It was a tense performance from start to finish on a
day Liverpool were paying tribute to Bob Paisley,
the club's most successful manager, before what
would have been his 100th birthday on Wednesday.
Prior to Saturday's game, Liverpool had conceded
just 3 goals at home all season, but that was
soon to change as Roy Hodgson's Palace rolled
into town.
Making his first start for the Reds since 11
December, Joel Matip had two early chances to
open the scoring but Jurgen Klopp's side struggled
to find a response after Townsend's goal.
Whatever Klopp said to his players in the dressing
room at half-time worked, though, with Salah
bringing his side level with a toe poke after Virgil
van Dijk's long-range effort had deflected into his
path off James McArthur.
It was a goal that lifted the atmosphere at Anfield
as Liverpool capitalised on the change of tempo,
Firmino making no mistake with his right foot to
put the Reds ahead.
Sloppy defending at a corner allowed Tomkins to
equalise but Speroni soon gifted Liverpool the
winner with a mistake he will not forget in a hurry,
Salah tapping home from on the goalline for his
half-century of top-flight strikes.
Three points were secured when Mane scored a
simple goal, after Milner had been dismissed for
two mistimed challenges on Zaha.
Liverpool have now won seven consecutive Premier
League home games for the first time since
January 2014, and extend their unbeaten league run
at Anfield to 32 matches.
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