New Bombay : Liverpool failed to give a boost to their Premier League top- four hopes as they were held to a disappointing 0- 0 draw at Crystal Palace.
Palms over Everton and Newcastle United had reignited belief that a late charge into the titleholders League places might be in the futurity.
still, that looks like an decreasingly ambitious target after another largely limp performance that only offered stopgap of further when both Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah hit the woodwork.
As for Palace, their winless run in the league was stretched to eight games by a stalemate then, but this was really another step in the right direction for Patrick Vieira's men, who also struck the bar through Jean- Philippe Mateta.
Crystal Palace vs Liverpool final score
| 1H | 2H | Final | |
| Crystal Palace | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liverpool | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clean distance a positive for Klopp to cleave to
In a delicate season that's simply crawling on, Jurgen Klopp has no choice but to find the cons in every performance.
And one of those tonight was the fact that a Liverpool side who have been pervious for large corridor of this crusade kept a third successive Premier League clean distance.
When the Reds were being thumped by Wolves and Brighton just a many weeks ago, restoring some reliability was seen as the first step towards putting effects right.
It might not feel worth celebrating tonight, but they've at least achieved that end in recent league games.
Nunez a big miss for the Reds
Of course, while Liverpool managed to shut out Palace, their failure to get on the scoresheet themselves was beget for frustration.
But you wonder whether the callers would have set up it so tricky to unleash their opponents had Darwin Nunez not missed out on a place in the team through injury.
The Uruguayan has started to get back to his stylish in recent weeks after apost-World Cup pause and his knack for creating peril was plaintively missed then.
Liverpool suckers will hope he can be back as soon as possible.
A stalemate at Selhurst Park.#CRYLIV pic.twitter.com/9mytsFxPKU
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) February 25, 2023
Palace better than form suggests
Speaking ahead of this game, Patrick Vieira claimed his platoon were playing better than their eight- game winless run in all competitions suggested. And you could see the Frenchman's point after Palace made it nine without palm in holding Liverpool to a draw then. The Eagles were lively on the break, aggressive in the press, and defensively solid whenever they demanded to be.
It looks more likely that their form will soon turn into a run of triumphs rather than a string of defeats that might drag them into the lower rung of the table.
An injury update from the boss ahead of #CRYLIV 👇
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) February 25, 2023
Crystal Palace vs Liverpool as it happed
Final Crystal Palace 0- 0 Liverpool
FULLTIME each over at Selhurst Park and Crystal Palace and Liverpool will take a point all from a game that will not live particularly long in the memory.
89th min veritably little passing in these ending stages, with this game looking fated to end in a goalless draw.
81st min A huge chance for Gakpo to win it goes soliciting!
The Dutchman is played in by Salah after Palace lose the ball in a dangerous position but he fails to find the target with a bookworm over Guaita.
77th min Fabinho gets walked once by Ayew in midfield and opts for a pessimistic trip that earns him a justified unheroic card.
74th min Elliott clips a ball out to the left- hand side that Robertson heads back across thing but Firmino can not get in front of Guaita to score.
70th min Changes all round now with Palace bringing on Eze and Edouard for Schlupp and Mateta.
Liverpool, meanwhile, introduce Firmino and Fabinho in place of Jota and Alexander- Arnold.
67th min Gakpo picks out an eye- of- needle pass to put Jota in on thing but the Portuguese can not get the ball under his spell and the hosts clear.
Palace also head straight up the other end where the lively Olise tempts Henderson into speeding him over on the edge of the box before wasting the free- kick.
62nd min Palace break through Olise, who feeds Ayew on the right- hand side and also makes himself one of two options in the middle.
Unfortunately, the delivery is a poor bone that floats straight out of play.
57th min Matip forces Guaita into a save with a left- footed trouble from close range after a scramble at a corner.
Liverpool turning the screw slightly now, as substantiated by Jota also firing over from the posterior set- piece.
49th min Liverpool hit the woodwork again!
Jota takes a swing at an Alexander- Arnold delivery before a block from Andersen diverts the ball to Salah, who also tries a first- time trouble that comes straight back off the bar.
That was the callers' stylish move so far and they're unfortunate it did not bring about a thing.
46th min Liverpool get the game renewed and they've replaced Naby Keita with Harvey Elliott at the break.
Halftime Crystal Palace 0- 0 Liverpool
HALFTIME An indeed first half comes to a close at Selhurst Park.
