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Oliver Glasner’s team held the lead for most of the contest despite the Premier League title holders fielding stars like Florian Wirtz, Alexander Isak and Mohamed Salah.
Substitute Federico Chiesa believed he had rescued a point with his equaliser on 87 minutes.
But the match wasn’t over, as Liverpool’s summer transfer target Marc Guehi flicked the ball to Eddie Nketiah, who smashed past Alisson deep into stoppage time.
Palace climbed to second place, just three points behind leaders Liverpool, and remain the only unbeaten team in the Premier League this season.
The post-match analysis from Liverpool’s camp began swiftly.
Many supporters expressed frustration with Ibrahima Konate following a disappointing display before he was taken off for Jeremie Frimpong on 74 minutes.
Soon after Liverpool’s first defeat of the 2025/26 season, Slot shared his thoughts on the game and seemed to criticise a player’s decision in the lead-up to Palace’s stoppage-time goal.
Speaking in a press conference, the Dutchman said: “One of our players decided to run out because he wanted to play a counter-attack, which was of no use because time was up, so it was only about defending.
“Maybe we were too offensively minded. Not we, one player, was too offensively minded in that moment, which led to them scoring the winner, us losing the game.”
Although he didn’t mention anyone by name, Salah was the only Liverpool player not defending the penalty area when the decisive goal was scored.
Frimpong also appeared to step forward, briefly leaving Nketiah unmarked before the striker found the net.
Later in the press conference, Slot was asked about his concerns over conceding twice from set pieces, to which he replied: “No… Today, they had more than only two set-piece goals. They didn’t score more, but they had chances from open play, from transition. So, there were more things not to like today than only defending set-pieces. The good thing was that in the other moments, Alisson saved us.”
The 47-year-old acknowledged Palace’s superiority and noted that the hosts could have been “two or three goals [up] in the first half”.
Liverpool’s next fixture is a Champions League away match in Istanbul against Turkish champions Galatasaray on Tuesday.
Crystal Palace will take on Dynamo Kyiv in their Conference League opener in Poland on Thursday.
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