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00:00:00He's still with them, he's huge for Oliver Glaston.
00:00:04I've just mentioned the best team in the league's had a makeover, over 200 million speck, Florian Wurtz the centrepiece at 22, the German set for super stardom.
00:00:17And before the kick-off, we will pay our respects and remember the late Liverpool striker Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva.
00:00:27A man who's death united the whole football community and a man who will forever be Liverpool's number 20.
00:00:57And why on earth there are a certain few inside the stadium who would spoil that moment is absolutely beyond me.
00:01:18No, it just defies logic, that.
00:01:29There's Arneslott, fourth Liverpool manager to win the league title in his first season, the first since Kenny Dalglish in 1986.
00:01:36And he's got an even better squad to work with this season, and there's Oliver Glaston, what no other Palace manager in history has managed to do, delivered a major trophy to Selhurst Park.
00:01:48Chris Cavett as the referee, the VAR Paul Tierney.
00:01:51Well, next weekend it starts for real, but that shouldn't diminish what's at stake today for the two teams, both want to win the first trophy available today.
00:01:59And of course it provides vital and high-profile minutes for the players as they finalise their preparations for what's ahead.
00:02:08So 77 days since Liverpool hosted Crystal Palace and presented with the Premier League trophy, Ali, off we go again.
00:02:16Yeah, it's nice to get a break, isn't it? But it's nicer to be back.
00:02:26Conditions here at Wendley, absolutely perfect.
00:02:29I always say to people if you're planning a holiday in the United Kingdom, go over the weekend at the Community Shield and the start of the Premier League campaign,
00:02:38because it's always sunny and we've got the weather here again today.
00:02:44Well, I know we don't get a lot of it, Darren, where I come from, but I was struggling down there in the heat.
00:02:52First challenge run down here by Milos Kerkers.
00:02:56I've got to say, Ali, early on when we look at this Liverpool team,
00:02:59fascinated to see what it looks like with the new players.
00:03:02Two full-backs out there today, very dynamic, the pair of them.
00:03:05And at the top end of the pitch you've got this ability of Florian Berts and all of this potential of Hugo Ekotika.
00:03:11Yeah, and I'm really looking forward to it, the way we've passed here straight away in the middle of the park.
00:03:16I'm genuinely looking forward to it.
00:03:18And you mentioned that Liverpool have strengthened, you know, and they look a better squad, and I accept that.
00:03:24However, I'd be quick to point out they've obviously lost some goals as well on their side and some real talent.
00:03:32So I think time will tell, but on paper they look stronger.
00:03:38I don't even know if they're finished yet.
00:03:40What about that, by the way? We could be in Dortmund or Paris.
00:03:44Crystal Palace supporters who might just be protesting against UEFA,
00:03:52they've got this big decision to come regarding which competition they're going to play in, which is due on Monday.
00:03:58Liverpool won the league by ten points last season and starters favourites to retain their title.
00:04:05The last time they played here at Wembley they lost the League Cup final against Newcastle.
00:04:10And they're on the move here with Mo Salah, Jeremy Frimpong, Ibrahima Kanata.
00:04:20So Curtis Jones who at the outset, Ali, is the deepest of the Liverpool midfielders,
00:04:30he looks as though he's got the Gravenberg role today.
00:04:32We must say congratulations to Ryan and his partner based on the fact that he became a dad last night.
00:04:38That's why he's not here.
00:04:40No doubt he's sitting somewhere with his newborn and enjoying the community shield,
00:04:46so congratulations from all of us here at TNT Sports.
00:04:49He's Ekotike, now Gatko.
00:04:58Palace have shaped up exactly how I thought they would, Dan.
00:05:01With Liverpool playing two wide players obviously, Gatko and Salah forces Mitchell and Nunes back into a five.
00:05:09Which I have to tell you they're very comfortable in.
00:05:19This is the summer signing for Bournemouth Milos Kerkes,
00:05:22and now the Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk,
00:05:24and good to see Alisson back in goal as Ryan was back in Brazil for personal reasons,
00:05:29which meant he missed a couple of pre-season games,
00:05:32and he's back in goal for this community shield here at Wembley today.
00:05:39Florian Virgil, who's got the No. 7 shirt, so no pressure whatsoever on the young journey.
00:05:45They've got a few good ones, haven't they?
00:05:47Virgil van Dijk, who's got the No. 7 shirt, so no pressure whatsoever on the young journey.
00:05:49They've got a few good ones, haven't they?
00:05:50Virgil van Dijk, who slips it through here to Ekotike, gets it back again to Liverpool's summer signings, combining.
00:05:55Ekotike with a shot and the goal.
00:05:57Well, that's how you announce your arrival in English football, with a quite brilliant finish at Wembley.
00:06:14So much potential, what an alluring finish from the summer signing from Eintracht Frankfurt,
00:06:21and that's what Hugo Ekotike is all about.
00:06:25The goal inside, four minutes, and Liverpool lead 1-0.
00:06:28That's a brilliant goal. We can see when the ball's played into him.
00:06:32He's looking for a runner off him, watch this.
00:06:34When the ball gets played into him, he's thinking about playing it a back flick through his right-hand side.
00:06:39He's just on, there, he's thinking about back heeling that, but he sees he hasn't got a runner going off him,
00:06:46so he makes himself available again for the pass.
00:06:49Takes it inside, gets his half-yard, bang, finish through the defender's legs, goalkeeper no chance.
00:06:56What a way to say hello to everybody.
00:07:00Well, Dean Henderson, who saved the penalty in the Cup Final, had no chance.
00:07:05There's the applause of Arna Slott, he's only 23.
00:07:08Hasn't been capped yet at full level by France.
00:07:12He's scored 22 times in all competitions last season for Eintracht Frankfurt.
00:07:17The comparison is Thierry Henry, and when you watch him, he's so smooth, isn't he?
00:07:22Dan, I'm assuming you can move to a club where you're starting a career at a club,
00:07:27in particular as a striker.
00:07:29You just want to go off and run as quickly as you can.
00:07:32I would suggest that four minutes is quite good.
00:07:34What a start for the league champions.
00:07:43They have been full of goals in pre-season, it's worth pointing that out.
00:07:46They've travelled the world, Liverpool, but they've been scoring wherever they've been,
00:07:49and they've tricked him to gear early on here against Crystal Palace.
