Alexis Mac Allister in action for Liverpool against Crystal Palace (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)
Liverpool have suffered defeat in the Community Shield, starting their season with penalty heartache against Crystal Palace at Wembley.
It finished 2-2 as Liverpool and Palace couldn’t be separated in normal time, with Hugo Ekitike scoring on his debut and Jeremie Frimpong repeating the trick not long after.
Still, Palace twice fought back from behind to force penalties, with Oliver Glasner’s men then edging the Premier League champions 3-2.
It wasn’t the best display from Arne Slot’s men, who clearly have areas they still need to improve in if they want to retain their Premier League crown and also progress in other major competitions.
Read on for our look at how Liverpool performed against Palace…
Liverpool player ratings in defeat vs Palace
Hugo Ekitike celebrates scoring Liverpool’s opening goal against Crystal Palace (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)
Alisson Becker – (6.5/10) – He won’t be too happy to have conceded two goals, but neither of them were really Alisson’s fault, as he did the best he could in this tricky game where his defence slightly let him down.
Jeremie Frimpong – (7/10) – A pretty exciting debut overall for Liverpool’s new right-back, who got forward to good effect for much of the match, including to chip Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson with a superb debut strike in the 20th minute.
Milos Kerkez – (5.5/10) – Not really as impressive as Frimpong on the opposite flank, Milos Kerkez seemed to struggle with the threat of Eagles right-back Daniel Munoz, limiting what he could do going forward.
Virgil van Dijk – (3/10) – Really poor from such an experienced and important player, Van Dijk gave away the penalty for Palace’s first goal and was caught out for their second. He’ll need to do a lot better once the season gets going or Liverpool might question if they were right to award him with a new contract.
Ibrahima Konate – (6/10) – Not his best performance overall, even if he was slightly let down by Van Dijk having an uncharacteristically bad afternoon next to him.
Curtis Jones – (6/10) – Did his best in…
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