Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palace: 10-man Reds drop MORE points and have to a rely on a Luis Diaz stunner to avoid defeat after Darwin Nunez was sent off for a headbutt following Wilfried Zaha’s opener
Liverpool were held at home to Crystal Palace as they were reduced to ten men following Darwin Nunez’s second of stupidity midway through the second half.
Wilfred Zaha’s goal in the first half had given Crystal Palace an unlikely lead heading into the break with Liverpool having peppered their goal for much of the first half.
Emerging from the break, Liverpool once again sought to pin Palace back but an inexplicable bit of on-pitch violence from their new forward Nunez saw them reduced to 10 men.
Andersen had been in his back all game and a combination of that, and his poor all-round play on the night, lit a fuse that resulted in him headbutting his pesky centre-back opponent. Andersen needed no invitation to go down.
Liverpool recovered despite being reduced to 10 men and Luis Diaz produced a stunning bit of individual play to draw them level. Palace stood firm in the face of the 10 men of Liverpool pressing for a winner.
Pep Guardiola’s revolutionising of league campaigns is such that draws now tend to equal defeats such is the relentlessness of his sides. Liverpool not winning either of their opening two games could really come to cost them.
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