00:07:53Here's Gatpo looking to get the return ball, and that was defended in there by Munoz,
00:07:57who had such a fine individual season last season for Crystal Palace.
00:08:01But Liverpool have started fantastic.
00:08:03They've tried to really have.
00:08:05Just knowing that, I thought he might have been manning a match in the final of Munoz as well,
00:08:08but certainly looks up after five, six, seven minutes.
00:08:12He's getting a long day for the rest of his team-mates.
00:08:15Liverpool at the moment, living in the Crystal Palace box,
00:08:19in it goes from Kierkegaard, and again the target was Eketike in there.
00:08:24They just can't get the ball at the moment, Crystal Palace,
00:08:26but they'll try and get some respite here through Munoz and then Wharton,
00:08:31but it was given straight back to Liverpool, now they've got it there with Kamada.
00:08:34And now as a full touch it was, by the way, for Eketike,
00:08:39I'm not sure what he was messing about at.
00:08:42That's quite a fantastic start for him.
00:08:49It's almost three months since Palace's big day here against Manchester City,
00:08:53ironically the last competitive game both teams played was against each other at Anfield
00:08:58on the final day of last season.
00:09:02It's a Liverpool team that's been to Hong Kong and Japan
00:09:05but came back to play two friendlies on the same day as Anfield
00:09:08against the Athletic Club in midweek,
00:09:10and the goals for the league champions have been flowing.
00:09:16Verts to Frimpong, and then Eketike,
00:09:19just trying to speed things up there to Salah.
00:09:24He tried to fire it into him, didn't he?
00:09:26First time we've seen Frimpong breaking down the right-hand side,
00:09:31worth a mention here, it was a lovely little pass from Wharton.
00:09:35Round the corner, look it played into him, he fired into Salah.
00:09:38Round the corner, round the corner, round the corner, round the corner, round the corner,
00:09:42So, Hugo Eketike is a palindrome, Ali.
00:09:58Is he?
00:10:00His name, Eketike, is the same backwards or forwards.
00:10:02Yeah, I knew it was a palindrome one time, yeah.
00:10:05No, no, I knew it was a wee bit of a voice now, we don't get any of it.
00:10:08LAUGHTER
00:10:10The amount of quizzes you do in various newspapers,
00:10:13I didn't think I'd need to explain it.
00:10:16Here's Wharton.
00:10:29Here's the Crystal Palace captain, here's Eze.
00:10:33He's finished last season in sensational form in terms of scoring goals
00:10:37and making them, Eze for Crystal Palace.
00:10:39I think I'm right in saying that the cause doesn't exist any more either,
00:10:44so that strengthens the belief that he's going to be a Crystal Palace player
00:10:47for the foreseeable future.
00:10:50That'll be music to the ears of the Palace fans, I would imagine.
00:10:53What a talent, lovely talent.
00:10:55One of these boys you just could watch all day, Dan.
00:10:59So this is the opportunity for the first long throw-in today from the United States international, Chris Richards.
00:11:13And it looks as though Lacroix, the number five, is going to be the target.
00:11:18He's beaten in the air there by Canate, and then away by Frimpong.
00:11:23Mitchell slides it through here to Kamada, promising here for Crystal Palace,
00:11:30and he's managed to find a bit of space, and then he went over, and they'll get the corner.
00:11:35Frimpong was working hard to get back there for Liverpool.
00:11:38What a touch, what a take in the half-turn from Kamada.
00:11:43Excellent.
00:11:44He gets the ball first, doesn't he?
00:11:46He definitely gets the ball first, but taking nothing away from the touch in the turn.
00:11:51And just on that, if there is a D.A.R. decision today,
00:11:56then the referee, Chris Cavanaugh, will explain to the crowd the reasoning,
00:12:01so we'll get that on the microphone over the P.A. system as the game develops.
00:12:11Here goes to Crystal Palace, call it, a seven away by Canate.
00:12:16Now the counter-attack may well be on for Liverpool and look at them flying forward,
00:12:20they've got a four on two, and had that been a better pass,
00:12:23they might well have been in, Frimpong was charging forward.
00:12:25I think it was Kamada who got a vital touch, and that's a foul on Ezzer.
00:12:34Yeah, he used to come out, Canate, didn't he?
00:12:39Probably a little bit fortunate there.
00:12:45Could have been the wrong end of a yellow.
00:12:50Well, Sally, when they sprung forward like that,
00:12:54that was like the days of Jurgen Klopp,
00:12:55when they were much more controlled, weren't they,
00:12:58last season, the first season, and they're on a slot,
00:13:00but they've got players now that can get from back to front so quickly, Liverpool.
00:13:08Yeah, I think you make a good point, actually.
00:13:10Palace, who we expect to be quite good on the counter,
00:13:13will have to get back in very, very quickly after the counter.
00:13:20It's the end where the Liverpool supporters are, behind Alisson's goal.
00:13:23It's the end where the Liverpool supporters are, behind Alisson's goal.
00:13:27in touch there from Mitchell, which means that Ezzer can hit one, it took a deflection and it's behind for a corner.
00:13:31It's the end where the goal is, it's the end where the goal is, it's the end where the Liverpool supporters are, behind Alisson's goal.
00:13:43Alisson's goal.
00:13:51In touch there from Mitchell, which means that Ezzer can hit one, it took a deflection and it's behind for a corner.
00:13:56Yeah, it doesn't look as though it's going to end, it's going to go off, I think it's off as light for the corner.
00:14:09So, Ezzer now to take the corner for Crystal Palace, it's a good header at the front post by the goal scorer, Ekachike.
00:14:30Back in by Kamado, and the offside flag up against Crystal Palace.
00:14:37Here's the goal again, just watch, gets played into him, he thinks about a backflick.
00:14:48Takes a touch there, and it's a beautiful finish, beautiful, composed finish, struck but also placed at the same time.
00:15:01Aiming for that far corner, it's through Kamado's legs, but what a start to his Liverpool career.
00:15:06I mean, that's the moment where Liverpool's future becomes the present, the goal made in the Bundesliga from last season,
00:15:12finished off here at Wembley Stadium between a 22-year-old and a 23-year-old,
00:15:16who they've spent a lot of money on, but there is now the pressure on the pair of them to deliver.
00:15:29That's a Warton for Crystal Palace.
