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EPL: Liverpool bounce back with convincing 3-1 win over Crystal Palace
Liverpool are up to fourth place after their fourth away league win this season.
Florian Wirtz scored his first Premier League goal of the season as Liverpool returned to winning ways with a 3-1 victory over Crystal Palace on Sunday.
Liverpool bounced back from successive defeats to Arsenal and Fenerbahce with a convincing performance at Selhurst Park.
Alexis Mac Allister opened the scoring late in the first half before Wirtz doubled Liverpool’s lead nine minutes after the restart. The German midfielder’s last league goal had also come against Crystal Palace in April.
The victory provided a timely boost for Liverpool as they looked to recover from their recent disappointing results.
Alexander Isak netted Liverpool’s third in the 89th minute before Eddie Nketiah scored a stoppage-time penalty for bottom of the table Palace.
Liverpool are up to fourth place after their fourth away league win this season.
It was a much-needed success for Iraola, who had started to hear some awkward questions about Liverpool’s inconsistent run in his first season in charge after arriving from Bournemouth to replace the sacked Arne Slot.
Yeremy Pino went agonisingly close to opening the scoring for Palace in the 18th minute when he curled against the bar.
Palace striker Jorgen Strand Larsen had the ball in the back of Alisson Becker’s net in the 33rd minute.
But his celebrations were cut short by the offside flag and a subsequent VAR check.
Mac Allister made Palace pay for those misses in the 40th minute, nodding home a Dominik Szoboszlai free-kick in clinical fashion.
Wirtz increased Liverpool’s advantage in the 54th minute, guiding a low Bradley Barcola cross into the bottom corner.
Palace had a huge chance with just under 15 minutes remaining when Pino was denied by Alisson, who then saved from Jefferson Lerma before Nketiah lashed over.
Sweden striker Isak put the result beyond doubt in the 89th minute with a deflected close-range strike.
Palace earned a penalty after Dario Osorio clashed heads with Milos Kerkez but Nketiah’s goal was no consolation for under-fire Eagles boss Pierre Sage.
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