Liverpool 0
Crystal Palace 1
Eze 14
Andy Robertson sank to his haunches and into a trance. Disconsolate home fans filed out in silence. In a title race with the tightest margins, Liverpool have blinked first.
Soundly beaten in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals by Atalanta on Thursday, Liverpool faltered again at Anfield as Eberechi Eze's early goal rewarded Palace's first-half superiority and ultimately lifted their prospects of Premier League safety. The club responsible for Klopp's first Premier League defeat may have holed his chances of winning the league in the process.
Liverpool have lost two successive home games for the first time since March 2021, the behind-closed-doors Covid season, and for the first time in front of supporters since January 2017. Sloppy throughout the first half, wasteful throughout the second, a team that was fighting on four fronts a month ago have themselves to blame.
"Congratulations to the team for the first-half performance when we played football with confidence and created chances," said the delighted Palace manager. "And for the passion and spirit we showed in the second half when we defended against a lot of pressure." The visitors' two faces exposed and frustrated Liverpool in equal measure.
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