00:15:32Going forward then by Lacroix, but Trimpoix was back there, what a tough start is, by the way, from Ekachike.
00:15:38And then Virts has got Mo Salah running forward.
00:15:41In it goes to Warton, Cody Gatto, what a save by Dean Henderson, fantastic save.
00:15:48The touch shot, Ekachike, the start of all, that was brilliant.
00:15:52I mean, the move itself was excellent.
00:15:55We've got to see the touch again, the touch was beautiful.
00:16:00Oh, look at that, outside the right foot, and he's off.
00:16:03And you're right, it ends up a good save from Henderson, might just have been offside,
00:16:10I don't think there's any doubt about it.
00:16:12The goalkeeper obviously doesn't know that, it's a knock-ward one because it bounces.
00:16:20Look at that touch.
00:16:22I've got to say, if that's a taste of things to come,
00:16:25then Liverpool will entertain us royally this season.
00:16:38Play-through now towards Mateta, who's onside, out comes Alisson.
00:16:43And he did well there, didn't he, the Liverpool goalkeeper.
00:16:45Danger's still not clear, Ismail Assar on the turn, but he's gone over.
00:16:49Now what's the referee say? Penalty, Virgil van Dijk and Crystal Palace have a penalty here in the Community Shield.
00:16:58Well, a couple of things to go over, isn't there?
00:17:00The big fella's got to get a shot away, he's got to score.
00:17:04That said, there's no hesitation from the referee, Christopher Camarena.
00:17:12That touch there.
00:17:15Does he make contact with his left foot?
00:17:18Yes, I think it's a penalty.
00:17:21I think it's a penalty, Fletch.
00:17:23I don't think the big fella touches the ball at all.
00:17:34Of course I mention the goalkeeper as well, you're right, I'm giving Mateta a little bit of a hard time there,
00:17:38but the goalkeeper does exceptionally well, makes himself big and doesn't get down.
00:17:41Very patient, wasn't there, Alisson? Timed it well.
00:17:43Yeah. It's been checked by Paltier and it is a penalty, all confirmed, but I think the picture's told us that anyway.
00:17:48Yeah.
00:17:53I think they're just having a look at the offside in the build-up, but that's been confirmed as well now, so the penalty stands.
00:17:59I think it's Kirchiz just plays him onside, you know, in the left-back position.
00:18:07Well, Liverpool have had the lion's share of it, but Jean-Philippe Mateta, who scored 17 goals for Crystal Palace last season,
00:18:14has the chance to bring them level.
00:18:18Macheta against Alisson, and scores.
00:18:21Took the penalty fantastically.
00:18:24And Crystal Palace level in the community shield, courtesy of their top scorer from last season.
00:18:30Well, the one thing I would say is, Dan, he ran up with a lot more confidence than he did a minute and a half prior to that.
00:18:38I looked at him running up for his chance and I thought, you know, he didn't look to me a man that was confident he was going to stick the ball by the goalkeeper.
00:18:48He's run up and the penalty was the complete opposite.
00:18:53There you are, no problem.
00:18:56This has been quite a lively 16 minutes, I have to say.
00:18:59Well, I was about to say that, I mean, sometimes these can be a little bit slow and a bit lethargic because the teams are focused on what might be lying ahead for them,
00:19:06but a couple of goals inside 17 minutes, there's the celebration from Oliver Glasner.
00:19:12And it's Crystal Palace 1, Liverpool 1, Hugo Eketike and Jean-Philippe Mateta.
00:19:20And I'm gonna mention them again in the build-up, a lovely little ball in the middle of the park forward from Adam Wharton, smashing little ball.
00:19:29And a run for Crystal Palace by Mark Gahey, the strength on that side shown by Eze,
00:19:42well he's lost it here to Burt, so now Dominic Suboslai.
00:19:51Kirk has run straight into Richards and that might just have taken the wind out of him,
00:19:56and he was hit there from point blank range.
00:20:00Look at the Palace fans now, that's what it was like here in May.
00:20:03Oh, I know.
00:20:18Turned around the corner by Burt to Eketike.
00:20:21Munoz was able to get the ball back again, and we know what he likes to do, we talk about the Liverpool full-backs,
00:20:28but as a wing-back he loves to burst forward for Crystal Palace.
00:20:32On this occasion though, that's not the best of balls in, but he's such an asset as an attacking player to them, isn't he, Munoz?
00:20:38He certainly is, and one thing that Gakpo won't like, him making those runs and having to go back with him.
00:20:44That's why, I'll be brutally honest here, if it was Tyreek Mitchell,
00:20:48I'd be attempting to do the exact same with Salah,
00:20:51and take him back into an area he wouldn't want to go, I'm not sure Salah will go with him right now.
00:20:55That's the difference.
00:21:05There's Ismael Asar for Crystal Palace.
00:21:09Fantastic individual season for him last season, and here's Munoz, Colombian raiding forward again.
00:21:16It's an opportunity as well, that's fired right across the face of goal.
00:21:25I'm just wondering how far away, far in front the ball is from Matete here when it comes back across.
00:21:34Oh, I'm just wondering if they are right quicker.
00:21:36I mean, Mitchell's just walked in there and nobody seemed to realise that he'd arrived.
00:21:40And the feeling I never went back with him that I mentioned two minutes ago, so...
00:21:46What I'm saying is, if I was him, I'd be continuing to do that for the rest of the match,
00:21:51because he will get space. Salah is a wonderful, wonderful talent,
00:21:56one of the best we've seen in a long, long time.
00:21:59If you're Mitchell, you would attempt to take him into an area he doesn't want to go,
00:22:03or doesn't go.
00:22:04clothes.
00:22:12There's a space out here,
00:22:16for Milos Kerkhes.
00:22:25Take hose here for Jeremy Frimpone.
00:22:26It's a good one as well by Frimpong, it's gone in towards...
00:22:31Go, it's gone in!
00:22:34Oh, look at his smile.
00:22:36Just as the Liverpool supporters were applauding after 20 minutes,
00:22:42Diogo Jota, in remembrance of him, Liverpool score a goal,
00:22:47and you wonder if the number 20 was looking down at that moment.
00:22:51That's unbelievable.
00:22:53It's a freakish goal from Frimpong.
00:22:56I mean, does it come off the outside of his right boot?
00:22:59He certainly goes down the outside.
00:23:03I've never seen that in my life.
