Consider your Saturday sorted
Crystal Palace XI: Johnstone; Ward, Andersen, Guéhi, Clyne; Richards, Lerma; Schlupp, Hughes, Ayew; Édouard.
Liverpool XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Gravenberch, Endo, Szoboszlai; Salah, Darwin Núñez, Luis Díaz.
55 - Crystal Palace completed just 55 passes in the opening half, their joint-fewest in a Premier League first half on record (since 2003-04). However, they’re the only side to have landed a shot on target at the break (1). Grind.
Crystal Palace are the first team to score a penalty vs Liverpool since Bukayo Saka did so for Arsenal in October 2022.
It’s been a while.
𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗: Mohamed Salah has now scored 200 goals for Liverpool and 150 goals in the Premier League.
Is he Liverpool’s greatest player in the Premier League era?
Mohamed Salah is the first African player to score 150 Premier League goals.
Only nine players in the competition’s history have more.
Five players have scored 200 goals for Liverpool:
◎ 346 - Ian Rush
◎ 285 - Roger Hunt
◎ 241 - Gordon Hodgson
◎ 228 - Billy Liddell
◉ 200 - Mohamed Salah
Next stop: 300.
◉ 57’ Crystal Palace 1-0 Liverpool
◉ 75’ Jordan Ayew is sent off
◉ 76’ Crystal Palace 1-1 Liverpool
◉ 90+1’ Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool
Ayew’s red card has been the turning the point at Selhurst Park.
Jürgen Klopp has now won more Premier League games vs. Crystal Palace than he has against any other side during his time at Liverpool (13).
The German has also never lost a league game at Selhurst Park:
WWWWWWWDW
Coming from behind to go top of the league.
90 - Three of the last four substitutes to score a 90th minute winning goal in the Premier League have done so for Liverpool.
Jota vs Spurs in April
Núñez vs Newcastle in August
Elliott vs Palace today
Game-changers.
Most points gained from losing positions in the Premier League this season:
18 - Liverpool
17
16
15
14
13
12
11 - Brighton
10 - West Ham
For the second weekend running, Liverpool score late on to secure all three points.
Trent 88’ winner vs. Fulham
Rice 97’ winner vs. Luton
Elliott 91’ winner vs. Palace
Title race getting spicy
Liverpool have won 24 points from losing positions in the Premier League in 2023, the most of any club.
Mentality monsters
90 - Liverpool have scored more winning goals in the 90th minute or later than any other team in Premier League history, with 40% of them coming under Jürgen Klopp (17/43).
43 - Liverpool
32 - Arsenal
31 - Spurs
29 - Man Utd
26 - Chelsea
Mentality.