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Liverpool are without James Milner for the trip to Crystal Palace after the midfielder was ruled out through illness, meaning Alberto Moreno is handed a first Premier League start since the opening match of the season.
Jurgen Klopp’s side head into the match knowing they have not beaten Palace at Selhurst Park in the league since they returned to the Premier League in 2013, with their last win coming in December 1997 after a run of seven matches without a win with six losses in that time.
Other than the absence of Milner, Klopp deploys his strongest side after making 11 changes for Tuesday’s EFL Cup victory over Tottenham, with Loris Karius continuing in goal at the expense of Simon Mignolet.
Crystal Palace vs Liverpool memorable matchesShow all 7 1 /7Crystal Palace vs Liverpool memorable matches Crystal Palace vs Liverpool memorable matches Crystal Palace 4 Liverpool 3 8 April 1990: Palace exacted their revenge for their 9-0 humiliation earlier in the season as they got the better of Liverpool in a see-saw encounter at Villa Park. The score was 1-1 around twenty minutes from the end, but a flurry of goals late on saw the match finish 3-3 after normal time. In the second half of extra time, Alan Pardew popped up to send the south Londoners through to the final, where they lost to Man United, handing Sir Alex Ferguson his first honour as Red Devils boss.
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Crystal Palace vs Liverpool memorable matches Liverpool 0 Crystal Palace 2 5 February 2003: Palace were in the second tier at this point, but they went to Anfield and stunned their illustrious hosts in the FA Cup. Julian Gray put the visitors in front and despite Dougie Freedman getting sent off for an elbow on Sami Hyypia twenty minutes from time, Palace extended their advantage through an own goal from Stephane Henchoz.
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Crystal Palace vs Liverpool memorable matches Crystal Palace 1 Liverpool 0 23 April 2005: The Eagles claimed their first league victory in just under two months and simultaneously put Liverpool’s Champions League hopes in jeopardy. The winner was dispatched by Andy Johnson with his head – a collector’s item. Liverpool memorably won the Champions League the following month.
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Crystal Palace vs Liverpool memorable matches Crystal Palace 3 Liverpool 3 5 May 2014: Following their 2-0 defeat to an obstinate Chelsea side managed by Jose Mourinho the previous weekend, Liverpool’s title challenge well and truly came off the rails at Selhurst Park. 3-0 up going into the final 15 minutes, they somehow managed to throw away their lead, with strikes from Damien Delaney and a Dwight Gayle double scuppering the Reds’ chances of a first title in 24 years.
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Crystal Palace vs Liverpool memorable matches Liverpool 1 Crystal Palace 3 16 May 2015: Steven Gerrard’s swansong at Anfield was not the fairytale that many had hoped for. Despite the home side completely dominating possession, they did not make the extra time with the ball count. Adam Lallana put Liverpool in the lead, before Jason Puncheon netted a 20-yard free-kick to level the scores. Yannick Bolasie then picked out Wilfried Zaha for Palace’s second, before Glenn Murray tucked home the rebound from his penalty to secure the league double.
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Crystal Palace vs Liverpool memorable matches Liverpool 1 Crystal Palace 2 8 November 2015: Palace won at Anfield for the second season in succession. Yannick Bolasie, a thorn in the side during the corresponding fixture the previous season, netted from close range before Lallana skilfully set up Philippe Coutinho to level. The game looked set to finish all-square, but Scott Dann rose highest to head home from a corner in the 82nd minute and hand Jurgen Klopp his first defeat as Reds manager.
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Crystal Palace vs Liverpool memorable matches Crystal Palace 1 Liverpool 2 6 March 2016: Christian Benteke won and scored a late penalty to snatch the three points and infuriate Alan Pardew. The Belgian striker moved to Selhurst Park five months later.
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Palace make two changes from the side that suffered a 3-1 loss at Leicester City last weekend, with Scott Dann back from injury and Lee Chung-yong returning at the expense of Damien Delaney and Andros Townsend respectively.
Teams Crystal Palace: Mandanda; Ward, Dann, Tomkins, Kelly; Cabaye, McArthur, Ledley, Lee; Zaha , Benteke.
Subs: Hennessey, Fryers, Delaney, Flamini, Townsend, Puncheon, Campbell.
Liverpool: Karius; Clyne, Lovren, Matip, Moreno; Henderson, Can, Lallana; Coutinho, Mane, Firmino.
Subs: Mignolet, Randall, Klavan, Lucas, Wijnaldum, Origi, Sturridge.
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