00:23:05I think he hits it with the outside of his right foot, Dan.
00:23:08It's got bizarre spin on the ball.
00:23:10Yeah, well, it has to come off the outside of his right foot for the ball to do that.
00:23:14Goes down the run, takes a...
00:23:16He'll probably tell me otherwise.
00:23:19I think he's just trying to hang that up at the back post.
00:23:22Ali, how poignant did Liverpool score at Wembley after 20 minutes?
00:23:25Oh, it's incredible.
00:23:27After 20 minutes, Diogo Jota's number,
00:23:30the Liverpool supporters were applauding after 20 minutes in remembrance of their striker.
00:23:35And right on cue, Jeremy Frimpong scored a bizarre goal for them here.
00:23:40Sometimes I just need to be...
00:23:43It's unbelievable, isn't it?
00:23:44You know?
00:23:45I have to say, Ali, that's a hairs on the arm moment, the timing of that Liverpool goal.
00:23:50Dan, you just have to look about.
00:23:51There's a lot of strength, people look beautiful at the moment.
00:23:53So, Crystal Palace won, Liverpool 2.
00:23:55And on the day Liverpool remember their number 20, Jeremy Frimpong scores.
00:23:58after 20 minutes in the community shield.
00:24:01I have to say, Ali, that's a hairs on the arm moment, the timing of that Liverpool goal.
00:24:05Dan, you just have to look about, there's a lot of strength, people look beautiful at the moment.
00:24:15So, Crystal Palace won, Liverpool 2.
00:24:18And on the day Liverpool remember their number 20, Jeremy Frimpong scores after 20 minutes in the community shield.
00:24:45Oh, we just need...
00:24:48...Kerm Kaysen.
00:24:50Rucks to score, and that's it, that's the quartet.
00:24:54And the ball there by Dominic, the boss line, here's Cody Gampo.
00:24:59I mean, you've said we all get back to him.
00:25:01Oh, that's a lovely ball, lovely ball.
00:25:03Matata to Ezra, now he needs a bit of support, Sars the nearest to him,
00:25:07but look how quickly Grimpoin gets back to winning.
00:25:10Go for the first time in the early stages of the game.
00:25:14It's the only thing about that, Fimpong, very similar in respect,
00:25:28I would say Kyle Walker at pace can get them back at another challenge.
00:25:32This is the space that Burtz wants to play in.
00:25:37Salah backs a wheel, Fimpong, he's just met at the ball there by Ezra,
00:25:42make sure there is all for Crystal Palace.
00:25:52Don't think he minds it either.
00:25:54He's up for it, isn't he?
00:25:56Very competitive, here we go, just look at his foot.
00:26:10Yeah.
00:26:11He just kind of stabs at it, Dan.
00:26:13I believe he's trying to play at the back post area,
00:26:16but because he's stabbed at it with the outside of his right foot,
00:26:19it does put an element of spin on it.
00:26:21Well, the players on a warm day are going to take a drinks break.
00:26:31It's been quite a start with three goals so far today.
00:26:36But Liverpool's two goals scored by new players as well,
00:26:39Hugo Ekotike and Jeremy Frimpong, the Mateta penalty.
00:26:43It gives us a chance to tell you about the games we've got coming up.
00:26:47The Super Cup on Wednesday between Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham,
00:26:51and the Premier League kickoff is Aston Villa against Newcastle.
00:26:54And the football line-up on TNT Sports this season isn't normal.
00:26:57We've got 52 Premier League matches, 529 games from UEFA's club competitions,
00:27:03as well as the most extensive ever coverage of the Emirates FA Cup
00:27:06and the Adobe Women's FA Cup.
00:27:08But if that's not enough, we've got season-long action from Serie A as well.
00:27:15It's all to come, get your rest, Ali, when you can,
00:27:17because you're going to be a busy man.
00:27:19I think you will be too, by the sounds of that.
00:27:22Well, possibly, possibly.
00:27:24But you know something, we'll love it, don't we?
00:27:26Absolutely.
00:27:27Do you know what, with the World Cup to come next summer as well,
00:27:30I think I'm as excited about the start of this football season as I have been for a while.
00:27:34You think about the big clubs in the league, they've all got better,
00:27:37big players are coming in, I think the title race is going to be more competitive,
00:27:42I think City and Chelsea are going to be closer, Arsenal have got a strike,
00:27:45and a lot's happened over the summer.
00:27:47No doubt about it.
00:27:49Some great signings, some interesting signings.
00:27:55Adam Wharton for Crystal Palace, that's not a bad ball,
00:27:57just a little much at the end, giving it to Alisson.
00:28:00I don't think that's a bad ball at all, he's looking for somebody to come across and attack it.
00:28:07Just looks like a slight knock-and-eye issue here for Ibrahima Kanate,
00:28:15if there is one area for Liverpool where they might just be a fraction weak,
00:28:19it could be their central defensive position.
00:28:23Yeah, you just want to see Gomez get fit and stay fit, that's what you want to see.
00:28:28I know that Steven Maneman was pretty adamant prior to the game,
00:28:32when he was chatting down there with you and Laura,
00:28:34that they will go and get themselves a central defender before the window closes,
00:28:37that's probably more urgent than the ISAC situation right now.
00:28:40Yeah.
00:28:41Crystal Palace are going to have to make a change here,
00:28:51and Will Hughes is ready as you can see, it looks as though it's going to be for Daiichi Kamada.
00:28:57Which with the Premier League season only a week away, that's the last thing that you want to see,
00:29:18if you're Oliver Glasner, they've only made a couple of signings, Benitez the goalkeeper who's on the bench,
00:29:24and Borna Sosa as well, they've only spent £3m up to now,
00:29:28but I think the focus has been on keeping what they've got in the main,
00:29:31they're not the only team in the Premier League who have been focused on that.
00:29:34No, and that was my point in discussions earlier, before the match,
00:29:38I think if you asked Crystal Palace fans, yeah, all fans want to see new players come and strengthen,
00:29:45but in the grand scheme of things I think the improvement in Crystal Palace as a team and as a squad,
00:29:49new manager, has been pretty evident, so it's certainly heading in the right direction.
00:29:54There's Steve Parrish, who had a busy Friday when he was in Lausanne,
00:30:09arguing Crystal Palace's case to play in the Europa League this season,
00:30:13sat alongside Clinton Morrison, the former Crystal Palace striker.
