Zaha in action against Liverpool
Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palace
by James Nalton
at Anfield
PATRICK VIEIRA’S Crystal Palace executed their plan perfectly on Monday evening, taking a point from Anfield thanks to a 1-1 draw against Liverpool.
Palace were set up to make the most of Liverpool being out of sorts in front of goal and opened the scoring themselves from a swift counter-attack.
Liverpool’s high defensive line is often spoken of as a weakness, even though it rarely is. But on this occasion the fifth-choice centre-back Nat Phillips didn’t quite have the confidence to keep the defensive line alongside Virgil van Dijk.
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