Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool: Salah & Elliott help Reds seal another comeback

Game is over and the final score is Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool. Here is the match report.

Match Report

Mohammed Salah scored his 200th Liverpool goal as Liverpool snatched a 2-1 victory at 10-player Crystal Palace, sending them top of the Premier League.

Both sides headed into the game in differing form - Liverpool losing just one of their last 26 Premier League games, while Crystal Palace were booed off by their own fans on Wednesday after a dismal 2-0 defeat to Bournemouth.

But Crystal Palace were the better side for much of the encounter. It took 76 minutes for Liverpool to register a shot on target as Salah's shot was deflected home, coming less than a minute after Jordan Ayew was sent off for two yellow cards.

The hits kept coming for Crystal Palace too as their No 1 Sam Johnstone was taken off with an injury soon after with Liverpool in the ascendancy. His replacement, Remi Matthews, could do little to stop a fine curling effort from Harvey Elliott (90+1) to win the game in added time.

The Eagles had gone ahead through Jean-Philippe Mateta's 57th-minute penalty, given by VAR around two minutes after he was fouled by 20-year-old defender Jarell Quansah inside the area. He then coolly slotted past Alisson for his first Premier League goal of the season.

But Liverpool showed once again they can win even when they are not at their best, and go top of the Premier League ahead of third versus second - Aston Villa vs Arsenal - live on Sky Sports at 5.30pm. Crystal Palace remain in 14th with 16 points, now losing four of their last five league games.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

3' CHANCE! Tsimikas' long shot wide out

26' CLOSE! Lerma's shot denied by Alisson

32' VAR cancelled refrees' penalty decision due to Hughes' foul

37' Yellow Card! Ward booked

57' Penalty Goal! Crystal Palace 1-0 Liverpool (Jean-Philippe Mateta)

61' CHANCE! Schlupp's long shot saved by Alisson

64' Yellow Card! Lerma booked

75' Second Yellow Card! Jordan Ayew sent off

76' GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-1 Liverpool (Salah)

91' GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool (Elliott)

94' OFFSIDE! Diaz's goal disallowed

Line-ups

Crystal Palace XI: Ward, Clyne, Jordan Ayew, Schlupp, Sam Johnstone, Hughes, Andersen, Lerma, Odsonne Edouard, Guehi, Chris Richards

Subs: Tomkins, Riedewald, Remi Matthews, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Michael Olise, Naouirou Ahamada, Malcolm Ebiowei, David Ozoh, Matheus França

Liverpool XI: Alisson, W. Endo, Salah, Van Dijk, Tsimikas, Alexander-Arnold, Dominik Szoboszlai, Luis Díaz, Darwin Núñez, Gravenberch, Jarell Quansah

Subs: Joe Gomez, Kelleher, Konate, Cody Gakpo, Curtis Jones, Elliott, Conor Bradley, Ben Doak, James McConnell