'Caused us trouble' - Arne Slot sends Liverpool warning and makes very honest Crystal Palace admission

Crystal Palace claimed a huge home win over leaders Liverpool on Saturday thanks to a dramatic finish at Selhurst Park. The Eagles led through an early Ismaila Sarr goal and dominated proceedings in the first half.

Liverpool rallied back and Federico Chiesa levelled things with three minutes remaining. It looked as though Mohamed Salah might have handballed in the build-up, but the Premier League have said there was not clear evidence of a handball.

The Premier League match centre wrote on X: “The referee’s call of goal was checked and confirmed by VAR – with it deemed there was no conclusive evidence that Salah handled the ball in the build-up.”

But none of that mattered, with Palace going on to get a winner seven minutes into stoppage time. The ball was flicked on from a throw-in to find Eddie Nketiah at the back post, and the striker volleyed low and hard past Alisson Becker, keeping his cool in a huge moment. A nervy goal check ensued, but Nketiah was found to be onside, and Palace continued their unbeaten start to the season, moving up to second in the table, at least for now.

Nketiah said at full-time to Sky Sports: "It was flicked on and I just tried to focus on my first touch. I trust myself with both feet and it was a nice finish with my left foot, with a bit of a nervous wait for VAR. It is nothing less than the boys deserved. We never give up, we never stop believing."

He added: "That's what our fans are known for and shows the togetherness of the group. We always keep believing. There was still time to play. The manager said to stay calm and you will get another situation and thankfully we did.

"There aren't many teams who can create that many chances against Liverpool so a thoroughly deserved three points. We are just taking it one game at a time. We have a really good group, we will keep pushing and try to bring more success to the fans."

What Arne Slot said

Speaking after the game, Liverpool boss Arne Slot admitted; “Very, very difficult first half for us. They did really well and deserved to be one goal up - we were lucky it was only one nil. Second half, it was the opposite - we had the chances to score. It took a while for us to score - we thought it was going to be a draw but it was a second goal from a set piece.

"We have to be better from set pieces if you want too be up there in this league. This league is more and more about set pieces. The margins are small - one of our players tired to counter but in that area the ball falls for the Palace player whop scores

"Their game plan caused us trouble. It's a team that their style fits well to their players. If we try to press them they can counter us - we had a lot of problems with that in the first half. A lot."