Wirtz scores and assists as Liverpool beat Palace 3-1

Liverpool beat Crystal Palace 3-1 at Selhurst Park. Florian Wirtz, the player of the game with a Chirp Rating of 8.0, scored once and set up another goal.

Alexis Mac Allister broke the deadlock in the 40th minute. He met a Dominik Szoboszlai cross from a set piece with a header from the centre of the box. Liverpool led 1-0 at the break. Wirtz made it 2-0 in the 54th minute. He hit a right footed shot into the bottom left corner after a Bradley Barcola cross.

Palace stayed in range until late. In the 89th minute Wirtz turned provider on a fast break, and Alexander Isak finished from the centre of the box to make it 3-0. Eddie Nketiah converted a penalty into the bottom right corner in the 90th minute plus five, but it only cut the gap to 3-1.

Liverpool improve to 5-3-2. Palace fall to 2-1-7. Chirp's Sim had Liverpool at 50% and called it.