In the past few seasons, liverpool and Manchester City's league championship tournament has always been the main theme of the Premier League, but last season the Reds were plagued by serious injuries, resulting in their early fall, Manchester City also ended the suspense of the championship early with a wave of wins in the middle of the season, after the start of the new season, Liverpool under the leadership of head coach Klopp once again launched a challenge to the Blue Moon Army, but it has to be said that the stability of the Manchester City League under Guardiola is too strong, The Blue Moon Army, which performed poorly at the beginning of the season, once again topped the table after playing a wave of 12 consecutive wins, but in the twenty-third round of the league, Southampton forced Manchester City to draw at home, giving Liverpool the opportunity to narrow the point gap, the Reds away to Crystal Palace in this round of the league, due to Salah and Mane's conquest of the African Cup of Nations, so that Liverpool's offensive ability declined, this battle Klopp discharged Firmino, Jota and Chamberlain's three forward combination, after the game began, Liverpool launched a tidal attack on the home team goal, Goals from Van Dijk and Chamberlain in the first half gave the Reds a firm grip on the winning proposition, and although Crystal Palace stepped up their attack in the second half to pull a goal back, Liverpool were credited with Fabinho's penalty shot in the last minute and finally beat Crystal Palace 3-1!
Although unable to send their strongest offensive trident, but Liverpool's dominance in the midfield is still very strong, after the referee whistled, it firmly controlled the rhythm of the game and began to besiege the Crystal Palace goal, and the Reds did not let the fans wait too long to rewrite the score on the field, in the 8th minute of the first half, Liverpool won a corner, Robertson's corner accurately found Van Dijk, the Dutch iron guard threw off the defender to break the goal, This is Van Dijk's 12th league goal since joining the Reds, the player with the most goals in the same period, which is why fans praise Van Dijk as the first knife defender in the Premier League today.
After taking the lead, Crystal Palace's three lines began to be forced forward, which also gave Liverpool greater depth of attack, in the 31st minute was arranged by Klopp to start the show, Chamberlain repaid the trust of the manager with a goal, Robertson inserted on the left, sent a 45-degree cross, and The chest of Chamberlain in the back post was stopped in the penalty area to break the goal, helping Liverpool to take a 2-0 lead over Crystal Palace in the first half.
After the start of the second half, Crystal Palace increased its investment in the offensive end, and soon after the opening completed two very threatening attacks, after Olissy entered the Reds penalty area, he sent a cross under the watchful eyes of the defenders, but the two Crystal Palace players in front of the goal did not touch the ball, and then Edwards got a good attacking opportunity, his heel shot in the box was firmly held by Alisson, Liverpool escaped the disaster again, the 55th minute Crystal Palace's attack paid off, after Matta broke through to the Reds box, Attracted the attention of all the defenders, and then crossed the goal Eduardo to push the empty goal, chasing the score to 1-2, crystal palace almost equalized in the 83rd minute, Orissa's hanging shot in front of the goal was deflected by Alisson, and in the last moment of normal time, Jota won a penalty for Liverpool, Fabinho hit steadily, and the game lost suspense.
In the case of the team's forward personnel is stretched, Klopp's acquaintances have perfectly resolved the team's personnel crisis, after the away triumph, Liverpool has narrowed the point gap with Manchester City to 9 points in the case of one less round, considering that the two teams still have a direct dialogue, Liverpool if they can achieve a good record in the next game, there is still hope to compete for the league title!