First Half: Johnson has a penalty appeal turned down. Sakho heads wide of the far post from a corner. Johnson heads over the bar. Sturridge has a shot from the edge of the box deflected wide of the far post. Goal! 0-1, Liverpool take the lead through Allen who heads in at the far post from a corner. Puncheon has a low drilled shot from long range parried past the near post. Jedinak has a long range blast tipped over the bar.
Half Time: 0-1.
Second Half: Suarez has a penalty appeal turned down. Sturridge has a curling shot from the edge of the box parried onto the far post before Suarez blazes a shot over the bar. Goal! 0-2, Sturridge scores with a low shot from the edge of the box into the near bottom corner. Goal! 0-3, Suarez plays a neat one-two with Sterling before slotting a shot under the keeper at the near side. Goal! 1-3, Delaney's close range shot deflects in off Johnson into the near top corner. Coutinho has an effort tipped over the bar. Goal! 2-3, Bolasie makes a powerful run before laying the ball off to Gayle who steers a low shot into the far bottom corner. Goal! 3-3, Palace equalise as Murray chests the ball down to Gayle who slots a low shot into the near side. Lucas has an effort blocked.
Full Time: 3-3.
Palace 11th, 43>44pts
Liverpool 2nd>1st, 80>81pts
My Opinion:
My man of the match was Gayle. Palace stun Liverpool with amazing comeback. Palace were outplayed for the majority of the match and it looked like a case of how many they were going to concede. Nobody could have seen the incredible comeback that was to come as it was just extraordinary. At 3-0 down and with just over ten minutes to go, everyone expected Palace to lose. However, Palace broke away and scored through Delaney for what seemed like a consolation goal. Incredibly, Gayle came off the bench and netted a brace to level the match at 3-3. An outstanding effort in what was a brilliant short summary of their season under Pulis.
Liverpool played so well and deservedly went three goals up and could easily have been more ahead. They knew that they had an inferior goal difference compared to Man City and thus this was a great chance to reduce that deficit. It really did seem like it was just a case of how many could Liverpool score. However, they struggled to find the back of the net after Suarez made it 3-0 and consequently pushed more and more players forward. This left them extremely vulnerable at the break and they paid a very heavy price for being so open. They should have had a rethink once Palace broke away and scored their first goal but they continued to press on which ended horribly for them. Gayle scored twice and at 3-3, Liverpool can't believe they have thrown three points away. That result puts the title firmly in City's control and it looks unlikely now that Liverpool will become champions.
Best Goal: Sturridge, Suarez, Gayle. Winner: Sturridge
League Leaders:
1. Liverpool P37 - 81pts
2. Man City P36 - 80pts
3. Chelsea P37 - 79pts
4. Arsenal P37 - 76pts
5. Everton P37 - 69pts
Relegation Battle:
16. West Brom P36 - 36pts
17. Sunderland P36 - 35pts
18. Norwich P37 - 33pts
19. Fulham P37 - 31pts Relegated
20. Cardiff P37 - 30pts Relegated
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