Liverpool fight back with 10 men to prevent fez red card costs Liverpool more ground
Liverpool fight back with 10 men to prevent fez red card costs Liverpool more ground: Liverpool fought back with 10 men to prevent a first Premier League defeat in front of home fans at Anfield since 2017 amid a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace. Darwin Nunez was sent off during the match, and included in the first half of this paragraph kills the flow of this paragraph.
Liverpool got their first Premier League point of the season with a 1-1 draw at home on Monday, as Darwin Nunez was sent off for two yellow cards. Luis Diaz’s goal in the first half saved Liverpool from a loss as Wilfried Zaha opened the scoring. Liverpool are four points behind Manchester City after two games and striker Luis Suarez is largely to blame.
Nunez had a few successes in his first 2 appearances against City in the Community Shield and in rescuing a point without them during Fulham’s draw. However, Nunez headbutt just before the hour mark left his team on very unlikely ground while they were already trailing City.
Klopp said that Nunez was provoked and deserved to be sent off, but he also said that it was unfortunate that his side dug themselves such a huge hole. Liverpool’s hard-fought draw could have easily turned into a defeat had it not been for Diaz’s dazzling equaliser. Klopp is proud of his players nonetheless, which was the result of an early season injury crisis that saw nine first-team players sit out last weekend’s match.
Roberto Firmino, Thiago Alcantara, Diogo Jota and Joel Matip, four of Schalke’s best players were all sidelined, while Joe Gomez was only able to play in the game as a last-minute substitution. Nat Phillips was brought in at centre-back due to injury, who had never played in the Premier League before. Liverpool were already reduced to 10 men late-game after Sadio Mane saw red.
“It’s nice to see the hard work pay off,” Klopp said. “We’ve put a lot into this game, and now we’ll plan for the next.” Liverpool started their season with a 2-1 loss in their penultimate pre-season match at newly-promoted Fulham.
Liverpool came out strong but failed to score, while the keeper was able to block a goalbound shot in typical fashion. Jordan Henderson’s, Marco Asensio’s, and Mohamed Salah’s shots were all misses. Milner, Nunez, and Elliott got on target with various chances but none succeeded.
In the first half, Palace barely set foot in the opposition’s half of the field. However, by have a plan to get Zaha open, Vieira got the opening goal early. After finding Eberechi Eze to break through from deep, Zaha broke the offside trap and curled in.
With the ball floating back off of the post, Nunez’s nightmare at Anfield continued when his sloppy shot missed leaving Liverpool down two goals to nil. He was handed a four match ban for his incident with Andersen where he got a headbutt and will miss Manchester United, Bournemouth, and Newcastle games as a result.
Despite Liverpool’s numerical disadvantage, they refused to let their unbeaten home record fall in the coronavirus era.
Diaz scored a few goals, but Donskoi and Zaha pushed Palace back and almost equalized. A Hernandez shot created the space from which Doucoure’s cross nearly resulted in a winner for Ten