Liverpool 3-1 Crystal Palace Premier League win, Digi Mart USA News: Florian Wirtz, Bradley Barcola and Alexander Isak starred as Liverpool secured a long-awaited victory over Crystal Palace. Jørgen Strand Larsen had a goal ruled out during the match.
Barcola, who was bought over the summer for around 1.5 billion Norwegian kroner, was the last player to touch the ball before Wirtz, who joined Anfield last year for roughly the same fee, scored his first Premier League goal of the season.
In stoppage time, another player worth a billion kroner made an impact. This time Wirtz provided the assist as he set up Isak to seal the result at 3-0.
The Swede, who was signed from Newcastle for around 1.5 billion kroner, scored his seventh goal of the season.
Earlier, Alexis Mac Allister had given the visitors the lead with a header in the first half.
“We were effective in front of goal. It didn’t feel like we had that many chances, so scoring three goals is good.
We also defended well, so it was a good team performance,” Wirtz told Sky Sports.
Right at the end, Eddie Nketiah scored a consolation goal for Palace, tapping the ball in from the penalty spot behind Alisson.
With the 3-1 win, Liverpool can put behind them two painful defeats to Arsenal and Fenerbahce and go into the international break with a victory fresh in mind.
Jørgen Strand Larsen started for Palace after a short injury layoff and played 72 minutes. He sent Selhurst Park into raptures after a little over half an hour when he lobbed the ball over Alisson from close range.
However, referee Tony Harrington brought the celebrations back down to earth by disallowing the goal for offside.
Replays showed that Strand Larsen was narrowly offside when he received the ball from Daichi Kamada. Eventually he had to leave the pitch without a goal in the comeback attempt, as he was replaced by Eddie Nketiah.
The three points lift Liverpool up to fourth place in the table after Chelsea lost away to bottom-of-the-table Sunderland. Andoni Iraola’s side are now three points behind Manchester City and nine points behind league leaders Arsenal.
Palace, meanwhile, remain at the bottom of the table after ten matches. The future of manager Pierre Sage is therefore highly uncertain.
