At Selhurst Park, Jurgen Klopp’s team overcame a late deficit to win, setting up Jordan Ayew’s second-half red card.

After a boring opening 70 minutes at Crystal Palace, Liverpool overcame a 2-1 deficit to take the lead in the Premier League—at least for a few hours. A large portion of their victory was due to Jurgen Klopp’s substitutions and a good amount of luck.

The Reds got off to a strong start in south London, but Palace had the finest chance of the first half when the excellent Alisson Becker, who was back, brilliantly deflected Jefferson Lerma’s hard shot onto the post from close range.

Before the half, Roy Hodgson’s team also saw a penalty call reversed. However, after the break, Jarell Quansah was found to have fouled Jean Philippe-Mateta while he was attacking a cross at the near post, and the Palace striker got up to score from the spot.

Liverpool struggled to find an equalizer, but the game finally turned in their favor when Jordan Ayew was sent off for two relatively soft bookings in the 75th minute. A few moments later, Mohamed Salah scored his 200th goal for the team and his 150th in the Premier League, bringing the score to 2-2.After that, the Palace goal was under assault, but in the first minute of stoppage time, replacement Harvey Elliott managed to get through by eluding a few defenders and burying a shot from 20 yards.The Selhurst Park players for Liverpool are rated by GOAL.

Goalkeeper & Defence

Alisson Becker (8/10):

Superb save denied Lerma in the first half but couldn’t keep out Mateta’s penalty. Fine late parry to deny Andersen’s header in the final seconds marked an excellent return from injury.

Trent Alexander-Arnold (7/10):

Liverpool’s best outfield player for the first hour, both as a right-back in the first half and as a central midfielder in the second. Showed good energy and excellent passing range.

Jarell Quansah (6/10):

Incredibly assured early on but Palace began to target his inexperience as the game wore on. A little unfortunate to concede the penalty with his final act before being substituted.

Virgil van Dijk (6/10):

Solid at the back for the most part as he looked to guide Quansah through the game.

Kostas Tsimikas (4/10):

Most of Palace’s best attacks came down his flank as Tsimikas struggled to track back in transition. Set-play delivery was poor, too.

Midfield

Wataru Endo (4/10):

Didn’t take enough risks in possession and struggled with the physicality that Palace’s midfield imposed. Replaced at half-time.

Dominik Szoboszlai (4/10):

Visitors needed more from the Hungarian star in terms of creating opportunities against Palace’s low block. Struggled to impose himself and was replaced for the final 20 minutes.

Ryan Gravenberch (5/10):

Ran down too many blind allies when he picked up possession. Won the ball back well a couple of times, but didn’t offer enough to warrant being kept on beyond the early stages of the second half.

Attack

Mohamed Salah (5/10):

Palace kept him incredibly quiet for the first 75 minutes before he found himself in the right place to net the equaliser and bring up his 200th goal for the club.

Darwin Nunez (2/10):

Felt like that he spent the whole afternoon in an offside position. His anonymity meant Liverpool were basically playing with 10 men until he was replaced shortly before the equaliser.

Luis Diaz (3/10):

Looked tired almost from the outset and struggled to create much from the left-hand side, especially when he tried to link with Nunez. Had a late goal – a wonderful dinked finish – rightly ruled out for offside.

Subs & Manager

Joe Gomez (7/10):

Grew into the game, and created plenty from right-back once Ayew was sent off.

Cody Gakpo (7/10):

Injected some positivity and creativity into the Liverpool midfield after coming on for Gravenberch. Played a key role in Salah’s equaliser.

Ibrahima Konate (5/10):

Seems to have lost a lot of confidence and was guilty of fouls or poor passes in late Liverpool attacks.

Curtis Jones (7/10):

Probably should have started, and showed why with an energetic display, capped by his deft touch amid the chaos to set up Salah for the equaliser.

Harvey Elliott (8/10):

Another impressive cameo off the bench, and his superb individual strike from 20 yards proved to be the difference on the day.

Jurgen Klopp (6/10):

A mixed afternoon for the Reds boss. Got his midfield composition wrong given Palace’s low block, but made the right substitutions to get the visitors back into the game.