it seems like Robbo will be available, and Mo also. great news. I'd really like to see Naby start again, he was very good yesterday and we need his drive and skills around the box. a run of a few starts is exactly what he needs imo. please please please for the love of God, win this game. my nightmare is that these last 5 points will all be from draws, while we watch City beat everyone in sight. I don't think my heart could take it .....
Not concerned about any kind of bizarre scenarios about Citeh gaining any ground on us but we definitely need a win to kind of get things back into gear. Yesterday was horribly frustrating to watch but understandable considering the circumstance.
This has always been a tough fixture. One key difference between this and last season is the number of wins, rather than draws, against teams that bunker down letting you have the ball while maintaining a their defensive shapes. We have been much better at taking our chances when presented. . We were wasteful last night (to be expected, I guess) and need find our rhythm again rather sharpish and what better time to do do than against a team absolutely drilled not to concede.
Allison Trent Gomez Virgil Robbo Hendo Fabinho Keita Mane Firmino Salah please (However, I think it'll be Minamino for Mane and maybe GW for Hendo)
Liverpool are weighing up whether to recall Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson, with Jurgen Klopp confirming both are available after injury. James Milner and Joel Matip picked up injures in Sunday's draw at Everton and have been ruled out.
MATCH FACTS Head-to-head Liverpool have won five successive league games against the Eagles and scored 11 goals in the process. Crystal Palace's three most recent league wins over the Reds have all been at Anfield - in 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17. Palace are the only team to have a beaten a Jurgen Klopp-managed Liverpool side more than once at Anfield. Liverpool Liverpool will be crowned Premier League champions if they beat Crystal Palace and Manchester City fail to win at Chelsea on Thursday. The Reds have won only two of their past seven matches in all competitions (D1, L4). They have dropped five points in their last three league games, more than they did in their previous 38 fixtures. The Reds have won their last 22 league games at Anfield, the best ever winning home run in English top-flight history. Liverpool are unbeaten in 55 home league matches (W45, D10) since a 2-1 defeat by Palace in April 2017. Their record of 27 wins, two draws and one defeat is the best by any club after 30 matches in the history of the top five European leagues. Only five of the Reds' league-high 13 clean sheets have come at Anfield. Fabinho could feature in his 50th Premier League appearance. The Brazilian has been on the winning side in 23 of his 24 Premier League games at Anfield. Crystal Palace Palace are the Premier League's in-form team with four straight wins, just one shy of their club record. Roy Hodgson's side have lost seven of their 10 games against the clubs above them in the table (W1, D2). They have six points more after 30 matches of a Premier League season than they have ever had before. Palace have equalled their top-flight club record of four successive clean sheets, previously set in 1970, with goalkeeper Vicente Guaita not conceding a goal in 362 league minutes. They have scored a league-low nine first-half goals, with two of those coming at Bournemouth last Saturday. The Eagles are unbeaten in all nine games in which top scorer Jordan Ayew scored this season (W7, D2).
at today's media session (via Zoom) Jurgen Klopp was reprimanded by the club's press officer for saying "complete b*******" - Klopp asks "what did I say? It was: "You can make something bad of this, what I said or you make a big headline - 'City cannot catch us' or whatever that's complete b*******"
Palace is a game I always hate. they aren't good enough to be a real worry, but they defend extremely well and can end up frustrating the hell out of us. Zaha is a player who can change a game as well. for tomorrow, our recent form vs them is pretty meaningless, and their recent run of wins is meaningless as well. if we are anywhere near as rusty as we were on Sunday ... it's gonna be a l-o-n-g 90 minutes.
The Kop all dressed up ready for the show. 🎥 | The Kop for tomorrows game. 🤩pic.twitter.com/l1c8HozXdq— The Anfield Buzz (@TheAnfieldBuzz) June 23, 2020
At least somebody won’t be waving a flag in your face at crucial times. Oh did I mention I hate the canned noise makers. But they say I don’t have to, I can just go to wwe.wedontgiveashitwhatyoudontlike.nbc
Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Salah, Firmino, Mane. Subs: Lovren, Keita, Adrian, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Minamino, Origi, Jones, Elliott, Williams.
It’s the Champions League final team with Gomez for Matip. Would expect the same lineup to face City next Thursday.