00:30:17And Kamada leaving the field here to be replaced by Will Hughes,
00:30:24he played 41 games for them last season, so it's an experienced player to bring on.
00:30:33He's not Van Rostey, he'll be ready to go.
00:30:47It's towards Cody Gakpo, but headed away by Richards.
00:31:01A little flick inside by Eketike.
00:31:03They don't lack the confidence, those two, do they, Burtz and Eketike,
00:31:07who seem to be on the same wavelength already.
00:31:10You just get the feeling they're going to enjoy playing with each other.
00:31:14Especially now you know he's a palindrome.
00:31:24It's always surprised me and disappointed me to a certain degree
00:31:27that the word palindrome isn't a palindrome.
00:31:30If you're going to have a word for a palindrome, you should have made it a palindrome.
00:31:33There is only you that would think that way.
00:31:36It's why I love you.
00:31:38It's the boss line with a nice ball, here's Cody Gakpo.
00:31:42There's a real flow about the ball when they get forward.
00:31:45Yeah.
00:31:49Suboslai's ball, Frimpong in an advanced position.
00:31:52Back to Florian Burtz.
00:31:53And away by Eze.
00:32:01Forkes combining with Suboslai, that's going to be a throw-in.
00:32:04No Alexis McAllister in the starting line-up today.
00:32:17He's had one or two injuries during pre-season.
00:32:19He's had a bit of a stop start pre-season, so he's on the bench here for Liverpool.
00:32:25Not quite ready to start.
00:32:27Not quite ready to start.
00:32:30bowl完了 is about time forshirts and that's going to be worse.
00:32:31What a passing runs that will be
00:32:44whenVigo's not a no-one, out saw Brant kn Natalovitch.
00:32:49Can you stand on?
00:32:50Down, down, down, down!
00:32:52That's going to be third real, everybody!
00:32:54Have a roll around!
00:32:55Go, Margaret!
00:32:56Go, Margaret!
00:32:57Go, Margaret! Go.
00:32:59Oh, we're going a little bit deeper now.
00:33:02Here's Kürkez, looking for the run of Eketike.
00:33:18So there is Liverpool's new number seven,
00:33:20and the irony is, Ali, it's 48 years to the day since Liverpool signed Kenny Dalglish from Celtic.
00:33:29I don't know I'm biased, I've got another rest, I don't know.
00:33:38I hope he does well, Vox, but Kenny was my man, what a player.
00:33:44It's a lot to live up to, but he's got the talent and the confidence, you feel.
00:33:49Florian Byrne's £100 million initially,
00:33:52but it does rise to about £116 if he meets all of the pad-ons and escalators.
00:33:59Leza sends it forward here towards Saar, that's the way by Siposlai.
00:34:08He's going to have to throw it.
00:34:10It's the first time today the teams have played against each other at Wembley.
00:34:22A possible moment for Crystal Palace is that the FA Cup winners have beaten the league champions
00:34:27in seven of the last nine Community Shield games.
00:34:33What a deficit, though, to make up at the moment, Liverpool ahead.
00:34:37Last time they played at the neutral venue was the famous FA Cup semi-final at Talisman 4-3.
00:34:41Yeah, I remember it well.
00:34:42Yeah.
00:34:44Thank you, 1990.
00:34:49Tremendous game that was, not a game of football.
00:34:51TK not quite able to find Frimtong, he's slipped.
00:35:08Sauer on the move, not against Van Dijk, and he's got Mateta running in.
00:35:20I think he wanted initially to shoot, didn't he?
00:35:22Of course he does.
00:35:23Of course he does.
00:35:24On it goes by Virts, and now it's Ekachike in space for Liverpool,
00:35:27and he's got Gacto and Salah up there with him.
00:35:29Gacto too strong for Hughes, now Mo Salah.
00:35:34Salah.
00:35:42Curtis Jones.
00:35:48Back again from Salah.
00:35:53Good defending on that side by Gahey.
00:35:59That was a good play from Dakko, he knows Hughes is behind them,
00:36:02and he knows he's going to come in and try and bite it.
00:36:04So he just puts his right leg across, knowing that Hughes will kick it and go over.
00:36:08Lose his balance, very clever.
00:36:16And that pings on forward, Cody Gacto brings it down.
00:36:19Challenge came in from Munoz.
00:36:21Yeah.
00:36:23ねぇ.
00:36:29Goal-a-ya!
00:36:31Goal-a-ya!
00:36:34And then we got the team in Austria.
00:36:36What do you think?
00:36:37Goal-a-ya!
00:36:38Now back then, we got the team in Austria.
00:36:39We got the Champions League in Australia.
00:36:40It's four-year good teams in the future.
00:36:42No goal!
00:36:43Goal-a-ya!
00:36:44He's team to Austria for pre-season, so familiar surroundings for Oliver Glashner.
00:37:01Two Hungarian internationals in this Liverpool starting line-up today.
00:37:05Van Dijk gets the flick on, and then Mitchell away.
00:37:09He's beaten by Hughes.
00:37:20Taking 35 minutes to take a look at Liverpool, I know it's a very small sample size,
00:37:24but do you think they're going to look different this season with the arrivals,
00:37:27the pull-backs and the players they've signed, will it be a slightly different style for them?
00:37:31I'm not sure about dramatic change, to be quite honest with you.
00:37:34I think when they can hit you in the break they'll be very good at it,
00:37:38but generally in possession, they're extremely comfortable with full-backs getting forward.
00:37:42Intelligent ball there, Baeza, a space here for Munoz.
00:37:45He's got players arriving in the middle, but Teta is the target here,
00:37:48and it works its way through in there to Hughes, who came in late.
00:37:52They just managed to beat Mitchell to the ball,
00:37:55but they were just struggling a little bit there, Liverpool, to deal with that.
00:37:58Lovely switch, lovely switch to Munoz.
00:38:01It's a good ball in, I'm just one that can take it in front of Canati,
00:38:05but Hughes is clearly off-balance at the best.
00:38:08Yeah, I just want to run across them rather than behind them,
00:38:12and he's leaning back for the shot.
00:38:14He's getting forward a couple of times on this right-hand side.
00:38:17Hasn't scored since the final day of the season in 2023,
00:38:21so none of exactly familiar surroundings for Will Hughes.
00:38:24What kind of space here for Dominic Saposla in Liverpool?
