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It has been a great and imperfect title race, all the better for that imperfection.
Last exit: not good for either team.
As is. Liverpool You can go back to the top for at least a couple of hours. Palace is bordering on danger.
Liverpool also welcomes Trent Alexander-Arnold to the team. Alisson Becker returns after 10 weeks out. Mohamed Salah, Conor Bradley, Andy Robertson and Luis Díaz are back, although three of them played half of the Atalanta game. Diogo Jota is also back, and on the bench.
Michael Olise played the final minutes of Palace's defeat to Manchester City last week, and there is a surprise start for Nathaniel Clyne in place of Joel Ward.
The teams: Alisson returns to Liverpool, Olise to Palace
Liverpool: Alisson, Bradley, van Dijk, Konate, Robertson, Jones, Endo, Mac Allister, Salah, Núñez, Díaz. Substitutes: Gomez, Szoboszlai, Gakpo, Elliott, Jota, Gravenberch, Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, Quansah.
Crystal Palace: Henderson, Muñoz, Andersen, Lerma, Clyne, Wharton, Hughes, Mitchell, Olise, Mateta, Eze. Substitutes: Ward, Tomkins, Ayew, Schlupp, Edouard, Ahamada, Matthews, Riedewald, Ozoh.
Referee: Chris Kavanagh (Lancashire)
Preamble
The heat is on for Liverpool. crystal Palace, too, even if Liverpool's need to win is the obvious starter requirement here. After Old Trafford, after Atalanta, there is a lot of wobble on Merseyside. On Thursday in the Europa League, Jurgen Klopp changed his team, but made three changes at half-time. He didn't make any difference. In fact, things got worse. Within Liverpool's game there are fragments of high quality, but also many weaknesses. Meanwhile, Palace have only won one game since Oliver Glasner arrived. And again, while there are positive signs, there are also serious reasons for concern. No less important is that Brentford ended their own winless streak, putting pressure on Palace not to slip any further and allow themselves to be dragged among Luton.
Kick-off is at 2pm UK time. Join me.
