Five Things We Learned From Crystal Palace 1-3 Liverpool

Liverpool head into the international break with a win after goals from Alexis Mac Allister, Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak meant the Reds overcame a tough away day at Selhurst Park.

Here are five things we learned from this Premier League victory.

The Brazilian goalkeeper has been a player questioned and criticised in the last few weeks, with some going as far as to say he needed to be dropped in favour of Giorgi Mamardashvili, but he showed everyone in this game why he is one of the world's best.

Save after save, Crystal Palace couldn't find a way through the one-man wall at times, and had it not been for a late penalty that was converted by Eddie Nketiah, Alisson would have earned a fully deserved clean sheet on the road alongside his LFC Transfer Room Player of the Match.

Milos Kerkez and Kostas Tsimikas have both been given opportunities to impress and show Andoni Iraola why they should be the club's first-choice left-back, but neither has really taken their chances, and it's becoming a problem for LFC.

Both are very inconsistent, and it is becoming clear that unless one of them steps up after the international break and proves to the fanbase and the club as a whole that they are good enough, it will need to be a position to be addressed in the summer window.

Kerkez played against Palace and was poor, offering nothing going forward and getting beaten by his attacker on several occasions, capped off by giving away a penalty, which may have been controversial, but it really summarised his performance.

A player who has impressed when given his chance to is Alexis Mac Allister. 

After a nervous opening few games for Ryan Gravenberch, Mac Allister was introduced into the double pivot and has been a mainstay there ever since.

Both offensively and defensively, he is such an asset for Liverpool, with the performances he is putting in likely making the club's hierarchy rethink their decision not to offer the Argentine a new contract over the summer.

He scored another headed goal against Crystal Palace, as well as making numerous tackles and interventions, breaking up the play and halting any Palace momentum.

The three big money superstars at Liverpool are really starting to gel together and combine for goals in Red.

Barcola's cross to the edge of the box was superb, and he carried a much greater threat when he was moved over to the right-hand side at the start of the second half, which is something that Iraola could look to do more often in the games ahead.

Florian Wirtz linked play together nicely; he got himself the assist for the Isak goal, and took his chance very well from just inside the penalty area, a position that the German thrives in.

And Alexander Isak had a rollercoaster of a game, with a lot of good link-up play and getting himself into the right position to have opportunities, but he couldn't sort his feet out for an early chance, minutes into the game.

Then, in the second half, he was one-on-one with Dean Henderson, his shot being saved by the England international. His goal would eventually come, and if we are rating our striker on goals, he did get that, eventually.

The performance overall from Liverpool wasn't spectacular or free-flowing throughout, but it was enough to get the job done, secure the victory and end a two-game losing streak for Andoni Iraola.

The goals were all quality for his side, and the fact that they scored three and could have had more will be a huge sigh of relief for Iraola after being questioned in the build-up to this game about the lack of clear-cut chances his team have been making in the Premier League so far this season.

However, the Basque boss will be fully aware that this Crystal Palace outfit was very low on confidence, and there will be tougher tests ahead, not least the first game back after the international break against Manchester United.

But he can go into this two-week pause in club football in positive spirits, knowing his side sits in the top four and still has gears to climb.

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