'Glasner's pulsating Palace brutally expose Liverpool flaws'

Crystal Palace's rising stature dispersed to Selhurst Park's "Holmesdale Fanatics" arsenic they watched nan frailties Liverpool person shown this play being brutally exposed.

The Eagles had torn nan visitors to shreds for 34 minutes, pinch someway only an Ismaila Sarr extremity to show for their superiority, erstwhile nan club's celebrated conception of support delivered their verdict.

"We're going to triumph nan league" echoed astir this awesome aged atmospheric stadium - optimism taken to nan utmost perhaps, but a clear awesome of conscionable really bully this Palace broadside is.

Liverpool person lived connected nan precipice each season, moreover erstwhile racking up 5 successive Premier League victories, an influx of caller and costly signings failing to disguise protect flaws first uncovered astatine Wembley successful August erstwhile Palace hit them to assistance nan Community Shield connected penalties.

Oliver Glasner's broadside refused to fto nan Reds disconnected nan hook, arsenic has happened connected juncture pinch different opponents this term, though they did their champion erstwhile only going successful 1-0 up astatine half-time erstwhile it could person been 6-0.

Sarr's ninth-minute opener was scant reward for a pulsating Palace performance, Liverpool keeper Alisson - nan 1 subordinate successful their broadside to look pinch in installments - redeeming superbly from Yeremy Pino, Daniel Munoz and Jean-Philippe Mateta, who besides struck nan woodwork.

It looked for illustration an outstanding capacity would only output a constituent aft Federico Chiesa's 87th-minute equaliser, only for Liverpool to go nan biter spot erstwhile substitute Eddie Nketiah scored a deserved victor pinch virtually nan past footwear of nan crippled successful nan 97th minute.

It was only their 2nd convention triumph complete Liverpool successful 17 meetings and first astatine location since 2014.

Selhurst Park went chaotic successful celebration, but these are nan benignant of scenes Palace fans are becoming accustomed to nether nan superb activity of Austrian Glasner.

Palace person now gone 18 games unbeaten successful each competitions, which included nan historical FA Cup triumph against Manchester City backmost successful May, to adjacent a nine grounds group backmost successful 1969.

This occurrence sent them up to 2nd place, 3 points down reigning champions Liverpool aft an awesome start.

Glasner's animated touchline power transmits itself to a squad pinch people successful each areas, and 1 afloat deserving of its existent lofty position successful nan table.

Keeper Dean Henderson was outstanding erstwhile called upon, reacting to move Ryan Gravenberch's changeable connected to nan station successful nan first half, while skipper and cardinal defender Marc Guehi showed precisely why location was specified disappointment astatine Liverpool erstwhile a projected £35m move to Anfield collapsed connected transportation deadline day.

What a opposition Guehi's composure was to nan chaos successful Liverpool's backline, wherever Ibrahima Konate struggled and skipper Virgil van Dijk was truthful unsettled he was yet booked for dissent.

To adhd reproach to wounded for nan susceptible visitors, Guehi moreover had an assistance successful nan build-up to Nketiah's victor erstwhile a agelong throw-in caused protect jitters - conscionable for illustration a area did for Palace's first.

Adam Wharton is surely an England regular successful nan making, nan loping socks-down style not disguising an elegant, competitory midfield usability of nan highest order. Daichi Kamada was arsenic industrious and effective.

Sarr offers value successful onslaught and, while chap guardant Mateta tin beryllium deed and miss - much miss than deed present - nan Frenchman is simply a tireless, changeless menace.

And down it each is nan charismatic Glasner, a transformative fig astatine Palace and 1 president Steve Parish will beryllium hopeless to support astatine Selhurst Park.

Palace, pinch 8 wins and 10 draws, are enjoying their joint-longest unbeaten tally arsenic a club, besides 18 from February to August 1969. Three matches successful that unbeaten tally person been against Liverpool too.

The Eagles are now nan only unbeaten Premier League side, having won 3 and drawn 3 of their opening six games.

All this being achieved aft trading playmaker Eberechi Eze to Arsenal successful nan summertime arsenic well.

When they past achieved specified a feat successful 1990-91, Palace went connected to decorativeness 3rd for their highest ever top-flight position.

A delighted Glasner told BBC's Match of nan Day: "We played an astonishing first half and had a deserved lead. We deserved nan win.

"To flooded nan unit of Liverpool - they deserved an equaliser - but I'm delighted astatine nan guidance of our team.

"We talk astir our personality. We ever spell for nan win. Everybody who is adjacent to Crystal Palace sewage their reward here.

"The players showed truthful overmuch confidence. We made truthful galore runs, nan value of nan passes, runs into nan box, it was excellent.

"We will analyse nan crippled and return successful each this positivity. You person to bask these moments different you person to inquire why you are doing it."

Liverpool have, successful immoderate respects, had a time for illustration this coming.

They person traded heavy successful precocious goals this play to triumph against Bournemouth, Newcastle United, Burnley and Arsenal. It was unsustainable, though they almost did it again done Chiesa's effort until Nketiah made Liverpool acquisition their ain heartbreak.

For each their 7 successive victories successful each competitions, this is very overmuch a activity successful advancement pinch truthful galore acquisitions.

The "stupidity" - Slot's explanation - of in-form striker Hugo Ekitike landing himself pinch a one-match prohibition - a 2nd yellowish paper and dismissal for taking his garment disconnected - aft scoring nan midweek victor against Southampton successful nan Carabao Cup, was underlined here.

The Frenchman, who has 5 goals successful 7 games, mightiness person made a quality to Liverpool's attack.

Alexander Isak, nan club's grounds £125m buy, was handed his first convention commencement but looks a agelong measurement from afloat fitness, drafting nan scorn of Palace's fans pinch nan predictable chants of "what a discarded of money" erstwhile he was withdrawn aft missing a clear chance he had astatine slightest created for himself.

Florian Wirtz, a small cheaper astatine £116m, is besides still figuring retired really champion to fresh into a broadside and strategy that dominated nan convention past season. The German was anonymous isolated from 1 chance from six yards which he steered consecutive into Henderson's hands.

Liverpool are still successful rod position, but nan issues that person troubled them yet came location to roost astatine Selhurst Park.

No specified problems, though, for an ecstatic Palace and their supporters.

Can they, arsenic nan "Holmesdale Fanatics" suggested, triumph nan Premier League?

It seems highly unlikely, but this thrilling, wished broadside will connection hope, and supply excitement and much joyous moments passim this campaign.