Liverpool v Crystal Palace – Premier League!

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Andy Hunter’s match report has landed, so I’ll leave you with that. Thanks for your company and emails – goodnight.

James Milner’s reaction

“Disappointing. We started pretty well then lost our way a bit in the middle. At least we’re creating chances – if you’re not creating anything it’s a bigger problem. But it’s not the ideal start to the season.

“The reaction when we went down to 10 men was very, very good. The crowd helped us as well and [Luis Diaz] scored an incredible goal. I didn’t see the incident [when Nunez was sent off]. We’ll rally round him and I’m sure he’ll learn from it. The most important thing was the reaction.”

“In my view, Andersen should have been yellow-carded twice: once for the push and then immediately for simulation,” says Paul Bowes. “Red for both would have been fairer.”

He was headbutted in the face!

“Every defender in the PL,” says Chris Barker, “is now going to try winding up Nunez.”

I suspect he’ll be fine, and that he’s learned an unpleasant lesson tonight. Or he’ll run amok all season, scoring 34 goals in all competitions despite receiving seven red cards, all for headbutts.

It could have been worse for Liverpool. They were 1-0 down when Darwin Nunez stuck the head on Joachim Andersen, but Luis Diaz’s wonderful individual goal earned them a point. Both teams had chances to win it during a desperate finale. Palace were really good: disciplined, controlled and menacing on the break – particularly when Eze and Zaha aligned, as they did for Zaha’s superb opening goal.

Updated at 16.59 EDT

Full time: Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palace

Peep peep! More frustration for Liverpool, but that’s an excellent night’s work from Palace.

90+5 min Play resumes.

90+5 min Now there’s a fan on the pitch, so play has been stopped.

90+4 min: Chance for Andersen! Olise’s corner is headed down by Richards and lofted over on the stretch by Andersen. It wasn’t a clear chance, but it was a chance.

90+4 min The confident Olise wins a corner for Palace…

90+4 min Palace are killing time pretty effectively. Ninety seconds to go.

90+3 min Actually it was Tsimikas who was booked for dissent, not Carvalho.

90+2 min Carvalho is booked for an overzealous tackle on Olise, which allows Palace to waste another 30 seconds.

90+1 min Five minutes of added time. Guaita is booked for timewasting.

90 min Alexander-Arnold’s free-kick is headed back to the edge of the area by Fabinho. Fabio Carvalho runs round the ball and swishes a left-foot volley that goes this far wide. Guaita didn’t move.

90 min Ward is penalised for grappling with Diaz 45 yards from goal. Liverpool send the big men forward for the free-kick…

89 min “As a United fan,” says David Flynn, “if you’d told me we’d be only two points behind Liverpool at this stage of the season I’d have taken your hand off.”

Imagine if they win next week. No, me either.

Updated at 16.48 EDT

88 min Edouard is booked for something or other.

88 min “Right,” says Matt Dony. “As long as Liverpool do the double over City, it’s ok.”

Norwich went down mate rofl.

Updated at 16.47 EDT

88 min A change for Palace: Michael Olise comes on for the impressive Jeff Schlupp.

87 min: Just wide from Salah! That was a lovely effort. Tsimikas’s cross hit a defender and was headed away to the edge of the area by Ward. Salah backpedalled into the D, cushioned the dropping ball and slapped it just wide of the near post on the bounce.

85 min A quiet period, with Liverpool struggling to generate any attacking momentum. Yet.

83 min Diaz’s goal gets better every time you see it.

And Nunez’s headbutt gets funnier/weirder with each viewing.

82 min “Although Liverpool have been dominant for most of this match, I still think they are playing even better now that they are a man down,” writes Shoaib. “Instead of Palace making their advantage count and pressing Liverpool, it is the latter who have been outstanding both with and without the ball. Palace need to be reminded that it’s them who have the extra man on field.”

Palace look pretty tired, though they are still creating opportunities on the break.

81 min Schlupp curls an excellent pass out to Edouard on the right. He slides a low cross into the area for Zaha, whose heavy first touch allows van Dijk to clear. That was another decent chance for Palace.

