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Ismailia Sarr, a regular goalscorer against the Reds, scored twice shortly before half-time and Yeremy Pino netted late on as the Londoners ultimately eased to a 3-0 victory.The results means Liverpool - which sported 10 changes from the Premier League defeat at Brentford at the weekend - are on their worst run of results in 16 years.The ECHO was in attendance at a very wet Anfield and here we run the rule over the performance of the Liverpool players.READ MORE: Liverpool vs Crystal Palace LIVE - Pino, Sarr goals, Nallo red card, score and commentary streamREAD MORE: Liverpool team confirmed for Crystal Palace as forgotten man returns and two debuts handed outFreddie Woodman 6Clutched efforts from Hughes and Sarr first half and competent distribution, but could perhaps have done a little better with the last goal.Wataru Endo 6Playing as the right-sided of three centre-backs, set the tone early on with some crunching tackles but lost Sarr for the second and ended the game in midfield.Joe Gomez 6Decisive both on the ground and in the air until loose touch gifted Palace chance to open scoring and somewhat wayward after that.Andy Robertson 6Kept matters simple with some effective if agricultural defending. Booked and subbed.Calvin Ramsay 6Fine diagonal to release Ngumoha for one attack first half and happy to get stuck in.
Did as much as could be expected on first Liverpool outing in almost three years.Alexis Mac Allister 6Very much played within himself as he continues to regain full fitness. A tough learning curve.Milos Kerkez 6Steady enough as left wing-back and moments of good understanding with Ngumoha down flank.Kieran Morrison 5Couple of touches early on but wasn’t spotted much first half by team-mates but fared slightly better in that regard after interval.
Subbed.Federico Chiesa 6Some nice touches first half and one shot saved, but should have spent more time in the centre forward position. Subbed.Amara Nallo (for Mac Allister 67) 3His second Liverpool appearance ended the same way as his first when sent off for bringing down Palace sub Justin Devenny.Wellity Lucky (for Robertson 67) 5Loose ball into midfield prompted Palace's third.Kaide Gordon (for Morrison 67) 6A couple of probing runs.Trent Kone-Doherty (for Ngumoha 86)A second senior outing.Ian DoyleIan Doyle has covered Liverpool for more than 20 years, following them across Europe in multiple Champions League and Europa League finals and as far afield as Thailand, Singapore, the United States, Hong Kong and Qatar, and has reported on the Reds winning every major honour.
