Team news and live streaming of Liverpool against Crystal Palace in the English Premier League at Selhurst Park.
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CRYSTAL PLACE 0, LIVERPOOL 7
Two goals each from Roberto Firmino and Mo Salah and one each from Jordan Henderson, Sadio Mane and Takumi Minamino piloted Liverpool to a 7-0 thrashing of Crystal Palace and confirmed the champions will lead the Premier League standings at Christmas again. All three starting frontmen have scored for Jurgen Klopp’s side. Takumi Minamino opened the scoring for Liverpool earlier before Sadio Mane and Firmino added to scoreline. Mane has scored against these opponents for the 10th time in his career and the seventh time in a row. Henderson added a fourth and then Firmino and substitute Salah grabbed their respective braces.
Liverpool enter this fixture leading the Premier League standings and manager Jurgen Klopp enters this game with a perfect five of five against Palace.
In team news, Joel Matip makes a return for Liverpool as the champions look to extend their good form against the home side in the league.
Matip comes back to start at centre-back after recovering from a back problem that kept him out of the midweek victory over Tottenham.
In other team news for Liverpool, Takumi Minamino and Naby Keita are both recalled to the starting line-up as Klopp makes three changes from the Spurs lineup.
Rhys Williams, Curtis Jones and Mohamed Salah have all dropped to the bench.
For Crystal Palace, they have made four changes from the side that played to a 1-1 draw against West Ham the last time out.
Striker Christian Benteke is out suspended against while Joel Ward, Scott Dann and Andros Townsend are among the substitutes.
Benteke had scored three goals in three games for Crystal Palace and was founding back into form. He will be missed up top today for the home side.
Former Liverpool full-back Nathaniel Clyne makes a return to the starting line-up for Palace, with Gary Cahill, Jeffrey Schlupp and Jordan Ayew also handed starting places.
Wilfried Zaha has been directly involved in nine of Crystal Place’s goals this season – scoring seven and assisting on another two.
Crystal Palace: Guaita, Clyne, Kouyate, Cahill, Van Aanholt, Schlupp, Milivojevic, McArthur, Eze, Ayew, Zaha. Subs: Butland, Ward, Tomkins, Dann, Townsend, McCarthy, Bashuyai, Mitchell, Riedewald.
Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Fabinho, Robertson, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Keita, Minamino, Mane, Firmino. Subs: Adrian, Kelleher, Salah, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jones, Origi, R. Williams, Phillips, N. Williams.
