Crystal Palace 1, Liverpool 2: First Thoughts

Crystal Palace 1 Campbell 15'
Liverpool 2 Sturridge 49', Lallana 58'

• Pre-match thoughts: It was a strong starting lineup for Liverpool. Emre Can remained in the defense, with Joe Allen moving into the midfield alongside Jordan Henderson, and Daniel Sturridge starting in the attack.
  
  
• Palace were content to sit back early, and in the opening exchanges Liverpool responded with some extended spells of possession in the Palace half.
  
  
• In the 15th minute, Fraizer Campbell gave Palace the lead with a rebound after Dwight Gayle had been put in on goal by a misdirected Martin Skrtel header.
  
  
• Liverpool were denied an immediate equalizer when Adam Lallana's close range shot was denied by Julian Speroni.
  
  
• Liverpool had a few solid bursts and some decent chances in the middle of the first half, but haven't quite been able to break through.

• The Reds were lucky not to have had their deficit doubled when Mignolet stopped Gayle from point blank range.

• Half-time thoughts: Liverpool went into the break down 1-0. However, they'd shown enough to think that they could turn things around in the second half.

• Mario Balotelli replaced Lazar Markovic on the other side of half time.

• Liverpool tied the score at 1-1 through a fantastic one time volley from Sturridge. Hendo supplied the cross. After the goal, Alberto Moreno joined Sturridge in his signature dance.

• Lallana! 2-1 Liverpool. Balotelli struck a low free kick that Speroni couldn't handle, and Lallana knocked the rebound into an empty net.

• Following Liverpool's second, the wildness of the game died down for a while.

• Liverpool knocked the ball around nicely as they tried to see out the win.

• Full-time thoughts: Great win for Liverpool. After a rather shaky first half they were able to turn things around to secure a satisfying victory.

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