Summary

  • FT: Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palace - Zaha breaks and opens scoring against run of play

  • Diaz brilliantly levels after Nunez sent off, before Zaha strikes post

  • Reds drew opening fixture while Palace suffered a loss

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  1. Postpublished at 69 mins

    Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palace

    Joachim Anderson is not a popular man. His every touch is getting booed. Yeah, how dare he get headbutted by a Liverpool player.

  2. Postpublished at 68 mins

    Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palace

    Joel Ward goes into the book for a late tackle on Luis Diaz to stop him breaking. It draws huge cheers from the home crowd, who are screaming for every decision.

  3. Postpublished at 66 mins

    Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palace

    Odsonne Edouard gives a way a dangerous free-kick.

    Kostas Tsimikas swings the ball into the box, but it flies in front of everyone in red.

    Palace need to get their heads back on now. This game has swung back and forwards in such a way it has left them scrambled.

  4. Postpublished at 65 mins

    Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palace

    The mood in here is utterly transformed.

    As are the home side. They are full of belief, even with 10 men. The power of a well-timed goal.

  5. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 63 mins

    Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palace

    With Anfield bouncing, here come some home changes.

    Joe Gomez is on for Phillips. Kostas Tsimikas and Jordan Henderson are also sent into action replacing James Milner and Andy Robertson.

    Palace also make a change. Jordan Ayew takes his time heading off, with Odsonne Edouard replacing him.

  6. goal

    GOAL - Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palacepublished at 61 mins

    Luis Diaz

    What a goal!

    Liverpool may not have Darwin Nunez, but they still have Luis Diaz. He picks up the ball on the left and cuts inside, past one man, two, three and then fires a shot into the far corner. Wonderful stuff.

    He has dragged his side level singlehanded.

    Luis Diaz celebratesImage source, Reuters
  7. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 21:18 British Summer Time 15 August 2022

    #bbcfootball or text 81111 (UK only - standard message rates apply)

    Wow, didn't someone predict this earlier. Silly, silly boy.

    Ken

  8. Postpublished at 60 mins

    Liverpool 0-1 Crystal Palace

    It looked like Nunez had stuck his head in a bit naughtily on Anderson just before the headbutt that brought the red. It must have been that for which the Palace defender shoved him. He was booked for that.

    So stupid from Liverpool's big-money signing.

    This just got a whole lot harder for Liverpool.

  9. RED CARDpublished at 56 mins

    Liverpool 0-1 Crystal Palace

    Oh wow! Darwin Nunez is off!

    Joachim Anderson is down from an off-the-ball incident and the ref shocks Anfield by showing a straight red card to the Reds striker.

    Here is the replay... oh he absolutely deserves it. Anderson shoves him, but the striker sticks his forehead on the defender's jaw!

    Darwin Nunez is sent offImage source, Reuters
  10. Postpublished at 56 mins

    Liverpool 0-1 Crystal Palace

    Eberechi Eze is a really good player. So smart in the positions he takes up and always willing to drive forward with intent. He finds Wilfried Zaha in the Liverpool half, but the return ball is blocked to end the attack.

  11. Postpublished at 55 mins

    Liverpool 0-1 Crystal Palace

    Again, Liverpool give the ball away, this time through Nat Phillips' poor pass. They are fortunate that Wilfried Zaha cannot keep the ball towards him in on the near side.

  12. Postpublished at 54 mins

    Liverpool 0-1 Crystal Palace

    More discontent.

    Liverpool twice give the ball away, firstly to set up a Palace attack that comes to nothing and then to halt a potential attack of their own.

    Jordan Ayew then goes down holding his head, meaning the game is stopped. That went down well, as you can imagine.

  13. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 21:11 British Summer Time 15 August 2022

    #bbcfootball or text 81111 (UK only - standard message rates apply)

    The comment 'teams know how to play against Liverpool these days' - that really was evident last season wasn't it? (not) and we're not even 2 games into the new season. Give your heads a wobble

    Anonymous

    This league needs Liverpool at close to 100% to challenge Man City, and for various reasons, we look less than 40% at the moment. With no exaggeration, if we lose this, then there will be no title race.

    Ciaran

  14. Postpublished at 52 mins

    Liverpool 0-1 Crystal Palace

    Wilfried Zaha can feel a bit aggrieved not to have a free-kick on the right side of Liverpool's box. He flicks the ball past Nathaniel Phillips, who appears to hold the Palace forward to bundle him to floor. The referee is unmoved.

  15. Postpublished at 50 mins

    Liverpool 0-1 Crystal Palace

    The combination of being behind and decisions not going their way has made this home crowd very tetchy.

  16. Postpublished at 49 mins

    Liverpool 0-1 Crystal Palace

    There is Darwin Nunez, with a big opportunity!

    He is put in by Mohamed Salah but doesn't take the shot immediately and it allows Joel Ward to slide in and block. There are calls for handball, but a check by VAR yields no reason to overturn the on-field call of play on.

    Darwin NunezImage source, Reuters
  17. Postpublished at 47 mins

    Liverpool 0-1 Crystal Palace

    Liverpool will want to see more of Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez this half. For periods of the first they failed to make an impact on the game.

  18. Postpublished at 47 mins

    Liverpool 0-1 Crystal Palace

    Boos again for Vicente Guaita as he dwells over clearing the ball. He won't get away with any blatant time wasting. Officials have been instructed tom come down on that this season.

  19. KICK-OFFpublished at 21:04 British Summer Time 15 August 2022

    Liverpool 0-1 Crystal Palace

    A big 45 minutes coming up.

    Liverpool's 20-game unbeaten streak in the Premier League is under threat. A return of one point from these opening two games is not what they wanted.

    Palace are going to need to defend for their lives.

    There's no personnel changes for either side.

  20. Palace hold the leadpublished at 21:02 British Summer Time 15 August 2022

    Liverpool 0-1 Crystal Palace

    Phil McNulty
    BBC Sport chief football writer at Anfield

    Liverpool have had the pressure and the chances but that clinical piece of finishing by Wilfried Zaha gives Crystal Palace the lead.

    The Kop will be expectant as Liverpool attack in the second half but they must find that cutting edge.