Liverpool vs Crystal Palace

A Luis Diaz stunner rescues a point for 10-man Liverpool against Crystal Palace, as Wilfried Zaha impreses for the visitors.

After a sub-par outing against Arsenal, Zaha had a terrific game against Liverpool, getting the opening goal. Ayew was again in the team in place of Olise, and it seemed like Crystal Palace needed such a presence. Doucore had a good outing against a side like Liverpool for only his second game in English football. As a centre-back, he did well and was able to disrupt many Liverpool attacks. Fabinho was guilty of not keeping the tabs on Eberechi Eze in the build-up to the Crystal Palace goal. Klopp may have been right in not feeling the need to replace Thiago Alcantara with a new signing. Alexander-Arnold has not had the best of starts to his campaign, and he needs to iron out plenty of things. A big reason why Liverpool did not concede more goals was their keeper, Alisson. The Brazilian made himself big on two occasions to deny Wilfried Zaha and will be fortunate to have seen the Crystal Palace attacker smash the bar from close range. Liverpool, in particular, will be desperate for their first three points and will have a solid opportunity next Monday when they visit Old Trafford to play Manchester United, considering the Red Devils’ problems. Mohamed Salah had a few chances where he could have scored, but Luis Diaz came up with the magic, netting a sensational equaliser to level things up. With a big performance against Liverpool, where he could have scored more than one goal, Zaha did prove a point, and he might have put himself in the shop window with such a display. Since his ill-fated spell at Manchester United, the debate has centred around the Ivory Coast international as to whether or not he would be great in a big club.