Liverpool 2-1 Crystal Palace Five Points
Roberto Firmino scored a late winner as Liverpool beat Crystal Palace 2-1 on Saturday to help maintain an eight-point lead at the top of the Premier League.
It was strike partner Sadio Mane who opened the scoring for the Reds just after the break at Selhurst Park, but Wilfried Zaha equalised for the hosts with 82 minutes on the clock.
However, with five minutes left to play, Firmino kept cool amid a goalmouth scramble to fire home from six yards and ensure all three points headed back to Anfield.
Here are five talking points from a hard-fought match....
Sadio strikes (again)
Mane headed into this game with a remarkable goalscoring record against Palace and emerged with an even better one - via a little help from both posts.
The forward's 49th-minute opener was tipped onto the woodwork by goalkeeper Vicente Guaita and bounced across to the other upright before crossing the line to make it eight goals in 11 appearances against the Eagles in his career.
Five of those have come in Liverpool's last five league meetings with Palace, and Jürgen Klopp's side have won them all.
That quintet of strikes moves Mane level with Steve McManaman as Liverpool's second-most prolific scorer against the Eagles, with only Ian Rush ahead on seven.
However, his run of netting in five consecutive matches against them extends a club record - no other player in Reds history has scored in more than two successive meetings with the south Londoners.
Firmino's timely delivery
If you are going to hit a dramatic late winner to keep Liverpool's title challenge right on track, you might as well do it to mark your 150th Premier League outing for the club in style.
Cue Firmino.
The Brazilian's six-yard strike might not have been his most aesthetically appealing goal for the Reds, but it could turn out be a hugely important one. It also ended a nine-game drought for the forward.
Since making his debut for Liverpool in a 1-0 win at Stoke City in August 2015, Firmino has played in 150 out of a possible 165 league matches.
That's an incredible ratio and underlines the importance of the No.9, and his 52 goals so far.
Still unbeaten
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