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0¹	VICENTE GUAITA dived to his left to save a lovely shot from Liverpool's KANE.
1¹	SALAH stepped inside KOUYATÉ but blasted the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
5¹	An exceptional effort from BELLINGHAM scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
8¹	GOAL!! With his back to goal KIMMICH swivelled and stabbed the ball past VICENTE GUAITA. (1-0 Liverpool)
11¹	DEMBÉLÉ shot over.
15¹	A cross from PAREDES left DEMBÉLÉ in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
18¹	The bemused COURTOIS stared in disbelief as a backpass from BERNARDO SILVA dropped just wide.
20¹	A accurate pass bobbled toward VINÍCIUS JÚNIOR and his right foot shot floated narrowly over.
28¹	A shot from SALAH was hoofed off the line by ANDERSEN.
31¹	A penalty box scramble resulted in SALAH driving the ball over.
35¹	GOAL!! A deep cross from BELLINGHAM on the left was nodded home by KANE at the near post. (2-0 Liverpool)
39¹	The 'keeper was able to palm clear a weak shot from KANE.
7²	GOAL!! A poor shot from KANE seemed to hold little difficulty for the 'keeper but the ball somehow squeezed over the line. (3-0 Liverpool)
13²	The Liverpool 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked shot from DEMBÉLÉ.
17²	PAREDES headed wide.
17²	PAREDES worked the ball to DEMBÉLÉ, FRED controlled his pass and kicked the ball within easy reach of COURTOIS.
21²	A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing Liverpool 'keeper.
22²	VAN DIJK hoofed the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
23²	GOAL!! A clever set-piece enabled SALAH to nudge the ball into the back of the net. (4-0 Liverpool)
33²	A header by MATETA at the far post was comfortably collected by COURTOIS.
33²	GOAL!! A cross from the left was nodded down by BELLINGHAM for SALAH to score. (5-0 Liverpool)
38²	A clever pass from MATETA was fired goalbound by PAREDES only for COURTOIS to block.
39²	BELLINGHAM drove a right foot shot wide from long range.
40²	MATETA made space on the left and touched the ball to ANDERSEN who fired the ball wide.
41²	SALAH beat KOUYATÉ and drove the ball to KANE who blasted his shot wide.
43²	MATETA scuffed a simple chance.

Liverpool

League position:

Home league form:

WWWW

Overall league form:

WWWWWWWW

Formation:

4-4-2

Line-ups

Thibaut COURTOIS	8	1	7½	VICENTE GUAITA Panadero^(c)
Joshua KIMMICH	8	2	7	Joel WARD
Josko GVARDIOL	8	3	7½	Jeffrey SCHLUPP
Jude BELLINGHAM	7½	4	6	Leandro PAREDES
^(c)RÚBEN Santos DIAS	7	5	5½	Joachim ANDERSEN
Virgil VAN DIJK	7	6	5½	Cheikhou KOUYATÉ
Phil FODEN	6½	7	6½	FRED
BERNARDO Mota SILVA	7	8	6½	Ousmane DEMBÉLÉ
Harry KANE	7	9	7	Jean-Philippe MATETA^(p)
^(p,f)Mohamed SALAH	7	10	6½	Michy BATSHUAYI^(f)
VINÍCIUS José JÚNIOR	7	11	6½	Odsonne ÉDOUARD
Chris Goddard	Manager
Bukayo SAKA		12		Mykhailo MUDRYK
ALISSON Ramses		13		Joe WHITWORTH
William SALIBA		14		Teden MENGI
Leroy SANÉ		15		Samuel ILING-JUNIOR
Julián ÁLVAREZ		16		Luka MILIVOJEVIC

Crystal Palace

League position:

Away league form:

LLLL

Overall league form:

LLWLLLLL

Formation:

4-3-3

Statistics

Liverpool 5 Crystal Palace 0

(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 70,361, Stadium: Anfield, Referee: Howard Webb 7½)

Kimmich 8¹, Kane 35¹, Kane 7², Salah 23², Salah 33²

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Possession

49%

51%

¶ Man of the match: Joshua Kimmich ¶