Crystal Palace must find a way to weather spells of sustained Liverpool pressure in the opening periods of each half if they are to get a result on Saturday, according to winger Andros Townsend.
'It's incredible, I think they make a conscious effort each half to go full throttle for the first 15 minutes,' Townsend told the Premier League website.
'They suss you out for the first 15 minutes and they did that against Manchester City. Even though they were not playing well, they found themselves 2-0 up.'
'You know you're not going to get much possession,' he added. 'You know you will have to defend for 90 minutes, even as a winger.
'My main priority is that I need to be a defender first. If we get counter-attacks, I will attack.
'If you defend well and take your chances at the other side you can definitely pull off a shock, as we have proven many times before.'