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<\/p>\nLiverpool are back in action on Saturday when Crystal Palace come to Anfield in the Premier League<\/p>\n
06:00, 25 Apr 2026Updated 12:45, 25 Apr 2026<\/p>\n
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Cody Gakpo and Curtis Jones of Liverpool during a training session at AXA Training Centre on April 13, 2026 in Kirkby, England. (Photo by Nikki Dyer – LFC\/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Liverpool’s chances of a top five-finish took a huge shot in the arm with Virgil van Dijk’s late, great winner against Everton last Sunday<\/a>.<\/p>\n But in order to stay on course the Reds are now going to have to get a positive result against Crystal Palace, who they have lost to three times already this season.<\/p>\n Liverpool<\/a> go into the weekend five points clear of sixth-placed Brighton & Hove Albion, and with games against fellow top-five challenges Manchester United, Chelsea and Aston Villa to come.<\/p>\n The visit of the Eagles looks a crucial content, then.<\/p>\n LIVE UPDATES FROM LIVERPOOL VS CRYSTAL PALACE RIGHT HERE<\/a><\/p>\n But how would our Reds writers play it if they were picking the team?<\/p>\n Ian Doyle<\/p>\n Buckle down for what is likely to be a real war of attrition against a team that has beaten Liverpool three times already this season.<\/p>\n What, though, is Reds boss Arne Slot<\/a> to do? With no midweek game, full concentration has been on the visit of Crystal Palace and there really shouldn’t be much rotation.<\/p>\n Freddie Woodman is going to have to start in goal. In front of him are Ibrahima Konate<\/a> and skipper Virgil van Dijk, while Curtis Jones<\/a> can continue at right-back. Milos Kerkez, however, should return at left-back.<\/p>\n In midfield, no change, with Ryan Gravenberch<\/a> and Dominik Szoboszlai the double pivot and Florian Wirtz<\/a> the No. 10.<\/p>\n And up top, it stays as Alexander Isak<\/a> down the middle, Cody Gakpo on the left and Mohamed Salah<\/a> on the right.<\/p>\n My team (4-2-3-1): Woodman; Jones, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Szoboszlai, Gravenberch; Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo; Isak.<\/p>\n Mark Jones<\/p>\n Curtis Jones put in such a good performance at Everton that he has to stay in the side, but does he stay in at right-back? I’m going to say yes.<\/p>\n He’s there to the right of the usual centre-back pairing of Ibrahima Konate and Virgil van Dijk<\/a>, with Milos Kerkez<\/a> returning to the side at left-back in place of Andy Robertson<\/a>. That is a solid enough back four to play in front of Freddie Woodman, who will obviously need some protection.<\/p>\n Ryan Gravenberch and Dominik Szoboszlai<\/a> can then form the two-man central midfield that it seems as though we’re going to be seeing a lot of next season, with Florian Wirtz ahead of them as the No. 10, which is where he should be playing.<\/p>\n Then Mohamed Salah starts on the right, Alexander Isak gets another go in attack and I’ll go with Cody Gakpo<\/a> on the left after he too impressed at the weekend. That means Rio Ngumoha<\/a> is again on the bench, but he can make a vital contribution from there.<\/p>\n My team (4-2-3-1): Woodman; Jones, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Szoboszlai, Gravenberch; Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo; Isak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool are back in action on Saturday when Crystal Palace come to Anfield in the Premier League 06:00,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2628,2233,1228,2231,59,134,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-549996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-barclays-premier-league","tag-cody-gakpo","tag-crystal-palace-fc","tag-curtis-jones","tag-gb","tag-liverpool-fc","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}