Premier League | Crystal Palace come from behind to stun Liverpool

Premier League | Crystal Palace come from behind to stun Liverpool

Liverpool suffered another forgettable afternoon at Selhurst Park on Sunday as they were beaten 3-1 by Crystal Palace.

Brendan Rodgers saw his side take the perfect start as Rickie Lambert NET inside the opening 90 seconds, but there should be more pain in the rain for the men from Merseyside.

Liverpool saw their dreams of annihilated title, in South London, last season, as they wasted a three-goal lead, and they were once more unable to prevent Palace courageous connecting their back as Dwight Gayle, Joe Ledley and Mile Jedinak found the target.

The primary purpose of Lambert for his childhood club offered visitors a dream start, as he was released by a brilliant pass from Adam Lallana and fired down under Julian Speroni.

However, the hosts grew into the game and equalised in the 17th minute when the lively Yannick Bolasie saw a car skidding Cannon loosen the base of the post and Gayle bundle home the rebound.

Things got even better for the men of Neil Warnock after the intermission, as they climbed out of the Premier League drop zone, with Joe Ledley shooting between the legs of Simon Mignolet on 78 minutes and Jedinak spectacular free kick from curling to the top corner nine minutes from the end.

Memorable

Palace scored three times in the last minutes 11 at Selhurst Park last season to record a memorable 3-3 draw and end of all, title hopes but Liverpool - leaving Luis Suarez in tears.

This fixture has come on the back of a defeat at home to Chelsea and, just as the back-end of the last campaign, on the side of Rodgers will not be able to respond with a victory in the capital.

Mario Balotelli was ruled out with a groin injury have yet to make much of an impact since arriving at Anfield.

He is still looking for his first goal in first League but it was designate Lambert, who reached his point of reference at the outset.

The childhood Liverpool fan was on hand to collect a millimeter past of his Southampton favorite former classmate Lallana net his first goal for the club since his summer move.

Be on the ground at an early stage is not something that Lambert has been used, with what his beginning of second League season, but the England international now staked his request to stay next to Rodgers.

The Reds have not won in the League since a late 3-2 win at QPR on it a month ago, but it has flown out blocks in a damp Selhurst Park as Lambert collected Lallana pass and slotted home past Julian Speroni with aplomb to finally break his Liverpool duck with only 90 seconds on the clock.

Exciting

Dwight Gayle came from the bench to seize two of the objectives in the exciting draw last season and it was the old Peterborough man who was on hand to equalise for the Eagles.

Bolasie picked up the ball and allowed to gallop in the front half uncontested Liverpool his fierce drive came out of the post and into the path of Gayle, whose shot was too strong for Mignolet prevent entry.

Lambert could not hit the target with two headers record part or else another Bolasie arrow shot that forced Mignolet into a chip.

He was the man causing all the problems for Liverpool, who were caught on the counter-attack by the international Congo before blistering pace he swapped passes with Jason Puncheon and sees his shot blocked behind by Javier Manquillo.

Spanish Defender had no answer to Bolasie moments later, but this time that Palace winger could hammer only his wide shot as the first half ended with the sides level.

It there was no clear chance at the beginning of the second half with neither of the two parties really create enough in the final third.

Impact

Steven Gerrard, who had little impact on a large part of the procedure, could only hammer on a free kick in the bleachers before Manquillo side feet a chance to zone out for a throw-in from the Palace.

Rodgers responded to the absence of his advanced team by introducing Fabio Borini and Emre Can instead of Lallana and Joe Allen.

But it was the guests celebrating the head shortly after and it was normal that Bolasie was once more at the centre of the move.

The undisputed man of the match deflected the ball over the head of Dejan Lovren and after leaving the Croatian extended, crossed for Ledley end quietly turn the game on its head.

The points were obtained shortly after Martin Skrtel slaughtered Gayle 30 yards from goal and Eagles skipper Jedinak, returning to the side after a one match ban, curled up in beau-coup.

Liverpool could not mount the kind of back who saw the Palace snatch a point here, in incredible six months ago circumstances and stay 18 points behind leader Chelsea, with only 12 games past, with the Eagles, two points away.

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