00:38:34Munoz got back well, he just took too long in possession, didn't he?
00:38:37And now they can go the other way, Pallas, although...
00:38:39Munoz didn't breathe the intentions there.
00:38:43Well, he had to check his run down.
00:38:45He wanted it earlier, when it wasn't delivered earlier,
00:38:48to step back onside, and that was the problem.
00:38:51He was coming back when the pass got made.
00:38:54So, Crystal Palace 1, Liverpool 2.
00:39:10Eight minutes to play in the first half here at Wemme,
00:39:14that's given us plenty.
00:39:16Very enjoyable.
00:39:24One thing that is maybe worth pointing out at this stage,
00:39:28to this point, Mo Salas had six touches of the ball.
00:39:31Yeah.
00:39:32Yeah.
00:39:33A lot of it's gone through Florian Wurtz and Hugo Eketike to this point.
00:39:39You're very well aware what he can do with seventh, though, aren't you?
00:39:42Yeah, there is that.
00:39:44There is that.
00:39:49Worton plays the ball, it was a good run, wasn't it, from Mitchell,
00:39:52who just tried to bend his run, so he stayed onside.
00:39:55Ezra kept the width there, kept Fringpong out there,
00:39:57and Mitchell came up and tried to nip in between him and Canati,
00:40:01Fringpong and Canati.
00:40:05It's an interesting one,
00:40:06because Kerkers might just be playing him onside, you know.
00:40:09He's a different title wing-back, isn't he, the Munoz on this side,
00:40:13he's not the barnstormer, but he times those runs really well,
00:40:15that's two or three times he's done that in the first half, Mitchell.
00:40:22He's a good one, he's a good one, he's a good one,
00:40:24he's a good one.
00:40:25He's a good one.
00:40:37And side flag up against Cody Gapton.
00:40:44He went short, went short, and then spun in behind the yards.
00:40:46But, he's went a little bit early.
00:40:48bit early
00:40:48it's one of those days at Wembley if you're a supporter you want to win but it doesn't
00:40:58absolutely cripple you if you don't win I mean you can enjoy it today I suppose that doesn't
00:41:02happen very often I'll take your point it means so much doesn't it whenever you come for a cup
00:41:06finder but the community shield you've done the business enjoy your day if you get the shield
00:41:10fine if you don't you've got the season to look forward to next weekend
00:41:18Crystal Palace here today without either Cech Ducore or Eddie Nketiah
00:41:38still out injured at the moment so two players that might well play a part as the season develops
00:41:44but not available right now Joe Gomez not with Liverpool and as we mentioned earlier
00:41:48Ryan Gravenberg because he became a dad yesterday
00:41:51it's over hit by Henderson
00:41:59the message though is pretty clear for the palace keeper get yourself a bit higher
00:42:06he's a great character for the team is the Henderson he thoroughly enjoyed saving the
00:42:13penalty at Wembley he had the little altercation with
00:42:16he's got a shrinking violet by any stretcher I think he's a real contender for the England
00:42:21position as well moving forward he'll fancy a real run at Jordan Pickford before the World Cup
00:42:26I don't think there's any doubt he'll fancy it
00:42:28only three goalkeepers last season kept more clean sheets than him in the Freddie Lee
00:42:36I can tell he just enjoyed that final so much
00:42:55Van Dijkle to Kirchhez
00:42:58he's not being quite as expressive down the left as Frimpong has down the right I mean
00:43:02Frimpong just runs up and down for the duration of the match Kirchhez running now and Lacroix
00:43:08just holding him off to win Palace the goal kick
00:43:13to get back there although Canate beat him to it
00:43:30interesting season for him isn't it because he went through the whole Van Dijk and Salah and
00:43:35Alexander-Arnold thing and he's going in for the final year of his contract now as well
00:43:39Liverpool's centre-back
00:43:40two teammates combining from last season Florian Virch and Jeremy Frimpong who are both at
00:43:52by Leverkusen
00:43:59it's a lovely little bit of deception from Virch and he gets the goal back again from Sir Bosley
00:44:03I think we're going to enjoy him
00:44:04no just a great little Tom wasn't it
00:44:06Neketike flicking one back in Richard's there most of Talos
00:44:10he's claiming he took the ball and do you know something he might have got a touch in the ball but he certainly takes a man
00:44:17it's a free kick to Crystal Talos
00:44:19he's claiming he took the ball and do you know something he might have got a touch in the ball but he certainly takes a man
00:44:25and after the last couple I think it's a yellow card no he doesn't take the ball at all yellow card and a free kick
00:44:32he thought he was kind of complaining he thought he got a nick on the ball but
00:44:38he was kind of complaining he thought he got a nick on the ball but
00:44:40not the way I saw it
00:44:55just going to try and get it confirmed but it feels as though Florian Virch has had the most touches of any player in the first half
00:45:04it feels as though the game is being played through him
00:45:07well I'm surprised you don't know the tally because you've been enjoying him
00:45:14the shooter there for Liverpool
00:45:20I'm told he's actually fourth, Virgil van Dijk's the leading toucher of the ball in the first half
00:45:25but it tends to be the case doesn't it in the modern game that the centre-backs are touching it a lot
00:45:30seem to be backtracking a little bit here Dad
00:45:32listen it's the opening day of the season I may as well start as I mean to go on and get things wrong
00:45:36you don't want to get things wrong in the first half
00:45:39well you've not incorporated that, let's go
00:45:43offside flag up against Liverpool
00:45:51well with that logic I think we're in agreement that Salah might have had the least
00:45:57yes
00:45:58well we think there's going to be six additional minutes and you've got to take the drinks break into account as well
00:46:07so that's why it's a bit longer than you might anticipate
00:46:10it's been a good half though, Liverpool ahead early through Eketika, a goal inside four minutes
00:46:16Mateta's penalty after Sarra being fouled by van Dijk
00:46:19and then Frimpong after 20 minutes as the Liverpool supporters were applauding the memory of Diogo Jota
00:46:27he scored, Diogo Jota of course, Liverpool's number 20 so that really was a poignant and special moment here at Wembley
00:46:35he certainly was and that was an interesting little tussle down the left hand side there
00:46:42Eketiki and Munoz, hey Rich is a bigger bug
00:46:46hoisted forward there by van Dijk
00:46:48Frimpong went in with Mitchell, Hughes can then send it forward
00:46:53there is van Dijk, he's got all the confidence in the world, not just to head it away but to actually head it away, he knows exactly what he's doing there
00:47:02so it's seven added minutes, Florian Burt's got the yellow card for kicking the ball away so delaying the restart
00:47:18the only real blemish on his first half performance
00:47:22there's a stat there in the rounds over the last two seasons, the only two players who have got at least ten goals and ten assists in the last two seasons of the top five leagues in Europe, Mo Salah, Florian Burt's
00:47:38if you like that kind of thing? I do, I would certainly get Salah, I'm not sure if I was second guess what I would have got there
00:47:47time for Munoz, I'm not necessarily sure, Richards was expected that and then he got himself turned over there
00:48:06I'm actually going to say, I think he got away with it by taking a bad touch there, Richards, I think if he'd taken a good touch here,
00:48:15here, I might have done a severe injustice there, it might have been brilliant, I think we've got to give him the credit
00:48:26he was aware that he had a play up on his right hand side, there's that switch again down
00:48:31Super ball out to Munoz, who's in behind Liverpool here, now can he deliver a good cross, well he did
00:48:36It's an interesting situation there for Saru, who threw himself at the ball, but again it's Munoz getting in behind Liverpool down the right
00:48:46Munoz does brilliant, he does brilliant, he just sees him coming out of the corner of his eye, watch us and blocks him and grabs him with his arm
00:48:55there, he does enough to put him off
00:48:57which centre-back does well there Dan
00:49:01Frustration for Klas Nassar was the semi-final hero here against Aston Villa, had his best goal-scoring season as a Premier League player last season
00:49:10so it's certainly something for him to build on, it was a really potent front three, wasn't it for Crystal Palace?
