2023-12-09 16:45:39
By the editorial staff
Published 8 minutes ago, Updated now
Liverpool snatched all three points from Crystal Palace. HANNAH MCKAY / REUTERS
The Reds obtained the three points on the road (2-1) thanks to a goal from Eliott in the 90th + 1.
A new leader in the Premier League. This Saturday at the start of the afternoon (1:30 p.m.), Liverpool FC won on the pitch of Crystal Palace FC after a match that was slow and long indecisive. However, the Reds did not enter the match very well. If they managed to get their foot on the ball, they almost never worried Samuel Johnstone in the first act. It was even the Eagles, with their low block and their rapid transitions, who were the most dangerous on an incursion from Jordan Ayew on the right side followed by a cross to the far post for Jefferson Lerma who finally scored (at close range) on Alisson (27th); only shot on target in this first half. It is therefore almost no surprise that the two teams returned to the locker room with a draw.
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After the break, Jürgen Klopp’s men once again monopolized the leather. But this possession was (still) fruitless. And on an almost harmless ball, Jarell Quansah committed a foul on Jean-Philippe Mateta, who entered at half-time in place of Odsonne Edouard, who was hit in the knee. Regarding the action, the referee of the match did not flinch. But he was called by VAR. And after viewing the images, he pointed to the penalty spot. Jean-Philippe Mateta took justice into his own hands and opened the scoring with a shot into the middle of the cages (58th). The Reds then pushed to equalize. In vain. It was finally necessary to wait for the exclusion of Jordan Ayew in the 75th minute of play, for a second yellow card, for them to (finally) manage to make the difference. Indeed, in the wake of the ex-Marseillais’ exit, Mohamed Salah, shifted into the penalty area by Curtis Jones, put the two teams back on level terms with a deflected shot. Then, in the first seconds of added time, Harvey Elliott gave his team the victory thanks to a breakthrough in the right half-space and a powerful long shot which left Remi Matthews, the Eagles goalkeeper, no chance ( 90th+1). With this success, Virgin van Dijk and his partners take (provisional?) the lead in the Premier League standings, pending the result of the match between Aston Villa FC and Arsenal FC. For their part, Roy Hodgson’s players may harbor regrets. They remain, for the moment, 14th.
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