Liverpool targeting back to back three points as they lock horns with Palace on Monday night
The Reds started their PL campaign with a humiliating 4-0 win over West Ham United. They now look set to keep the streak on when the take on a Crystal Palace team that defeated Fulham 2-0 as visitors.
Liverpool News
Jordan Henderson is expected to return to Liverpool line-up while James Milner retain his place after impressing on the opening weekend.
Joel Matip could make his come back to the team as he recovers from.. injury
Naby Keita will likely get the chance to play alongside Henderson from the start following his impressive Premier League debut against West Ham.
Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah found the net against West Ham and the pair are expected to lead the line once again alongside Roberto Firmino.
Crystal Palace News
Ahead of the game, Palace manager Roy Hodgson, despite admitting the threats the Reds poses with Egyptian ace forward Mohamed Salah, the former Liverpool manager still hope his side can get the job done by keeping Jurgen Klopp men silent.
"There's no doubt in my mind that he will be good this season because of the qualities he possesses," Hodgson told Sky Sport.
"But of course for him and his club, people will keep cranking up expectations and that's not a great thing to have to deal with either for the player or the club.
"You're playing against players who cost a lot of money, players who have a very strong pedigree, players whose technical ability is very good, whose physical capacity is good.
"I don't know that you can necessarily stop them for 90 minutes from getting anywhere near your goal - that might be too strong an objective.
"But we hope we can keep them quiet enough for us to get enough of the ball and cause them enough problems to get a result in the game, it really isn't more complicated than that."
Meanwhile, Liverpool first summer signing Fabinho is the only among the rest two Premier League newcomers [Alisson and Naby Keita] who has not yet made his Premier League debut.
However the Brazilian is available and could feature in the clash on Monday.
Prediction: Liverpool win with no clean sheet.
Kick off : 19:00 BST.
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