Liverpool had the stylish of the opening exchanges and hit the post through Jota, but Palace worked their way back into it from there and went on to strike the bar through Mateta.
42nd min Palace hit the bar!
Alexander- Arnold makes a mess of trying to shield the ball from Schlupp, who hacks it before teeing up Mateta. Unfortunately for the Frenchman, he puts too important on the strike and it clips the bar before flying over.
40th min Olise volleys a ball back across thing and Keita is kindly. fortunate to see it go wide after diverting off him.
Liverpool fashion an attack from the posterior corner, still, which ends with Salah heaving a weak attempt to Guaita.
36th min Naby Keita commits yet another foul and he's surely on thin ice having picked up that beforehand unheroic card.
Moments latterly, Palace charge up the pitch through Olise, whose cross from the right only hardly evades three onrushing teammates.
30th min After important staying around, Alexander- Arnold takes ringlets a free- kick after a Salah backheel only for Henderson to inadvertently block it with his head.
That was going by, no mistrustfulness about it.
26th min Now Clyne sees unheroic for bringing down Jota on the edge of the box after the Liverpool man had controlled a brilliant Alexander- Arnold ball in before.
It looks a harsh one, in verity, with the Crystal Palace protector putatively having done enough to get around his man to win the challenge.
24th min Olise wins the foul and also follows it up with a fine free- kick delivery that Guehi heads agonisingly wide.
He really should have done more there.
23rd min Naby Keita the first man in the book as he cynically pulls at Michael Olise's shirt after brilliant bases from the Palace man.
22nd min Liverpool hit the post!
A free- kick delivery finds Matip at the aft post, and he attempts to tee up Jota on the other side of the thing with a launched, sidefooted pass.
still, the angle is far too tight for the Portuguese, and the stylish he can do is to nod the ball against the upright.
18th min An Andy Robertson cross falls nicely into the path of Diogo Jota, but his controlled, important attempt is straight at Vicente Guaita.
14th min Alexander- Arnold gifts the ball to Mateta just outside the Liverpool area but the striker's attempt to mince Alisson is veered wide.
A huge occasion for the hosts.
10th min Gakpo drives forward from deep and waits until the perfect moment to slip in Salah only for the Egyptian's finish to slide the wrong side of the near post.
Liverpool have started well then and that was arguably their most promising moment.
7th min Liverpool controlling possession in these early stages but they do not have a lot to show for it yet. Palace looking well systematized and jumping out aggressively to press whenever they get the chance.
1st min Crystal Palace get us under way.
5 mins from onset Then come the brigades at a generally atmospheric Selhurst Park.
25 mins from kickoff Well, if Liverpool endure their now-customary down- day struggles this evening, it will not be down to a lack of experience in their starting XI.
40 mins from onset Diogo Jota making his first launch since October for Liverpool this evening and he has a big job on in replacing Darwin Nunez, who had really started to hit his stride of late.
1 hr from onset Then is the platoon news, with the biggest surprise coming in the form of Darwin Nunez's elision through injury. hrs from onset One of the great English football grounds.
2 hrs from onset Hello and drink to The Sporting News' content of Crystal Palacevs. Liverpool at Selhurst Park. The callers have their sights set on sustaining a recent swell towards the Premier League's top four with a palm then, while their opponents are out to halt a woeful run of form that has seen them fail to win any of their once eight games.
Crystal Palace vs Liverpool lineups
Patrick Vieira goes with an unchanged lineup from the side that drew 1- 1 with Brentford last weekend.
That means Palace are still without star man Wilfried Zaha, while the likes of Eberechi Eze and Odsonne Edouard will hope to contribute from the bench.
Crystal Palace starting XI( 4-2-3-1) Guaita( GK) — Clyne, Anderson, Guehi, Mitchell — Lokonga, Doucoure — Olise, Ayew, Schlupp — Mateta
Subs Whitworth( GK), Ward, McArthur, Hughes, Milivojevic, Eze, Edouard, Richards, Ahamada
Darwin Nunez is still feeling pain from the shoulder injury that hovered his participation against Real Madrid and so misses out then.
That means a recall for Diogo Jota, while Joel Matip also comes back in with Joe Gomez having sustained a muscle strain in midweek.
James Milner and Naby Keita benefit from a shot to refreshen effects up in central midfield.
Liverpool starting XI( 4-3-3) Alisson( GK) — Alexander- Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson
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