Liverpool moves fourth with 3-1 win
- Liverpool beat Crystal Palace 3-1 at Anfield on Saturday, April 25, with goals from Alexander Isak, Andy Robertson and Florian Wirtz sending Arne Slot’s side up to fourth place. - Isak opened the scoring in the 35th minute, Robertson made it 2-0 five minutes later, and Wirtz sealed the win in stoppage time after Daniel Munoz cut Palace’s deficit. - The result lifted Liverpool to 58 points from 34 matches and above Aston Villa on goal difference in the race for Champions League qualification. (premierleague.com) (thestar.com.my)
Liverpool moved into fourth place in the Premier League with a 3-1 home win over Crystal Palace on Saturday, April 25. (skysports.com) (premierleague.com) Alexander Isak scored in the 35th minute and Andy Robertson doubled the lead five minutes later at Anfield, before Florian Wirtz added Liverpool’s third in stoppage time. (skysports.com) (espn.com) Crystal Palace got one back through Daniel Munoz in the 71st minute after Liverpool goalkeeper Freddie Woodman went down injured in the move, a goal Sky Sports described as controversial. (skysports.com) The win took Liverpool to 58 points from 34 matches and above Aston Villa on goal difference after Villa lost 1-0 at Fulham earlier in the day. (thestar.com.my) (premierleague.com) That left Arne Slot’s team level on points with Manchester United and eight points clear of sixth-placed Brighton, tightening Liverpool’s grip on a Champions League place with four league games left. (skysports.com) The afternoon carried a cost for Liverpool when Mohamed Salah went off in the 60th minute with a suspected hamstring injury. Slot said afterward it was “too early to say” how serious the problem was. (skysports.com) (thestar.com.my) Reuters reported that Salah, 33, has already said he will leave Liverpool at the end of the season, raising the possibility that the Palace match was his final appearance at Anfield. (thestar.com.my) Palace arrived in 13th place and had already beaten Liverpool three times this season across all competitions, including on penalties in the Community Shield and 3-0 at Anfield in the League Cup, according to Reuters. (thestar.com.my) Liverpool now head into the final stretch with league matches against Manchester United on May 3, Chelsea on May 9, Aston Villa on May 17 and Brentford on May 24. Saturday’s win changed the table immediately; Salah’s injury could shape what happens next. (thestar.com.my)
