Lerma’s effort was brilliantly saved by Alisson before the ball bounced on to the post and was cleared by Trent Alexander-Arnold. Klopp’s out-of-sorts side took until the 45th minute to register a shot on target and Becker had to be in top form to deny Jefferson Lerma. It was Elliott who then won the game for the visitors with a 20-yard shot in the first minute of time added on for stoppages that beat Palace’s substitute goalkeeper Remi Matthews after Sam Johnstone had gone off injured. And moments later, Jones, on for Dominik Szoboszlai, teed up Mohamed Salah to equalise with his 200th goal for Liverpool. That was certainly the case on Saturday lunchtime, when Klopp admitted that his side were second best before the game flipped on its head following his substitutions.īarely 60 seconds after replacing Darwin Nunez, Elliott was fouled by Jordan Ayew, which earned the Palace forward his second yellow card. ![]() Liverpool have now won 18 points from losing positions this season, underlining the point that his team have the mentality to pull them through when performances are not quite up to scratch. Klopp has chopped and changed his team more than any other Premier League manager so far this season and the decision to send on substitutes Harvey Elliott and Curtis Jones proved to be the turning point. ![]() Liverpool manager Klopp made five changes from the side that beat Sheffield United on Wednesday night and made five more from the substitutes’ bench as he attempted to inject some life into his team at Selhurst Park. Jurgen Klopp has become this season’s ‘tinkerman’ and it was his final two changes that inspired a late comeback victory for Liverpool against 10-man Crystal Palace, and kept his team’s title bid on track.
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