Barclays Premier League latest scores and updates: Liverpool 1-3 Crystal Palace: Live
Get the feeling this isn't going to be the day Gerrard dreamed of? Zaha advances towards the box, sells Lucas a step over and is clipped by the Brazilian. Murray steps up but is denied by Mignolet, who leaps to his right to make the save. No matter, the Palace striker reacts first to tuck away the rebound.
Bolasie hits the crossbar! The winger brilliantly pulls a long ball out of the air out on the right, squirms inside past Moreno before side stepping Skrtel and letting fly with a curling effort that has Mignolet beaten. It's a sublime individual effort, but fate isn't having it, as his shot cannons back out off the woodwork.
What a shout from Alan Pardew! Bolasie has been menacing the Liverpool backline all evening and this time when he cuts in from the right, Zaha is on the end of it to tap home 22 seconds after being bought on by his manager! The former Manchester United man looked offside so Liverpool will have fair reason to be unhappy. but it's nothing Palace don't deserve.
Palace have two shouts for a penalty. First, Bolasie's shot appears to bounce off the arm of Skrtel. Everyone but Lee appeals, but he soons joins in after he is clipped from a clumsy challenge from Skrtel again having chased up the loose ball. Palace get no joy, however, and the ref ignores both shouts.
Coutinho slices open Palace's backline with a wonderful lofted pass for Henderson who takes the ball down on his chest inside the box. His control is excellent, but he can't pull the trigger on the shot. Palace scramble it away, but only as far as Ibe who tries to find the net at the near post, but instead finds the side netting.
Palace waste a wonderful chance to pull level! Bolasie, over on the right this time, skips past Moreno in acres of space and drills a cross into the six yard area. Chamakh does well to hold off his marker and usher the ball into the path of Ledley who is racing into the box, but the Wales midfielder can only hammer a woeful effort over the bar.
Liverpool take the lead! It;s been all Palace for the last 10 minutes but a horrible pass across his goal from former Red Martin Kelly allows Lallana to break through with the goal at his mercy. He still has a lot to do but finds a wonderful finish, clipping the ball across Hennessey and into the back of the net.
More neat build up play from Palace involving Puncheon and Chamakh (!) on the edge of the box, with the latter backheeling (!!) a ball into the path of Ward on the edge of the box. He takes a moment to line up his cross but proceeds to hammer a ball across goal into no one in particular and the chance goes.
Just the two changes for Liverpool then as Jordon Ibe and Alberto Moreno come in for Glen Johnson and Rickie Lambert. Brendan Rodgers again opts for Jerome Sinclair as his attacking option off the bench ahead of both Mario Balotelli and Fabio Borini.
Maroaune Chamakh has barely got a look in under Alan Pardew's reign in south east London but he will have the chance to prove himself this evening. Mile Jedinak is left out again.
BREAKING: Jason Puncheon returns to Alan Pardew's starting XI while there is also room up top for Marouane Chamakh. Wilfried Zaha starts on the bench.
Palace team to face Liverpool: Hennessey; Ward, Dann (C), Kelly, Souare; McArthur, Ledley, Puncheon; Lee, Bolasie; Chamakh.
Subs: Speroni, Delaney, Jedinak, Mutch, Zaha, Campbell, Murray.
BREAKING: Steven Gerrard starts in his final game at Anfield. Obviously. Martin Skrtel and Dejan Lovren continue at the heart of defence but Mamadou Sakho misses out.
Liverpool team to face Crystal Palace: Mignolet, Can, Skrtel, Lovren, Moreno, Gerrard, Henderson, Lallana, Coutinho, Ibe, Sterling
Subs: Ward, Johnson, Toure, Lambert, Lucas, Allen, Sinclair
Crystal Palace news: Jason Puncheon was left on the bench against Manchester United last week but came off the bench to score a wonderful free kick as Palace fought toe to toe with Louis van Gaal's side. Since then, he has been awarded with a new contract. All signs suggest he will reclaim a starting role this evening.
Liverpool news: Starting appearances for Steven Gerrard have been far from a guarantee this season, but he will be greeted out onto the pitch by a guard of honour this evening. Mamadou Sakho is also set to feature having recovered from a hamstring problem that sidelined him for five weeks. Liverpool have no other injury concerns for their final home game of the season.
Game 709 for Steven Gerrard will be his last in front of an Anfield crowd. The iconic captain will leave the club at the end of the season to join LA Galaxy in the MLS, and with an away fixture at Stoke City on the final day of the season likely to lack universal sentiment, today will mark the skipper's final farewell in front of his own fans.
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