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As was the case three months ago, Dean Henderson was the Crystal Palace hero at Wembley.

The England goalkeeper made two saves in the penalty shootout, once low to his left to deny Alexis Mac Allister before parrying Harvey Elliott's effort on the other side.

After his first save, Henderson turned to his team-mates and doffed his cap in what could go down as one of the iconic Wembley celebrations.

Crystal Palace fans face a nervous wait today to see whether they will be readmitted to the Uefa Europa League or not.

Palace earned a place in this season's Europa League by winning the FA Cup last season, but were demoted from European football's second tier to the Conference League as punishment for breaching multi-club ownership rules.

American businessman John Textor owns a stake in the club and is the majority owner of Lyon, who also qualified for the Europa League.

Palace lodged an appeal against their demotion with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas), and will found out the outcome today.

The appeal is against Uefa, which issued the punishment, French club Lyon and Premier League rivals Nottingham Forest.

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Oliver Glasner says he would not swap Crystal Palace's Community Shield victory for a spot in next season's Europa League.

Palace were demoted to the Uefa Conference League from the Europa League as punishment for breaching multi-club ownership rules. American businessman John Textor owns a stake in the club and is the majority owner of Lyon, who also qualified for the Europa League.

Palace lodged an appeal against their demotion with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas), and will found out the outcome today.

When asked whether he would swap the Wembley win for a successful appeal, Glasner replied: "No. The players were not scared of noise around us.

"Tomorrow we have no influence, so we celebrate tonight, meet tomorrow for lunch then training. We can't think about it."

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It's fair to say that Oliver Glasner has made a serious impact since becoming Crystal Palace manager 18 months ago.

The Austrian coach replaced Roy Hodgson in February 2024 with Palace sliding down the table, before leading the club to their joint-highest Premier League points tally.

Last season he led Palace to a first major trophy with victory against Manchester City in the FA Cup final, and with it a place in Europe.

Now he's guided Palace to a second trophy in the space of three months. Not bad.

Didi Hamann
Former Liverpool midfielder on 5 Live

I think they are the team to beat, the expectations will be different, because last season Slot did a wonderful job, but the expectations were probably, ‘if we finish in the top four, we’ve done ok,’ so they ended up running away with the league.

Now this year, with the signings they’ve made as well, with winning the league by ten points or more last season, everybody chases them, everybody wants to knock them of their perch and they are the team to catch and expectations will be different, it will be interesting to see how the team handles it.

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Ex-Scotland midfielder on Football Daily

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Don Hutchison on the Football Daily podcast speaking about the performance of Liverpool captain Virgil Van Dijk:

"I think to give Virgil a little 'out' is that he is not quite up to speed on his pre-season and I think it showed today.

"A Virgil Van Dijk that is on it, at top speed, fully fit and had the best pre-season, doesn't give that penalty away. You know he stays on his feet, takes the extra step, takes the extra yard.

"It's when players miss out a few days in pre-season, you miss out on the odd game. Because he's not been solid the games he's played in pre-season, he's made one or two errors as well.

"I don't think we are seeing in the age or the drop off, I just think we're seeing a player who needs to get fully fit as quick as possible."

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It's fair to say that Liverpool captain didn't have his finest game on Sunday.

The centre-back tripped Ismaila Sarr to gift Crystal Palace a penalty which Jean-Philippe Mateta converted, before he stepped out of defence at the wrong moment to give Sarr the time and space to run through on goal and score Palace's second goal.

At 34, the Dutchman's best years could be behind him. Was this just a blip, or was it a sign of things to come?

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Liverpool supporter Josh Sexton speaking on BBC 5 Live Breakfast:

“Liverpool have done a lot of business in the transfer market this summer already and I think you saw the individual quality of a couple of those signings, particularly in the first half with Jeremie Frimpong getting his goal, Hugo Ekitike getting his goal and Florian Wirtz being involved in that too.

“Having those two flying full-backs, I think that’s going to take a period of adaptation for Liverpool to get used to that.

