Crystal Palace v Liverpool LIVE: Result and reaction as Harvey Elliott smashes home late winner

Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool: Elliott and Salah send Reds top after Ayew’s sending off

Hodgson an outstanding person - Klopp

Liverpool went to the top of the Premier League table with victory over ten-man Crystal Palace as Harvey Elliott fired home a brilliant late winner.

Elliott’s 90th minute strike ensured a below-par Liverpool took all three points away from Selhurst Park after Mohamed Salah had cancelled out Jean-Philippe Mateta’s penalty.

Home manager Roy Hodgson had been booed by Crystal Palace supporters after a flat midweek defeat to Bournemouth, but his team responded well with a vastly-improved performance.

The London club were in control of the game after Mateta converted from 12 yards following a foul by young Liverpool defender Jarrel Quansah, before the game swung. A seemingly innocuous trip on Elliott by Jordan Ayew saw the forward shown a second yellow card by referee Andy Madley.

And almost immediately after Ayew was dismissed, Salah’s deflected effort — his 200th Liverpool goal — put Liverpool level, allowing substitute Elliott to produce a moment of quality and take Liverpool a point above Arsenal, who play Aston Villa later on Saturday.

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Crystal Palace vs Liverpool live

• Liverpool snatch late win over Crystal Palace to go top of the Premier League
• Harvey Elliott hammers in late winner as 10-man Palace let lead slip after Jordan Ayew red card
• FULL-TIME! Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool
• 90+1’ - GOAL! Elliott smashes home late winner for Liverpool (CRY 1-2 LIV)
• 76’ - GOAL! Salah’s deflected shot draws Liverpool level (CRY 1-1 LIV)
• 75’ - RED CARD! Ayew sent off for innocuous second yellow (CRY 1-0 LIV)
• 57’ - GOAL! Mateta converts controversial VAR penalty to give Palace shock lead (CRY 1-0 LIV)
• 29’ - NO PENALTY! Palace have spot-kick overturned for Hughes foul on Endo during build-up (CRY 0-0 LIV)
• 27’ - SAVE! Alisson makes fantastic stop to deny Lerma (CRY 0-0 LIV)

[9 December 2023 13:50 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

Crystal Palace 1-0 Liverpool, 59 minutes

The home crowd are bouncing with their team in front, the woes of the week forgotten with Crystal Palace playing so well. A dangerous Liverpool delivery evades a couple of sliding visitors hoping to knock it home.

[9 December 2023 13:48 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

GOAL! CRYSTAL PALACE 1-0 Liverpool (Jean-Philippe Mateta, 58 minutes)

In it goes!

Cool as you like from the tall replacement forward. A sashay up, a swipe with the side of his foot, and Alisson is sent the wrong way.

A long process, but the right decision made - and Crystal Palace are into a lead that, on balance, they deserve.

[9 December 2023 13:47 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

Crystal Palace 0-0 Liverpool, 53 minutes

Liverpool make those changes to force Crystal Palace to wait to take. Ibrahima Konate and Cody Gakpo are on for Quansah and Ryan Gravenberch.

Mateta will take...

[9 December 2023 13:47 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

PENALTY! Crystal Palace 0-0 Liverpool, 53 minutes

AND IT’S GIVEN! Crystal Palace have their penalty!

Quansah had been trying to clear a low cross, but Jean-Philippe Mateta had just got their first. Quansah’s swing knocked Mateta’s legs from beneath him, and to the spot, belatedly, Andy Madley points.

[9 December 2023 13:46 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

Crystal Palace 0-0 Liverpool, 55 minutes

Now then - John Brooks has called Andy Madley over to the screen. It was a long, long check in the background - and on second view, Quansah doesn’t appear to have got near the ball...

[9 December 2023 13:44 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

Crystal Palace 0-0 Liverpool, 53 minutes

Jean-Philippe Mateta goes down under a challenge from Jarell Quansah in the box, but it appears the young defender got his foot to the ball first before the striker went over - though John Brooks is still having a look in the VAR room.

Liverpool are readying more changes.

[9 December 2023 13:43 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

Crystal Palace 0-0 Liverpool, 52 minutes

Nathaniel Clyne has been impressive at left-back so far, getting good support from Jeffrey Schlupp ahead of him. The former Liverpool man leads a frisky counter, and Jefferson Lerma earns a corner.

[9 December 2023 13:41 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

Crystal Palace 0-0 Liverpool, 49 minutes

Will Hughes’s left-footed free kick bends on to Jefferson Lerma’s head, but the Colombian has too much to do and gets his technique wrong trying to force it goalwards, in the end directing it nearing the corner flag than Alisson’s right-hand post.

[9 December 2023 13:39 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

Crystal Palace 0-0 Liverpool, 48 minutes

Alexander-Arnold has his fingeprints all over a move that sees Luis Diaz cutting inside in trademark fashion, a shot of sorts that is almost diverted goalwards by Darwin Nunez’s dome - the striker may have been offside, anyway, and can’t get much of a connection on Diaz’s fast-moving strike.

[9 December 2023 13:38 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

Crystal Palace 0-0 Liverpool, 47 minutes

Alexander-Arnold had seen plenty of the ball in the first half, but felt a little bit on the periphery with Jurgen Klopp asking the right back to provide width. Can he influence matters more from a deep-lying playmakeing role?