Isak on target as Liverpool defeat Crystal Palace

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Alexander Isak on target as Liverpool defeat Crystal Palace to go fourth in the table Updated / Saturday, 25 Apr 2026 17:43 Alexander Isak opened the scoring with his first goal since returning from injury British-record signing Alexander Isak scored as Liverpool moved closer to securing Champions League football next season, but the 3-1 victory over Crystal Palace owed as much to third-choice goalkeeper Freddie Woodman. Isak, in only his fifth game back since fracturing a fibula at Tottenham in December, has naturally taken time to rediscover his sharpness after four months out.

Palace’s 71st-minute goal, controversially scored by Daniel Munoz – who lobbed the ball into an empty net with Woodman laid injured – had subdued the mood. Woodman closed down Jean-Philippe Mateta after Curtis Jones was caught in possession for his first important save but his second was a brilliant, instinctive reaction low down to his left to keep out the Frenchman’s header.

The Kop sang his name and the soon-to-return Alisson Becker applauded from the bench, with "England’s number one" ringing out after he clawed Maxence Lacroix’s header off the line. For a moment it appeared the 21-year-old Armin Pecsi would be summoned from the bench but Woodman continued and was relieved to see Jorgen Strand Larsson’s shot rebound off one post, roll along the line and clip the other upright.