On December 9, Beijing time, the 16th round of the English Premier League officially kicked off, and the second-ranked Liverpool challenged the 14th Crystal Palace away.
Liverpool dominated possession and took the lead in attacking, Tsimikas tried to shoot wide from the outside, but the team controlled the tempo but could not create a very threatening chance, and the overall form was not good. Palace seized the opportunity and gradually launched a counter-attack, with Lerma's shot allowing Alisson to make a save.
The game continued until the 32nd minute Edward fell to the ground in the penalty area, and the referee signaled a penalty at the first time, but VAR intervened, and the referee watched the video replay and ruled that Crystal Palace player Hughes had broken the ball and fouled first, and the penalty was cancelled, and both teams failed to score at half-time.
Jurgen Klopp made an immediate change after returning to the second half, with Gomez coming off the bench to replace the poorly played Endo. In the 57th minute, Quaanza kicked down Mateta in the penalty area, VAR intervened to confirm the foul point, and then Mateta took the penalty and hit it safely, and Crystal Palace broke the deadlock to take a 1-0 lead.
In the 75th minute, Jordan Ayew received a second yellow card for a defensive foul and was sent off, and the situation of Crystal Palace's ten-man battle became grim, and sure enough, Liverpool did not waste a rare good situation, and in the 76th minute, Jones made the ball to assist Salah to score, and the two teams returned to the same running line.
Liverpool's attack became more and more fierce, and in the 91st minute, Elliott, who came on as a substitute, scored a world-class goal, and he successfully played the role of a substitute to save the team, and finally Dias scored a goal that was blown out of action, and Liverpool won 2-1 against Crystal Palace at full-time, winning four consecutive games in all competitions, and the reversal division was worthy of its name. In this way, Liverpool accumulated 37 points with 11 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss in the first game, temporarily surpassing Arsenal's 36 points to rise to the top of the Premier League.