79 min Three changes for Palace: Chris Richards, Luka Milivojevic and Will Hughes replace Mitchell, the superb Eze and Doucoure. Liverpool bring on Fabio Carvalho for Elliott.

78 min: Great chance for Zaha! Edouard, on the right edge of the area, curled over a superb cross that was volleyed wide on the stretch by Zaha at the far post. He was only a few yards out, but he went with his right foot when the left would have been more natural.

Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha misses a great chance to score. Photograph: Peter Powell/Reuters

Updated at 16.44 EDT

75 min Tsimikas’s corner is headed away and Palace break three on three. Diaz charges after the man in possession, Zaha, and makes a vital tackle in the centre circle. Diaz has been on one in the second half.

75 min Liverpool continue to dominate possession, as they have all night really. Salah wriggles away from Mitchell, who recovers well to concede a corner…

73 min “You hope for Liverpool’s sake that the red card doesn’t hurt Nunez’s career too much but he has seemed very off the pace today,” says Dechlan Brennan. “His headbutt was the cleanest contact he made all night.”

I think there will always be games when Andy Carroll is trending; Nunez is that sort of player. But if he learns to stop putting the head on people I’d still fancy him to score 30 goals this season. His movement and aggression mean he’ll always get plenty of chances, certainly in this team.

72 min “Everyone remembers Ibrahimovic’s taekwondo goals,” says Phil Podolsky, “but there was one taekwondo pass at Barca that makes me snigger every time.”

71 min Alexander-Arnold misses a decent chance, splashing wide from a tight angle after a clever flick from Salah. Actually, I don’t think it would have counted – replays suggests he was fractionally offside.

69 min Nunez had actually thrown his head backwards towards Andersen’s face a few moments earlier, which is why Andersen pushed him in the back. All very strange.

68 min Ward is booked for a foul on the increasingly influential Diaz, who has come alive since we criticised him at half-time.

67 min “I know Andersen went down like a felled tree but what was Nunez thinking?” says Rachel Clifton. “Let alone arguing the score with the referee. Total red mist.”

I’ve definitely seen more proportionate reactions to a push in the back. That said, while GNM does not condone etc, I quite enjoyed how emphatic it was. He didn’t bother trying to disguise it, just sent Andersen straight to the canvas. In that respect it was like Zidane on Materazzi.

65 min Liverpool are now playing a 4-3-2, with Salah and Diaz up front. At the moment they look the likelier winners, even with 10 men.

64 min “Rob,” writes Vincent, “I don’t think that was what Klopp had in mind when he told Nunez at half-time to use his head!”

63 min Palace bring on Odsonne Edouard for Jordan Ayew.

63 min A triple change for Liverpool: Jordan Henderson, Joe Gomez and Kostas Tsimikas replace Nat Phillips, Andy Robertson and James Milner.

This is a glorious equaliser! Diaz cut inside from the left, beating five players with a combination of dummies and quick feet, before flashing a curler past Guaita from the edge of the D.

Updated at 16.39 EDT

GOAL! Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palace (Diaz 61)

What a goal from Luis Diaz!

Luis Diaz of Liverpool scores after beating five players. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images

Updated at 16.24 EDT

61 min Nunez will also be banned for the next three games. Anfield has gone very quiet, and Liverpool are just getting their bearings. It looks like substitutions are imminent as well.

59 min Andersen was booked for the push on Nunez as well. That was such a peculiar overreaction from Nunez. I’m sure he was frustrated after missing three good-to-excellent chances earlier in the game, but that’s no reason to start handing out the Glasgow kisses.

Updated at 16.19 EDT

58 min Nunez is arguing his case but it was a clear headbutt. Andersen pushed him in the back, complaining about something, at which point Nunez spun round and stuck the head on him!

NUNEZ SENT OFF!

57 min Oh my goodness! Darwin Nunez has been given a straight red card for headbutting Joachim Andersen!

Crystal Palace’s Joachim Andersen lies on the floor after being butted by Liverpool’s Darwin Nunez, who is sent off. Photograph: Peter Powell/Reuters

Updated at 16.22 EDT