Crystal Palace won the Community Shield by beating Liverpool 3-2 on penalties after a 2-2 draw in regular time at Wembley.
Crystal Palace won the Community Shield Crystal Palace beat Premier League champions Liverpool 3-2 on penalties to win the Community Shield after an entertaining 2-2 draw at Wembley on Sunday, with keeper Dean Henderson reprising his penalty-saving heroics from their FA Cup final triumph , Dean henderson is so good for Crystal palace.
Dean henderson Speake “I could barely hear your question (because of the noise of the Palace fans). These emotions are fantastic. We deserved that in the end – the manager said we’d get chances at 2-1 and we did.
I love the big moments, I really enjoyed that today. The homework we did for the penalties was great so thanks to everyone behind the scenes who helped me with that.
Two trophies in three months: that’s incredible. Let’s fight for the next bit of history”.
A disappointing afternoon for the Premier league reds did begin brightly, as it took only four minutes for Liverpool to have lift-off, and it came from one of their newer faces. At the end of an extremely lengthy spell of possession – 22 passes featuring nine players, to be precise – Hugo Ekitike received the ball inside the left channel from fellow summer signing Florian Wirtz, and proceeded to dance his way between a horde of Palace defenders before curling an effort from the edge of the box into the far right corner, well out of the reach of goalkeeper heroic Dean Henderson.
However, a few seconds of madness at the back saw the Reds pegged back midway through the first half. Firstly, Jean-Philippe Mateta broke the offside trap and had only Alisson Becker to beat, only to fail to round the goalkeeper. However,
a few seconds of madness at the back saw the Reds pegged back midway through the first half. Firstly, Jean-Philippe Mateta broke the offside trap and had only Alisson Becker to beat, only to fail to round the goalkeeper. However, Palace regained possession in the ensuing scramble, with Virgil van Dijk tripping Ismaila Sarr and conceding a penalty. Mateta subsequently stepped up and sent the Brazilian the wrong way to bring the Palace level.
But Crystal Palace were only on equal terms for a matter of minutes, as another Liverpool new boy got on the scoresheet when Jeremie Frimpong scampered away down the right flank beyond Tyrick Mitchell and appeared to dink a cross towards the back post, only for it to float over Henderson and inside the net instead, restoring the Reds’ lead.
Liverpool had chances to kill the game off in the second half, and were made to pay for their wastefulness when Palace equalised once more in the closing stages. Adam Wharton’s clipped pass found Sarr galloping away from Van Dijk and the Senegal forward squeezed the ball in off the near post.
The south Londoners grew in confidence, and Liverpool had Milos Kerkez to thank for making a last-ditch challenge to deny Sarr his brace.
moments after he had scored Eagles second. VAR checked for a penalty for a handball against Al Mac Allister in the build up, though controversially decided the on-field decision was allowed to freely stand.
With the score at 2-2 at the end of 90 minutes, the tie went to a penalty shootout. Mohamed Salah, Mac Allister and Harvey Elliott all missed from 12 yards, however, as Palace triumphed 3-2 on penalty kicks with the help of dean henderson heroic performance.
Source- According to the Premier League, Crystal Palace won the Community Shield by beating Liverpool 3-2 on penalties after a 2-2 draw in regular time at Wembley.
