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Last season, Liverpool put seven goals past Crystal Palace in this fixture and led the Premier League, albeit briefly, by six points. But the world was a very different place then, after 14 rounds of the 2020/21 season. Leicester City were second and Everton (!!) were fourth. Manchester City languished down in eighth, hatching a cunning plan for their post-Christmas charge to the title.
Second-placed Liverpool approach today’s match trailing the champions by 12 points and they are also without the prolific forwards Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mané – the former knocked in a hat-trick in that 7-0 win. Added to which, the conservatism of the Roy Hodgson era at Selhurst Park is a distant memory now that a young, talented and progressive coach has taken over in the shape of Patrick Vieira.
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