points for the home side.

Here are the player ratings from Stamford Bridge:

[23 January 2022 18:33 · Michael Jones]

Chelsea 2 - 0 Tottenham

By setting up Chelsea’s second goal against Spurs, Mason Mount registered his 20th assist for the Blues since the start of the 2019-20 campaign, the most of any player at the club in this period across all competitions.

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[23 January 2022 18:28 · Michael Jones]

Full-time: Chelsea 2 - 0 Tottenham

90+5 mins: Chelsea win! They beat Tottenham for a fourth time this season and take all three points away from Stamford Bridge. They remain third in the table and cut the gap on Manchester City to 10 points. Their title race isn’t over yet. It will have to be an extraordinary effort but they’re still clinging on.

Tottenham miss the chance to go fourth. They are two points behind Manchester United who currently hold the position but have a couple of games in hand on them. Antonio Conte won’t be panicking just yet.

[23 January 2022 18:27 · Jack Rathborn]

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[23 January 2022 18:25 · Michael Jones]

Chelsea 2 - 0 Tottenham

90+3 mins: Chelsea are in control of the game. They’re bossing the ball and keeping it away from Tottenham whilst slowly pushing up the pitch. Ben Davies tries to take it off Antonio Rudiger and is successful. The German is too forceful with his own tackle to win it back and Spurs win a free kick deep into their own half.

[23 January 2022 18:22 · Michael Jones]

Chelsea 2 - 0 Tottenham

90 mins: Five minutes of added time to play at Stamford Bridge. Hakim Ziyech gets a warm round of applause as he’s taken off to give Saul Niguez a few minutes for Chelsea.