Crystal Palace Vs Liverpool: Arne Slot Record And Keep The Throne

The forward Mohamed Salah became Liverpool's mainstay against Crystal Palace. (X/@LFC)

JAKARTA - Liverpool became the seed during the away match against Crystal Palace in the English Premier League. With Arne Slot's manager's brilliant record capital, Liverpool are optimistic about guarding the standings throne in a duel at Selhurst Park Stadium, London, Saturday, October 5, 2024 evening WIB.

The match during the day or lunchtime local time when Liverpool were aiming for victory at Palace. Liverpool could not relax after a coup by removing Manchester City, which had previously occupied the standings throne.

The problem is, the competition at the top is still very tight. The battle for the top position involves not only Liverpool and Man City who are defending champions but also Arsenal and Chelsea and Aston Villa.

Liverpool, who pocketed 15 points after a 2-1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers, are only one point ahead with Man City and Arsenal. Meanwhile, Chelsea and Villa, who are in fourth and fifth place, have 13 points.

The teams took a peek at each other to tackle each other. Manager Arne Slot didn't want to lose the chance to defend Liverpool's position. Moreover, Slot managed to set a record as Liverpool's first manager to win eight wins from the first nine matches in various competitions.

The impressive achievement of Slot made him said he would join Jurgen Klopp, Bill careky and Bob Paisley, who holds the status of legendary coaches of the Reds. They succeeded not only in giving the Premier League trophy but also the Champions League [formerly the Champions Cup] and various other trophies.

But the time will tell because Slot has only been in charge of Liverpool for a few months so he hasn't brought the trophy to Anfield yet.

Now, the former Feyenoord coach is chasing the ninth victory as well as establishing Liverpool's position at the top. In addition, Slot can match Felipe Scolari's record, John Gregory and Bobby Gould, who have brought the team to five consecutive wins in away matches.

In order to meet the three-point target, Slot may not make many changes to the composition of the starter. Midfielders Alexis Mac Allister and Mohamed Salah who scored in Liverpool's 2-0 win over Bologna in the Champions League will return to be their first choice.

However, forward Darwin Nunez will likely sit on the bench. On the other hand, it was striker Diogo Jota who got his turn as a starter. In the match against Bologna, he was played as Nunez's replacement when Liverpool were 1-0 up.

Only Federico Chiesa missed the match. The Italian national team player suffered an injury ahead of the match against Bologna. He was also declared not to have recovered from his injury so he could not appear against Palace.

Meanwhile, Palace manager Oliver Glasner had to work hard to fix the team. Palace's performance is still unstable making them struggling at the bottom. Palace is even ranked 18th or in the relegation zone.

Even though he is at the bottom, Glasner's position is still safe from the issue of dismissal. Moreover, Palace is still staying in the Carabao Cup.

Hanya, dirinya tak bisa menurunkan skuat terbaik saat Palace butuh kemenangan. Ini yang membuat tuan rumah kurang diunggulankan. Pasalnya sejumlah pemain pilar bakal selewat, di antaranya Chadi Riad, Christopher Richards dan Cheick Doucoure

The forward Eddie Nketiah who was brought in from Arsenal became Palace's hope to break into Liverpool's goal. He will work hand in hand with Philippe Mateta and Eberechi Eze.

Goalkeeper Dean Henderson will be the mainstay to stem Liverpool's attack. After losing against another Liverpool team, Everton, now Glasner hopes to win points even though The Pool is clearly stronger than Everton.

Crystal Palace Lineup Forecast (3-4-3): Henderson; Lerma, Guehi, Lacroix; Munoz, Wharton, Kamada, Mitchell; Nketiah, Mateta, Eze

Liverpool (4-2-3-1): Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Szoboszlai, Diaz; Jota