Another Anfield disaster occurred. Liverpool lost 0-1 at home to Crystal Palace, falling into a swamp of two consecutive defeats following a 0-3 defeat at Atalanta. In addition, it has not regained its league lead.
Liverpool lost 0-1 to Crystal Palace in the 33rd round of the 2023-24 English Premier League (EPL) at Anfield, Liverpool, England, at 10 p.m. on the 14th (Korea time).
The defeat left Liverpool in third place in the league, unable to catch up with leaders Manchester City.
The home team Liverpool used a 4-3-3 formation. Alisson kept the goal and Robertson, Van Dijk, Conate, and Bradley made up the back four. McAllister, Endo, and Jones came out to midfield and Diaz, Núñez, and Salah lined up in attack.
Palace, the visiting team, responded with a 3-4-3 formation. Henderson defended the goal, and Lerma-Andersen-Klein made up the back three. Mitchell - Hughes - Wharton - Munos played in the midfield line, and eze - Mateta - Olis played in the offensive line.
Palace scored the opening goal in the 14th minute. Mitchell, who penetrated the left side perfectly, connected the cutback pass, and Liverpool's defense couldn't stop Eze in front of the goal. Palace took the lead as Eze took a free kick and put it in with his right foot.
Palace then had another crucial chance to score. Van Dijk slipped from behind in the 17th minute, giving Mateta a one-on-one chance. He headed for an empty goal with a chip shot to finish, but Robertson ran all the way and cleared it just before crossing the goal line, disallowing the goal.
Liverpool, which was hit hard, fought back. In the 26th minute of the first half, Salah tried to shoot but failed to score after hitting the crossbar in a mixed situation at the gate. Later, Diaz's volley shot in front of the goal was also blocked by Henderson's goalkeeper.
However, as errors continued to emerge, Palace fought back. Palace launched a strong counterattack, with Eze and Olise at the center, looking for chances to score more goals.
Liverpool ultimately failed to score an equalizer and finished the first half 0-1.
Early in the second half, Liverpool was injured. Bradley was off the field with the injury and Alexander-Arnold was carted off.
Liverpool missed a crucial scoring opportunity in the 10th minute of the second half. With a corner kick, Núñez had a shot right in front of the goal and finished with her right foot. However, she lost another chance when goalkeeper Henderson made the save.
Coach Klopp made changes amid frustrating performances. He made changes to the strikers by replacing Diaz and Nuñez in the 21st minute of the second half, and deploying a school student and a helmsman.
However, Liverpool's determination was still the worst. In the 27th minute of the second half, Jota connected with a right footed shot from Joboslawi, but Klein saved with his body. In the 29th minute of the second half, Jones got a crucial one-on-one chance during Liverpool's counterattack, but the closing shot went off the side of the goal.
Liverpool tried to tie the match by firing an all-out attack until the end. However, Palace failed to break through the thick defense and completely collapsed and was on the defensive.
In the end, the game ended with Liverpool losing 0-1 at Anfield.