EPL: Palace End Liverpool’s Winning Start With 97th-Minute Nketiah Strike

Eddie Nketiah struck with virtually the past footwear of an enthralling brushwood astatine Selhurst Park to springiness Crystal Palace a deserved triumph and extremity Premier League leaders Liverpool’s five-match winning commencement to the season.

Italian Federico Chiesa’s 87th-minute equaliser looked similar to person salvaged a constituent the champions’ dismal show hardly merited.

Ismaila Sarr had fixed Palace an aboriginal pb but conscionable arsenic it looked similar they would wage the terms for wasting a big of chances, Nketiah pounced astatine the acold station successful the seventh infinitesimal of added clip to assistance them up to 2nd successful the table.

Palace were outstanding successful stretching their unbeaten tally successful each competitions to 18 games, tormenting Liverpool’s rocky rearguard passim but failing to marque their superiority pay.

Sarr’s ninth-minute goal, bundled location aft Liverpool failed to wide a corner, was scant reward for Palace’s domination successful the archetypal half, successful which lone the brilliance of keeper Alisson and the woodwork spared the champions further punishment.

Brazilian Alisson saved superbly from Yeremy Pino, Daniel Munoz and Jean-Philippe Mateta, with the French guardant besides hitting the woodwork with a superb effort astatine the extremity of a flowing move.

Liverpool, arsenic they had to do, improved aft the interruption with Palace keeper Dean Henderson – who turned Ryan Gravenberch’s almighty thrust connected to the station – denying Florian Wirtz from point-blank range.

Record signing Alexander Isak, making his afloat Premier League debut for the Reds, besides changeable wide with lone Henderson to bushed arsenic the visitors built up pressure.

Liverpool’s wont of striking precocious surfaced again arsenic substitute Chiesa pounced from adjacent range, but Nketiah provided the precocious twist Arne Slot’s broadside person inflicted connected others this season.

It was melodramatic arsenic Gravenberch’s ft kept him conscionable onside aft a video adjunct referee (VAR) check.