Crystal Palace vs Liverpool, 2024-25 English Premier League
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Diogo Jota's goal sees Liverpool keep Premier League top spot
Diogo Jota's early goal was enough to give Liverpool a tight 1-0 victory at Crystal Palace on Saturday and ensure the Reds go into the international break top of the Premier League.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Offside, Crystal Palace. Eddie Nketiah is caught offside.
- 5': Eddie Nketiah (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Foul by Kostas Tsimikas (Liverpool).
- 6': Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Virgil van Dijk.
- 9': Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Liverpool 1. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cody Gakpo.
- 10': Foul by Curtis Jones (Liverpool).
- 10': Trevoh Chalobah (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Marc Guéhi.
- 14': Foul by Curtis Jones (Liverpool).
- 14': Ismaïla Sarr (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Delay in match because of an injury Daniel Muñoz (Crystal Palace).
- 16': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 17': Foul by Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool).
- 17': Jefferson Lerma (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Nathaniel Clyne replaces Daniel Muñoz because of an injury.
- 21': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Tyrick Mitchell.
- 24': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Tyrick Mitchell.
- 25': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Marc Guéhi.
- 25': Foul by Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool).
- 25': Jefferson Lerma (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Attempt missed. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Curtis Jones.
- 29': Attempt saved. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ryan Gravenberch.
- 29': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Dean Henderson.
- 30': Foul by Cody Gakpo (Liverpool).
- 30': Ismaïla Sarr (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 31': Foul by Diogo Jota (Liverpool).
- 31': Marc Guéhi (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Foul by Curtis Jones (Liverpool).
- 32': Marc Guéhi (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 33': Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Kostas Tsimikas.
- 34': Attempt missed. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ryan Gravenberch.
- 34': Attempt blocked. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cody Gakpo.
- 36': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Nathaniel Clyne.
- 37': Foul by Diogo Jota (Liverpool).
- 37': Marc Guéhi (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Marc Guéhi.
- 40': Attempt missed. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross following a corner.
- 42': Attempt blocked. Kostas Tsimikas (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister.
- 43': Eddie Nketiah (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 43': Foul by Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool).
- 43': Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 44': Foul by Diogo Jota (Liverpool).
- 44': Marc Guéhi (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
- 45'+2': Attempt saved. Ismaïla Sarr (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Maxence Lacroix with a through ball.
- 45'+3': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Curtis Jones.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Crystal Palace 0, Liverpool 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Crystal Palace 0, Liverpool 1.
- 45': Substitution, Liverpool. Dominik Szoboszlai replaces Alexis Mac Allister.
- 50': Foul by Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool).
- 50': Jefferson Lerma (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Diogo Jota (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Foul by Jefferson Lerma (Crystal Palace).
- 56': Attempt blocked. Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cody Gakpo.
- 56': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Virgil van Dijk.
- 59': Diogo Jota (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Foul by Trevoh Chalobah (Crystal Palace).
- 60': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jean-Philippe Mateta replaces Tyrick Mitchell.
- 60': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Will Hughes replaces Adam Wharton.
- 61': Foul by Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool).
- 61': Will Hughes (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Foul by Trevoh Chalobah (Crystal Palace).
- 61': Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 62': Attempt missed. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold following a set piece situation.
- 64': Attempt saved. Eddie Nketiah (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jean-Philippe Mateta.
- 66': Attempt saved. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cody Gakpo.
- 67': Attempt missed. Trevoh Chalobah (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 68': Attempt missed. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai.
- 70': Attempt saved. Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jean-Philippe Mateta.
- 70': Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Alisson Becker.
- 70': Attempt saved. Trevoh Chalobah (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Eberechi Eze with a cross.
- 71': Foul by Jefferson Lerma (Crystal Palace).
- 71': Kostas Tsimikas (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Jefferson Lerma (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.
- 73': Substitution, Liverpool. Luis Díaz replaces Mohamed Salah.
- 73': Curtis Jones (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 73': Foul by Will Hughes (Crystal Palace).
- 73': Will Hughes (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 74': Eddie Nketiah (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 74': Foul by Kostas Tsimikas (Liverpool).
- 74': Ismaïla Sarr (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.
- 75': Attempt missed. Nathaniel Clyne (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
- 75': Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Foul by Will Hughes (Crystal Palace).
- 76': Eddie Nketiah (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 77': Delay in match because of an injury Alisson Becker (Liverpool).
- 79': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 79': Substitution, Liverpool. Vítezslav Jaros replaces Alisson Becker because of an injury.
- 79': Substitution, Liverpool. Andy Robertson replaces Kostas Tsimikas.
- 80': Attempt missed. Will Hughes (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 81': Attempt missed. Jefferson Lerma (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Eberechi Eze.
- 84': Attempt saved. Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jean-Philippe Mateta.
- 86': Attempt missed. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Luis Díaz.
- 88': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Daichi Kamada replaces Trevoh Chalobah.
- 89': Substitution, Liverpool. Wataru Endo replaces Curtis Jones.
- 90': Attempt blocked. Luis Díaz (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cody Gakpo.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
- 90'+3': Foul by Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool).
- 90'+3': Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Attempt missed. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Wataru Endo.
- 90'+4': Diogo Jota (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+4': Foul by Maxence Lacroix (Crystal Palace).
- 90'+6': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jefferson Lerma.
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Crystal Palace 0, Liverpool 1.
- 0': Match ends, Crystal Palace 0, Liverpool 1.
Statistics
 LIV |
CRY |
|
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Fouls | 7 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 1 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 5 | Saves | 3 |
| 68.1 | Possession | 31.9 |
| 16 | SHOTS | 9 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 549 | Accurate Passes | 209 |
| 642 | Passes | 300 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 1 |
| 16 | Crosses | 9 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 64 | Long Balls | 58 |
| 31 | Accurate Long Balls | 20 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.3 |
| 5 | Blocked Shots | 0 |
| 6 | Effective Tackles | 6 |
| 13 | Tackles | 8 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 13 | Interceptions | 5 |
| 16 | Effective Clearances | 25 |
| 16 | Clearances | 25 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: Selhurst Park
Location: London, England
Attendance: 25,185
Venue: Selhurst Park
Location: London, England
Attendance: 25,185
Premier League Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 11 | +15 | 28 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 11 | +9 | 23 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 11 | +8 | 19 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 11 | +6 | 19 |
Line-Ups
Crystal Palace (3-4-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dean Henderson (GK) |
| 6 | Marc Guéhi |
| 27 | Trevoh Chalobah |
| 5 | Maxence Lacroix |
| 8 | Jefferson Lerma  |
| 20 | Adam Wharton |
| 3 | Tyrick Mitchell |
| 12 | Daniel Muñoz |
| 9 | Eddie Nketiah |
| 10 | Eberechi Eze |
| 7 | Ismaïla Sarr |
Liverpool (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alisson Becker (GK) |
| 4 | Virgil van Dijk |
| 5 | Ibrahima Konaté |
| 21 | Kostas Tsimikas |
| 66 | Trent Alexander-Arnold |
| 17 | Curtis Jones |
| 10 | Alexis Mac Allister |
| 38 | Ryan Gravenberch |
| 20 | Diogo Jota |
| 18 | Cody Gakpo |
| 11 | Mohamed Salah |
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