Liverpool’s perfect Premier League start came to a juddering halt at Crystal Palace on Saturday, with substitute Eddie Nketiah’s last-gasp winner giving the Eagles a deserved win over the sub-par champion.
Ismaila Sarr smashed in from close range, his third goal in his last three games against the Reds, after Liverpool failed to clear a corner in the ninth minute.
Palace was rampant and could have been 4-0 up inside 25 minutes, with Liverpool indebted to a tame effort from Yeremy Pino and goalkeeper Alisson’s superb saves from Daniel Munoz and Jean-Philippe Mateta to keep the side in the contest.
Liverpool substitute Federico Chiesa’s 87th-minute equaliser looked set to give the champion an absolute heist of a 1-1 draw. But Nketiah fired past Alisson at the death, with Palace surviving a tense VAR review to move up to second place as the only remaining unbeaten side in the league.
Published on Sep 27, 2025