On Monday late in the evening, the last matches of the second round of the English Premier League were played.
In London, local Crystal Palace hosted Liverpool footballers. Jurgen Klopp's team coped with the pressure from the hosts and celebrated a 2-0 victory.
The Reds created more opportunities in the first half than their opponents, but had to wait for the first goal.
At the end of the first half, the match referee made a decision that determined the end of the match - he awarded a penalty kick to the hosts' goal when Mohamed Salah was fouled.
Standing at the penalty spot, James Milner did not make a mistake - the Englishman struck accurately and Liverpool gained the advantage.
In the second half, Crystal Palace tried to fight back and had quite good opportunities, but Liverpool was saved from conceding multiple times by an outstanding performance from Alisson in goal.
In the 75th minute, the battle in the match was over - M. Salah set off alone towards the goal, Aaron Wan-Bissaka tried to catch up with the Egyptian and tackled him from behind. M. Salah fell to the ground, without his goal, but the Crystal Palace defender was shown a red card, leaving the hosts to play with ten.
Sadio Mane sealed the final point at the end of the match - Liverpool launched a quick counterattack, M. Salah passed the ball to Sadio Mane, who managed to score the second goal on his own against the goalkeeper.
The Reds secured their second consecutive victory and also maintained a clean sheet.
Result:
Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Liverpool
45' [0 - 1] J. Milner (Penalty kick) 90+3' [0 - 2] S. Mane 75' A. Wan-Bissaka (Crystal Palace) sent off from the field
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