Liverpool survives the scare and leaves seven points ahead

Mohamed Salah scored twice – including his 50th Premier League goal – while Liverpool survived a fright coming from behind to defeat a resolute Crystal Palace in a seven-goal thriller at Anfield.

The Reds were leading 3-2 at the final whistle of a back-to-back match, but after James Milner was ejected in the 89th minute for two fouls of yellow card, the end was nervous as the Premier League leaders were desperately trying to hold on. at their head.

The victory was finally achieved when Sadio Mane added a fourth in stoppage of play, although it was still time for Max Meyer to console his visitors.

Liverpool had dominated the vast majority of the first half at Anfield, but that's where Palace managed to break the stalemate on Andros Townsend, who beat Alisson closely following Wilfried's shot Zaha.

The organizers have come out for the second period with goals on the agenda. Salah only needed a minute to tie it up before taking advantage seven minutes later thanks to Roberto Firmino.

However, Palace was not at the rendezvous and James Tomkins capitalized on a mediocre defense to take the side head.

However, a calamitous error by Julian Speroni – making his first appearance since December 2017 – gave Liverpool an undeniable advantage, as the goalkeeper sent the ball to his own net to allow Salah to score on the line.

With the rest of the top four to play this weekend, Liverpool keeps seven points ahead at the top of the standings, while Crystal Palace remains 14th.

Battle of Liverpool through

It was a tense performance from start to finish, one day when Liverpool paid tribute to Bob Paisley, the club's most successful coach, before his 100th birthday on Wednesday.

Before Saturday's game, Liverpool had only conceded three home goals all season, but that was soon to change when Roy Hodgson's Palace came to town.

Making his first start to the Reds since December 11, Joel Matip had two opportunities to start opening the scoring, but Jurgen Klopp's team struggled to find an answer after Townsend's goal.

All that Klopp said to his players in the locker room at half-time was working well, however, Salah placing his team tied after Virgil van Dijk's long-range effort turned away from James McArthur.

It was a goal that lifted the mood at Anfield as Liverpool capitalized on the change of tempo, Firmino making no mistake with his right foot to give the lead to the Reds.

Tomkins equalized against a neglected defensive in a corner, but Speroni soon gave Liverpool the winner with a mistake that he will not forget anytime soon, Salah tapping at home after a decisive pbad for his half-time. century of high-flying strikes.

Three points were achieved when Mane scored a simple goal, after Milner was fired for two confusing challenges over Zaha.

Liverpool has now won seven home Premier League matches for the first time since January 2014 and extends the number of undefeated league games at Anfield to 32.

Palace gives impetus to the Reds

The Eagles impressed the big players in the Premier League this season, including their 3-2 victory over Manchester City in December, and they seemed to be able to win another victory from their victory at Etihad Stadium by refusing to allow it. Liverpool to play football that they wanted.

Never before has a Hodgson team conceded a goal against the Reds at Anfield and their opener, which was opposite to normal, had silenced Liverpool and sent them back into the break with the advantage.

Luck was on their side as their hosts struggled to provide the final pbad. Even after Liverpool's departure, Zaha and Patrick van Aanholt continued to hamper their defense and Tomkins' goal was a fair reward for their resistance.

Hodgson made three quick substitutions one after the other while Palace was looking to equalize after Salah 's second goal. One of them, Jeffrey Schlupp, was getting closer to Van Aanholt's free kick.

Liverpool conceded three home goals in the league almost exactly a year ago, beating Manchester City 4-3.

Even Meyer's last strike – his first in a palace jersey – has not proven sufficient, Liverpool continuing his way to the title even though he conceded three at home in the championship for the first time since his 4-3 win over Manchester City on January 14, 2018..

The Man of the Match – Jordan Henderson (Liverpool)

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson may be denied credit at times, but he remained calm when his team was under pressure with exceptional pbades to create opportunities for his team.

Liverpool brings its 1,000 matches – Match statistics

• Crystal Palace is the first Premier League team to have scored more than once at Anfield since February 2018, when Tottenham drew 2-2 with Liverpool.
• Liverpool reached the 1,000 mark in Premier League home games, becoming the third team to do so after Manchester United and Chelsea.
• Crystal Palace goalkeeper Julian Speroni (39 and 246) has become the oldest player to appear in the Premier League this season and the eldest in the competition since Shay Given (40 years and 151 days) ) in September 2016.
• Wilfried Zaha's badistant for the first match of Palace was his first commitment in his last 14 league games.
• Andros Townsend of Palace scored his fourth league goal of the season, equaling his best score in a Premier League campaign (also four in 2015-16).
• Mohamed Salah of Liverpool scored his 50th Premier League goal in his 72nd appearance at the competition. Only Andrew Cole (65), Alan Shearer (66) and Ruud van Nistelrooy (68) reached the milestone in fewer games.
• Since Jurgen Klopp took office in Liverpool in October 2015, Roberto Firmino has been directly involved in 69 goals in the Premier League, more than any other Reds player (45 goals, 24 badists).
• James Milner got his second red card for Liverpool in the league. He was also fired against Crystal Palace in March 2016 after committing a foul on Wilfried Zaha.
• Sadio Mane of Liverpool has scored in his last four Premier League matches against Palace, the first time he has scored four in a row against an opponent of the competition.

And after?

The return of the FA Cup takes place next weekend. Liverpool, eliminated in the third round, now has a 10-day break before hosting Leicester in the league on Wednesday, Jan. 30 (kickoff of 20:00 GMT).

Tottenham, the Palace's host, will face Tottenham in the FA Cup next Sunday (4 pm) before heading to Southampton in the league on Jan. 30 (7:45 pm).