00:49:16Munoz
00:49:38I'll tell you what I did think Ali based on what I saw from Kirkya's and Bournemouth last season, if you were looking for someone to replace
00:49:43Andy Robertson you couldn't really find anybody better couldn't you in terms of
00:49:47energy and the way he plays than Kierkegaard
00:49:53the flag's gone up though against him even though he's
00:49:56dragged the shot wide the flag went up quickly
00:49:59which is nice to see yeah if the flag's gonna go quicker in those circumstances
00:50:03i would be all for that would cheer me up in the end
00:50:08getting back to the point you're making about Kierkegaard I think the one person
00:50:12there was something to say about replacing Andy Robertson with Andy Robertson
00:50:17as a matter of fact yes it's too early to write him off he
00:50:21will not be giving up that Jesse without a fight a serious fight
00:50:25he's filled it as a centre-back as well hasn't he during pre-season
00:50:28Andy Robertson still the Scotland captain I can guarantee you that
00:50:36the TK was trying to get in again he causes problems doesn't he when he gets
00:50:40forward I can see Kierkegaard
00:50:52some players have just got the look about them the game is relatively easy and he's one of them
00:50:59you know he just looks comfortable on the ball he can take it and he can get behind
00:51:03I think he's one of these players I mean I've seen him beautifully in the Liverpool jersey in the
00:51:15first half down midfielders can fire it into him and they're comfortable who will take care of him
00:51:20it's nice and patient he was trying to pick out Subozlai gets the ball back again here
00:51:25he gets the ball back again here Klipsch wants a frimpong
00:51:27he picks him out I think ideally he was wanting to hit that first time wasn't he
00:51:42then he gets all wrong with him back just on Mo Salah he's still got the fewest touches of any
00:51:50Liverpool play with only 10 and none of them have been inside the Crystal Palace penalty area
00:51:55in this first half I'm reliably informed yeah
00:51:59I don't think it's anything to worry about no but that would certainly delight Palace
00:52:1457 goals and assists in 52 games last season
00:52:17here's Munoz trying to get through
00:52:19he stopped didn't he here if he'd kept going that might have been interesting
00:52:23now he's high up the pitch which has left this space for Gakpo
00:52:28we have a couple of minutes of additional time to go at the end of this first half
00:52:31Saad does brilliant there getting back because Richards doesn't want to come out into that space
00:52:36Munoz has left so
00:52:37Saad getting on the turn there
00:52:46trying to frimpong up against Mark Gahie
00:52:48now Curtis Jones
00:53:02Kürtse to Vürtse, on goes Kürtse, now Gakto.
00:53:29Kürtse slides one in to Ekotike, and then gets back on the ball again,
00:53:35but his run was blocked in there by Lacroix,
00:53:38and then Mateta able to bounce off Van Dijk and find Eze,
00:53:42maybe a chance here for a final flourish at the end of the first half for Crystal Palace.
00:53:59It goes towards Ismail Assar, and Van Dijk just able to get there.
00:54:05Munoz, though, with Kürtse to the ball,
00:54:09flicked away by Kanate, but Palace can keep it with Mitchell.
00:54:14Kürtse.
00:54:18Kürtse.
00:54:22And Munoz.
00:54:25Defended in there by Frimpong, and there is the half-time whistle,
00:54:29and that was a very enjoyable first half here at Wembley.
00:54:32Flying start for Liverpool, Hugo Ekotike with a goal inside four minutes.
00:54:36And then Palace level Virgil van Dijk with a foul on Ismail Assar,
00:54:41and Mateta last season's Crystal Palace top scorer stepped up to beat Alisson.
00:54:46But Liverpool, after 20 minutes, as the supporters behind Alisson's goal
00:54:52were celebrating Diogo Jota, Liverpool's number 20,
00:54:55Jeremy Frimpong scored an audacious goal
00:54:58that spun into the back of the net above Dean Henderson,
00:55:01and it gives us a half-time score in the Wembley Sunshine,
00:55:04and Crystal Palace one, Liverpool two.
00:55:07The next round, you saw it just there, 4-1 win.
00:55:16The action continues live on TNT Sports 3 from 5.30.
00:55:20OK, second half is about to get underway here at Wembley,
00:55:24where currently Liverpool are 2-1 up.
00:55:26I've still got Joel Ward and Steve McManaman alongside me.
00:55:29Steve, in terms of Liverpool, what would you hope to see in the second half?
00:55:32A bit of the same, really.
00:55:34They are dominating play, they'll make changes, of course,
00:55:37particularly with this weather and the heat here.
00:55:39They just have to be careful.
