Mohamed Salah, Alexis Mac Allister and Harvey Elliott spurned spot kicks for Liverpool as Crystal Palace gained at Wembley Stadium for the second time inside three months with a 3-2 victory on penalties following a 2-2 draw within the 2025 Group Protect.
New Liverpool signings Hugo Ekitike and Jeremie Frimpong struck both aspect of Jean-Philippe Mateta’s penalty as the edges traded three targets contained in the opening 22 minutes.
CRYSTAL PALACE WIN THE COMMUNITY SHIELD! 🏆
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Mo Salah misses Liverpool’s opening penalty within the shootout 😳
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Mac Allister and Eze each miss from the spot ❌
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Ismaila Sarr then surged on to Adam Wharton’s well-weighted cross in the precise channel, entered the penalty space and curled a cute right-footed end previous goalkeeper Alisson by way of the close to publish within the 77th minute.
Salah despatched the opening try of the shootout excessive over the goal and goalkeeper Dean Henderson denied Mac Allister and Elliott to make Palace the primary group to win the showpiece match on the first try, with Alisson turning Eberechi Eze’s effort towards a publish and Borna Sosa hitting the crossbar on his Eagles debut earlier than substitute Justin Devenny smashed within the decisive kick.
Scientific from Ismaïla Sarr 🎯
Van Dijk steps up early and the ahead takes full benefit!
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What an introduction by Hugo Ekitike 🤩
4 minutes is all it for the massive Frenchman to make his mark, with a superb end to place Liverpool forward ⚽️
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France Beneath-21 ahead Ekitike confirmed why Liverpool paid Eintracht Frankfurt an preliminary £69m for him within the fourth minute, swapping passes with Florian Wirtz on the left and shifting to his proper simply exterior the field to twist a exact low end past USA defender Chris Richards and Henderson to interrupt the impasse along with his fourth contact.
Liverpool are forward, and it is one other new man as Jeremie Frimpong’s cross finds the far nook to make it 2-1 ⚽️
Proper on the 20 minute mark 2️⃣0️⃣”Some issues are simply meant to be”
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Germany midfielder Wirtz arrived from Leverkusen in June for £100m, probably rising to a British-record £116m.
Within the highest-scoring first half of a Group Protect match since 1992, FA Cup holders Palace equalised by way of Mateta’s penalty after Virgil van Dijk fouled Sarr.
All stage right here at Wembley! 🤯
Foul on Sarr by van Dijk, and Mateta steps up confidently to crash residence the penalty to make it 1-1!
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Palace had been stage for 4 minutes, Frimpong’s cross from the precise looping over Henderson to revive Liverpool’s lead after Dominik Szoboszlai’s angled cross had situated the Netherlands right-back.
Frimpong joined the reigning Premier League champions from Leverkusen for £29.5m in Might.
Palace could be the happier aspect with the 90 minutes that preceded penalties, exhibiting the poised stability of resolve and attacking verve that took them previous Manchester Metropolis within the FA Cup last in Might.
Kerkez and Frimpong had been the brand new full-backs in a again 4 for Liverpool that was often unconvincing, together with a mistake by Van Dijk when the captain misjudged his aspect’s offside lure for Palace’s second objective.
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