Liverpool win a difficult victory over Crystal Palace in the absence of Salah

Liverpool secured their top spot in the Premier League with a 2-1 win at Crystal Palace on Saturday at Selhurst Park in the 13th round.

Sadio Mane (49) and Roberto Firmino scored Liverpool's goals, while Wilfred Zaha scored the only goal of Crystal Palace (82).

The result brings Liverpool to 37 in the lead, eight points ahead of Leicester City, who beat Brighton 2-0, while Crystal Palace is frozen at 15 points in 14th place.

He missed the starting line-up in Liverpool, his Egyptian star Mohamed Salah, who was on the bench with his recovery from injury and played his place Alex Oxlade Chamberlain in the attack line alongside Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane.

Brazilian Fabinho played the pivotal player, giving Jordan's Henderson and Jorginho Vinaldome the freedom to move forward, and in the defense, Diane Lovren continued to play alongside Virgil van Dijk with support from Trent Alexander Arnold and Andy Robertson.

On the other hand, the Crystal Palace, led by old coach Roy Hodgson, to play 4-5-1, with the backline of Joel Ward, James Tomkins, Gary Cahill, and Patrick Van Anholt, and captain Luka Milivojevic as a pivotal player with the support of Sheikho Kouyate and James MacArthur Wilfred Zaha and Andros Townsend were on the wings to help spearhead Jordan Ayu.

First Half

Liverpool wanted to score an early goal, and Mani received a long ball from behind, but goalkeeper Vicente Guayeta went out of his own goal to cut the ball in the third minute. on her.

Despite the tumultuous atmosphere at the Selhurst Park stadiums, Crystal Palace did not take advantage of the crowd factor, and his attacking attempts were timid, most notably when she touched Cahill's header in the 24th minute.

Liverpool almost opened the scoring in the 38th minute, when Van Dijk headed to a corner, and Firmino tried to follow the ball with his foot, but Guaita saves the situation brilliantly. Video technology canceled the home side's 42nd-minute goal from defender Tomkins, citing a batch of striker Io. Before the target.

Second Half

Liverpool looked for a quick start early in the second half.Henderson passed a long ball to Manny, who hit the post near the post, before replacing in the 49th minute, when he met a pass from Robertson and shot with a shot from the right post and then left before crossing the line.

Crystal Palace tried to modify the score, and Townsend fired a powerful shot saved by goalkeeper Alison 52 minutes, and the home side came close to achieving what he wanted in the 60th minute when Io failed to invest a ball sent by Zaha, to overthrow the side.

Liverpool made his first substitution by involving Belgian striker Devok Origi in place of Chamberlain, and goalkeeper Guayta denied Firmino the second goal in the 66th minute, Martin Kelly entered the injured place Ward, and Hodgson inserted former Liverpool striker Christian Bentiki in place of Io.

Palace equalized in the 82nd minute when Townsend prepared the ball for Zaha inside the penalty area on the right, and the latter shot a powerful globe towards the far post of the Liverpool goal.

But Liverpool leveled the score in the 85th minute when they made a corner in front of the goal before Firmino hit the net, giving his side three precious points.