Liverpool slipped to their first defeat of the season as Eddie Nketiah’s dramatic late winner earned Crystal Palace a deserved 2–1 win at Selhurst Park.
The reigning Premier League champions were pulled from pillar to post during the first half, repeatedly sliced open by their hosts and forced to rely on the brilliance of Alisson to keep them in the game. Palace could have been out of sight at the half-time whistle, but only Ismaïla Sarr was able to find the net before the break.
The Reds looked significantly sharper after the restart and appeared to have stolen a late point via Federico Chiesa's 87th-minute strike, but Nketiah had other ideas as he rolled beyond Alisson in the dying embers to end Liverpool’s perfect record.
Here are four takeaways from a thrilling clash at Selhurst Park.
