Lady Luck is certainly watching over Liverpool this season. The Reds are, no doubt, in excellent form, unlike in 2022, but they still had a few games this season when they were a bit lucky to get good results, despite bad performance. It all started with a 1-0 defeat from Newcastle until the 80th minute, which finished 2-1 for the Reds. Then Jurgen Klopp’s boys were on the losing side against sorry Luton until the 94th minute but managed a draw. Next on the line was Fulham 10 days ago, when they went from 3-2 in the 80th minute to a 4-3 win at the end. And today, that lucky streak continued in London against Crystal Palace: 1-0 until the 76th minute, but a 2-1 win over the Eagles in the end, and a top place in the Premier League.200 – Mohamed Salah has scored his 200th goal for Liverpool in all competitions, becoming only the fifth player in the club’s history to reach that landmark. Prolific. pic.twitter.com/0cJYgQByiv— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 9, 2023 Liverpool played badly today; they only had possession in their favour and nothing else; they only had two shots on target, but those two shots were three goals, and nobody in the famous club will care how they did it; they are at the top of the league. And considering that Arsenal has a very tricky game in Birmingham against Villa, it’s realistic to imagine that the Reds will remain first until next week at least.MORE TO FOLLOW….ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 16SaturdayCrystal Palace – Liverpool 1-2 (0-0)/Mateta 57 – Salah 76, Elliott 90+1/18.00: (4.60) Sheffield Utd (3.60) Brentford (1.80)18.00: (1.50) Brighton (4.30) Burnley (6.50)18.00: (1.55) Man.Utd. (4.10) Bournemouth (6.00)18.00: (1.90) Wolverhampton (3.60) Nott.Forest (4.50)20.30: (3.45) Aston Villa (3.50) Arsenal (2.20)Sunday17.00: (14.0) Luton (8.00) Man.City (1.20)17.00: (3.20) Everton (3.40) Chelsea (2.25)17.00: (2.45) Fulham (3.50) West Ham (3.05)19.30: (2.20) Tottenham (3.60) Newcastle (3.40)***odds are subject to change**