"And maybe you do need someone like Ryan Gravenberch in there, he was missed yesterday because he’s such a defensive force in that midfield for Liverpool, and Alexis Mac Allister coming on second half, you saw what they were probably missing."

Liverpool are involved in the Premier League's curtain-raiser against Bournemouth on Friday night.

They also have Newcastle, Arsenal and a Merseyside derby among their first five fixtures.

How many points do you think they'll take from these games?

Newcastle United

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Alexander Isak has been training away from his Newcastle team-mates after manager Eddie Howe said it was "clear at the moment that we can't involve him with the group".

The striker was the subject of a £110m bid from Premier League champions Liverpool, which was rejected by Newcastle.

Howe said he was not aware of the club's owners informing Isak he won't be sold after the Sweden international indicated that he wished to explore his options.

But the head coach stressed "there are discussions going on all the time that I'm not party to".

"I think everything is in play," he said of Isak's future following Newcastle's 2-0 defeat in a friendly against Atletico Madrid on Saturday.

"I've said many times he is contracted to us. He is our player. The club make the decision on his future.

"I don't know what that will be. Of course I have a preferred outcome. I want the best and the strongest squad possible, but I also want players that really want to play for this football club."

Chris Kirkland
Former Liverpool goalkeeper speaking to BBC Sport

Liverpool want another striker. We're all greedy. Every team wants as many strikers as they can. There is a lot of noise. He is still at a great age.

Liverpool want [Alexander] Isak, he wants to go, they have bid for him and he's left out of games for the team's he is at - normally, when that is the case, a deal gets done. I'd want a centre-back and a forward because we are all greedy in this world!

We would love to see him at Liverpool but I know it's going to be hard because I know how important he is to Newcastle. If we do get him, he will be an excellent addition to an already brilliant squad.

Sunday's Community Shield defeat by Crystal Palace highlighted the defensive issues Arne Slot may need to address before the end of the window.

The Reds, twice pegged back, were sometimes sloppy in defence and were on the ropes towards the end of the Community Shield, and also looked vulnerable during Monday's 3-2 friendly win against Athletic Bilbao, when they twice conceded twice from set-pieces.

Palace arguably had only two big chances in this game - Jean-Philippe Mateta's 13th-minute penalty and Ismaila Sarr bursting through with 12 minutes to go. They scored both.

"We don't concede chances, but we concede goals," Slot said afterwards.

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Former Liverpool goalkeeper Chris Kirkland has been discussing whether the Reds need to sign Newcastle striker Alexander Isak to boost their attacking ranks.

As the long-running transfer saga continues, Newcastle boss Eddie Howe said at the weekend that "everything is in play" with Isak - but he needs players that "really want to play" for the club.

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Defeat for Liverpool, but there were positives as new signings Hugo Ekitike and Jeremie Frimpong got on the scoresheet, and Florian Wirtz and Milos Kerkez also appear to have settled quickly.

All four made their first competitive starts for the club in the Community Shield, and manager Arne Slot said his new-look team will "need time to adapt".

"If the other team misses two penalties and you still lose within five penalties, that, of course, doesn't help," said Slot.

"But in general, it was a game where twice we were one goal up, and in my opinion we controlled the game until the moment they [equalised]. We still had one big chance for Mo Salah, but we could have lost it in the end.

"Until that moment, I think there was every reason for me to expect that we would win this game, but after the 2-2 we were maybe lucky that we could go to penalties."

Only one team has won the Premier League title after winning the Community Shield in the last 14 years.

Just in case you were wondering, Crystal Palace fans.

Speaking after the Community Shield win, Oliver Glasner said his side were "on the same level as Liverpool and it was a big performance".

So, where can they finish in the Premier League this season after beating the champions?

Here's how they begin the season, starting with a trip to Stamford Bridge to face Club World Cup winners Chelsea on Sunday.

Quite a left field idea from Christopher here.

Who's up for a season-opening series featuring Liverpool, Crystal Palace, Whitstable Town and Aldershot Town?