EPL: Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool


Liverpool's Mohamed Salah scores his side's second goal of the gam

Mohamed Salah scored his 29th league goal as Liverpool came from behind to beat Crystal Palace 2-1 at Selhurst Park in Jurgen Klopp's 100th Premier League game in charge.


Roy Hodgson's side took the lead through captain Luka Milivojevic's 13th-minute penalty, which was given after Loris Karius brought down Wilfried Zaha.

The visitors were back on level terms just after the break through Sadio Mane (49) before Christian Benteke missed two glorious chances to restore Palace's lead.

It was left to Salah (84) to seal all three points for the Reds with his 29th league goal, equalling the record for the number of matches (21) scored in during a 38-game season set by Cristiano Ronaldo (2007/08) and Robin van Persie (2012/13).

However, minutes later, the German raced off his line and took down Zaha just inside the penalty area. Referee Neil Swarbrick pointed to the spot before brandishing a yellow card to Karius. Milivojevic sent the goalkeeper to wrong way to score his seventh penalty of the campaign.

Liverpool appealed for a penalty of their own in the 24th minute when Mane went down under a challenge from James McArthur, but Swarbrick adjudged the Senegal forward to have gone down easily and booked him for simulation.

There was more frustration for Mane, who had the ball in the net in the 30th minute. Roberto Firmino rose highest to head the ball on from a corner, but Mane was correctly flagged offside before nodding past Wayne Hennessey from close range.

Mane's luck changed after the restart as he flicked Milner's low cross in at the near post for his ninth goal of the season.

The hosts should have been back in front as Benteke missed two clear-cut chances within the space of a minute, missing the target with only Karius to beat on both occasions.

Liverpool were missing right-back Joe Gomez, who damaged ankle ligaments while playing for England in the Netherlands last Friday night, with Trent Alexander-Arnold coming in. And the visitors were also without midfielder Emre Can - who was replaced by James Milner. Meanwhile, right-back Nathaniel Clyne was included in the squad for the first time this season after a long-term back injury.

Mane, who was later substituted by Klopp, was then lucky to avoid picking up a second yellow card for an intentional handball on the edge of the area and Karius kept out the resultant free-kick from Patrick van Aanholt.

Palace kept on pushing for a winner but in the end, they were punished by Salah, who was in the right place at the right time to control Andrew Roberton's driven shot before calmly placing the ball past the diving Hennessey to secure a dramatic late victory for his side.


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