We may as well have left Benteke on the bench for this game ,I think Palace's defenders were delighted we were playing primarily off the big mans knock downs ,other than that we dominated proceedings but still need a striker who has the pace to run at defenders ,and our Achilles heel came back to haunt us
'defending corners' . I thought Moreno played really well today ,so too Lallana ,and some of the link up play was really promising ,but we still have players who seem reluctant to release the ball early ,none more so than Ibe in the second half .
Sakho will be a huge miss in our forthcoming fixtures ,here's hoping the up and coming interlude of Internationals provide adequate recovery time .OK its our first defeat under Klopp ,but it was also imo our best home performance ,we bossed that game from start to finish against a team that all but murdered United in terms of possession ,Palace are a strong team and currently have the Indian sign over us ,but albeit from being well drilled their is no tactical nous
behind throwing 8 men behind the ball to snuff out chances in a workmanlike fashion then hit on the break with the pace of Bolasie and Zaha ,and then prey on teams weaknesses at set pieces. They're no more impressive than that ! Liverpool on the other hand suffer far to much at corners and free kicks ,a weakness all too evident to teams like Palace.
Benteke hindered our game today I would have personally played Firmino and left the big man on the bench ,because his threat was meat and drink for Palaces defence earlier.