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Chris Smith

Sun 10 August 2025 17:25, UK

Crystal Palace shocked Liverpool with a penalty shootout win over the Premier League champions in the Community Shield on Sunday.

Liverpool twice took the lead in the opening 21 minutes, with Hugo Ekitike scoring just four minutes into his debut and Jeremie Frimpong shortly after on his — either side of a Jean-Philippe Mateta equaliser from the spot.

But Palace just would not lie down and deep into the second half, dragged themselves level again with Adam Wharton feeding Ismaila Sarr, who made no mistake in firing beyond Alisson — though he did need a little help from the post.

A penalty shootout followed.

Mohamed Salah blazed the opening effort over the bar, while Henderson then saved Alexis Mac Allister and Harvey Elliot’s penalties to give Palace a huge advantage.

Mateta, Sarr and Devenny all scored for Palace, meaning Eberechi Eze and Borna Sosa’s misses went unpunished.

Here are the full player ratings from another glorious day for Palace at Wembley.

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Dean Henderson – 8

Beaten low by Ekitike and caught out by Frimpong’s mishit cross, with -1.20 goals prevented according to FotMob, but he did improve greatly in the second half, and brilliantly denied Mac Allister and Elliott during the shootout.

Chris Richards – 5

Gave Ekitike too much space on Liverpool’s opener but defended well enough otherwise.

Maxence Lacroix – 6

Solid defensively but rather wasteful with the ball, completing just 74% of his passes, including just one out of eight long passes.

Marc Guehi – 7

Under a lot of pressure captaining Palace here, given the heavy links to Liverpool this summer.

Virgil van Dijk did just that, fouling Sarr in the first half for the penalty and stepping out into no man’s land to give the winger a free run at goal in the second half.

Scored his penalty in the shootout.

Scored in the shootout.

Hughes was involved in Palace’s second goal

Will Hughes (on for Kamada, 29?) – 7

Offered plenty of industry and composure in the middle for Palace, including winning the ball back from Cody Gakpo in the build-up to their second goal.