In the 33rd round of the 2023-24 Premier League season, Liverpool will host Crystal Palace. As a result of Manchester City's first win, they are already 2 points ahead of Liverpool to the top. With seven league games remaining, Liverpool cannot afford to lose a single game if they want to stay in the title race. In the first leg of the last Europa League quarter-finals, Klopp made a small rotation of the lineup, and finally Liverpool lost 0-3 at home to Atalanta, and Uncle Scum also endured a lot of criticism after the game. Compared to the game against Atalanta, Klopp made changes to the lineup. Mohamed Salah and Dias returned to the starting line-up and formed a trident with Nunez, with goalkeeper Alisson returning.
Liverpool dominated possession in the first half, but there were not many great chances on goal, but it was Crystal Palace's threatening counter-attacks that opened the door for Alisson. Just 7 minutes into the game, Liverpool played a sharp counterattack, Nunez burst into the penalty area to receive a pass from a teammate and shot with his feet, the ball was confiscated by Henderson!
In the 14th minute, Crystal Palace used the left side to attack, Mitchell stepped forward to the left side of the penalty area and crossed the triangle, Eze easily pushed and scored in front of the goal, 1-0! In the 18th minute, Crystal Palace almost scored another goal! Van Dijk fell while defending, Mateta stepped forward to get a single chance, and in the face of the attacking Alisson, Robertson quickly chased back to the limit of the goal line! If it fell behind to 0-2 in 18 minutes, this game would be difficult for Liverpool;
In the 27th minute, Robertson took a corner kick from the left side to create chaos, Salah fell to the ground and shot and hit the crossbar and popped up! In the 29th minute, Robertson crossed from the left, and Dias's volley at the back point was blocked by the goalkeeper; in the 33rd minute, Liverpool opened a tactical free kick in the middle of the penalty area, and McAllister's shot was blocked; In the 43rd minute, Crystal Palace counterattacked, Olisse took the ball on the right side and shot past the defender and was blocked; In the 44th minute, Mitchell crossed from the left, and Mateta's header in front of the goal was deflected!
At half-time, Liverpool were temporarily 1-0 down. In the 55th minute, Liverpool opened with a corner kick on the left side, Nunez shot angrily in front of the goal, the ball hit Henderson's foot and popped up, and Crystal Palace escaped!
In the 62nd minute, Salah made the ball, Alexander-Arnold shot high from a distance; In the 69th minute, Szobosloy passed the ball to the goal on the right side of the penalty area, and Anderson cleared it in time! In the 72nd minute, Sobo crossed in front of the goal, and Jota's push shot was blocked from the bottom line; In the past period, Liverpool has been attacking continuously, but it has missed the goal again and again! In the 74th minute, Mateta's close-range shot in front of the goal was blocked by Alisson, missing a good opportunity to seal the win! In the 75th minute, Liverpool counterattacked, and Jones's push shot in front of the goal was slightly off!
Since then, Liverpool has continued to deploy troops to strengthen the attack, but in the end, it fell short, and the five strikers have appeared in unison. At the end of stoppage time, Liverpool failed to change the scoreline and swallowed the bitter fruit of the defeat 0-1. While suffering 2 consecutive defeats, he also failed to overtake Manchester City and Arsenal and lost the initiative to compete for the championship. In addition, Liverpool have conceded nine consecutive Premier League home goals, tying the all-time record.