1660589126Will Salah match Gerrard?Mo Salah has scored 119 Premier League goals for Liverpool. Only Steven Gerrard (120) and Robbie Fowler (128) have scored more.
Salah has been involved in 11 goals in 10 Premier League appearances against Crystal Palace (seven goals, four assists).
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Michael Jones15 August 2022 19:45
1660588826Patrick Vieira lays down goalscoring challenge to Crystal PalacePatrick Vieira has challenged Crystal Palace to break their Premier League goal-scoring record during the competition’s 30th-anniversary season.
The Eagles came close last campaign, matching their second-best haul of 50 set in the 2016/17 season, just one shy of their best Premier League tally, 51 in 2018/19.
Wilfried Zaha netted 14 of those 2021/22 goals, while Conor Gallagher, now back with Chelsea after his south London loan spell, contributed eight.
Michael Jones15 August 2022 19:40
1660588526Tonight’s venueCrystal Palace travel to Anfield to take on Liverpool tonight. Which way will this one go?
Michael Jones15 August 2022 19:35
1660588226Liverpool vs Crystal PalaceThis is Liverpool’s first Monday night game since a 1-1 draw at Leeds United in April 2021, with their last at Anfield coming in September 2020 when they defeated Arsenal 3-1.
They have never lost a match played on August 15th, having won five and drawn two of the seven games played on this date.
Michael Jones15 August 2022 19:30
1660587926Palace enjoy MondaysCrystal Palace were unbeaten in all five Monday Premier League fixtures last season.
They won one and drew four. How will they go this season?
Michael Jones15 August 2022 19:25
1660587686Zaha’s away formWilfried Zaha scored in all four of Crystal Palace’s Premier League away victories last season at Manchester City, Watford, Wolves and Southampton.
Can he replicate that form this year too?
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Michael Jones15 August 2022 19:21
1660587446The next step Luis Diaz must take at Liverpool is clearJurgen Klopp’s 2022 signing from Portugal scored in the Community Shield. He struck again at Fulham last week. Darwin Nunez has made an explosive impact. So, seven months earlier, did Luis Diaz.
But if two transformative cameos have suggested that Klopp’s golden run of attacking signings has continued with the £64m striker, there is a difference between the two South Americans. It lies in the scoring stakes.
If Nunez has followed in a tradition of potent players who were quick to make their mark, with Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Diogo Jota scoring early goals that set the tone for their Anfield careers, other comparisons came with the January buy.
Diaz arrived from Porto, Nunez from Benfica and both showed the pace and directness that made them look immediately at home in a Klopp side.
The next step Luis Diaz must take at Liverpool is clearDiaz may never score the volume of goals of teammates Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez but he can still add potency to his creative spark
Michael Jones15 August 2022 19:17
1660587146Injury crisis?Liverpool’s midfield options look seriously thin after Thiago Alcantara, Curtis Jones and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are all missing through injury.
Nat Phillips starts at centre-back tonight after Joel Matip and Ibrahima Konate are both absent.
“We have injuries, that’s how it is. It is a question of how long will the players be out,” said Klopp. “Thiago is good but the injury is not good. I read four to six weeks. I would prefer four.”
Michael Jones15 August 2022 19:12
1660586829Experienced RedsLiverpool had six players aged 30+ in their starting XI last week, the first time they had done so in a Premier League match since February 1994.
Michael Jones15 August 2022 19:07
1660586599Liverpool vs Crystal Palace team changesJurgen Klopp makes four changes to the Liverpool team that drew with Fulham last weekend. Nat Phillips comes in to replace Joel Matip at centre-back with James Milner and Harvey Elliott brought into the midfield in place of Jordan Henderson and the injured Thiago Alcantara.
Darwin Nunez starts in place of Roberto Firmino too.
Patrick Vieira make just one change. Joel Ward comes in to replace Odsonne Edouard.
Michael Jones15 August 2022 19:03