00:55:41Certainly in the left-back area, they've been caught a couple of times
00:55:43with that switch of play, because Milos Kerkers
00:55:45likes to come inside the pitch.
00:55:46But I expect more of the same.
00:55:48We're focusing on that youngster at the moment.
00:55:49Yeah, Rio, yeah.
00:55:50Who you know well.
00:55:51He looks like he's warming up to the test.
00:55:53Yeah, he's had a lovely pre-season.
00:55:55He's been impressing everybody.
00:55:57He's now playing with the first team,
00:55:58training with the first team, not with the 21s.
00:56:01Still got a lot to learn, but incredibly exciting.
00:56:03Very quick and agile on the ball.
00:56:05So if he does come on, it's a big, big occasion for them.
00:56:08Yeah, hopefully we see a bit of him in the second half.
00:56:10And Joel, in terms of Palace's contribution to the first one,
00:56:13they had a few half chances as well, didn't they?
00:56:15Yeah, absolutely.
00:56:16They need to remain confident.
00:56:17They need to continue to play through the lines
00:56:19and obviously stretch Liverpool like they have done at times.
00:56:22And we know that we're going to get opportunities.
00:56:24We've already shown that in this first half,
00:56:26that there's going to be opportunities that present themselves.
00:56:28And when they come, we've just got to try and take them
00:56:30and make the most of them.
00:56:31How difficult is it dealing with some of these,
00:56:33not just the new players, the experienced players as well
00:56:35from Liverpool?
00:56:36Yeah, no, I mean, it's never going to be easy.
00:56:38You're coming up against a world-class outfit and the champions.
00:56:41So what we've got to do is concentrate on our jobs
00:56:44and, you know, the lads will take care of business
00:56:46and give everything they've got.
00:56:48OK, so second half, the 2025 Community Shield is about to kick off.
00:56:52Let's get you back up to Ali and Darren.
00:56:54Thanks, Laura.
00:56:56So just looking down on the Liverpool team,
00:56:58there are no changes for them.
00:56:59The Crystal Palace players making their way out.
00:57:03There's Wembley Stadium in the middle of all the building work
00:57:06that's gone on since the stadium was originally built.
00:57:10And the famous arch with the London skyline in the background.
00:57:16And I'm pleased to say that even though it's opening day for us,
00:57:19Ali is in mid-season form as far as the half-time confectionery is concerned.
00:57:25And you must secretly be safe for you, mate.
00:57:32It's been a long summer without the old half-time snack.
00:57:35We have a table that resembles a small newsagent at the moment.
00:57:38So no changes for Crystal Palace either, they were forced into a change in the first half
00:57:44when Hughes came on to replace Kamada.
00:57:47And Ezra receiving his first touch in the second half.
00:57:53Florian Wurtz in the vicinity as well.
00:57:56Ezra looking to slip away here from Frimp Pong,
00:57:58Liverpool's German international there.
00:58:00Wurtz just getting a foot in.
00:58:02There's Cody Gatpo in the first opportunity in the second half here for Liverpool to attack.
00:58:08Taking on Richards.
00:58:12Gets another go, Munoz made the block while he was on the floor.
00:58:15Here he goes to Ekentike, who probably has to be blessed with the header, Ali.
00:58:19Oh, he should score.
00:58:24He does well to hold off.
00:58:27I think he's gay initially.
00:58:28Mitchell comes across, he's stronger than him.
00:58:31Is he a yard offside?
00:58:33He holds him off with his left arm, doesn't he?
00:58:35Should be hitting the target.
00:58:36He knows that's a big chance.
00:58:38Big chance.
00:58:47There's one thing I've noticed about him as well, Dan.
00:58:49With the ball, he's getting delivered into the box on either side,
00:58:52left or right.
00:58:53He does the right thing, and that gives the man a little bit of nudge.
00:58:57Knocks him off balance.
00:58:59So he can get his little bit of space, his wee half yard.
00:59:02Mo Salah, who I'm sure would like to be more involved in the game in the second half.
00:59:10Just on the subject of Ekentike, if they were to do a deal for Alexander Isak,
00:59:14you could see him playing in a wide position, couldn't you?
00:59:17I think it looks like he'd play anywhere along the front.
00:59:19Yeah.
00:59:24I wouldn't think that would be a problem to him at all.
00:59:32The sun quite bright here at Wembley.
00:59:37It's shining right into the eyes of the Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson,
00:59:40so he's gone for the cap in the second half.
00:59:42No surprise, really.
00:59:43The rest of it, the other half, is completely in shadow now,
00:59:46as you can see from the pictures, but he's got the sun in his face.
00:59:52Florian Virts onto Mo Salah, and look at the run being made inside of him by Frimpong,
00:59:56which is a different aspect to the Liverpool team.
01:00:00That's not the kind of run that you would have seen Trent Alexander-Arnold make.
01:00:02No, and it's a brilliant run because the one thing it does,
01:00:05even if he gets it or not,
01:00:07he brings Lacroix out of that central position to create space.
01:00:12And Virts gives it back to Mo Salah, who was able to keep it in play,
01:00:16and wins the corner off Tyrik Mitchell.
01:00:35Liverpool's captain is on his way in there, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Kanate also.
01:00:41And Liverpool's brand-new number seven, Florian Virts is out to take the corner.
01:00:56Chris Richards underneath the Crystal Palace.
01:01:00On it goes by Eza,
01:01:02that's an unfortunate slip by Munoz,
01:01:06and we hope he's not injured himself in the process.
01:01:08Was it in the rear? Did he just lose his foot?
01:01:11I think he just lost his foot as he was trying to run forward.
01:01:14I think he might well have tripped himself on him.
01:01:16Well, we know he's a really willing runner on that right-hand side.
01:01:21Well, he did trip on the ref. Good spot, Alan.
01:01:23That's the vision. Good spot.
01:01:25Centre-forwards vision there. Done.
01:01:28That's why you're always so good at what happened next.
01:01:31For the first time in a long time there could be a case of the referee well within his range to give himself a yellow card there.
01:01:50I'm not sure how aware he is of the player in there.
01:01:52I'm not necessarily sure about the vision of Munoz either.
01:02:04So Crystal Palace 1, Liverpool 2, and I'm pleased to report no harm done for the Crystal Palace right wing-back.
01:02:10He played the most minutes for them across the various competitions last season.
01:02:29This has very much been Liverpool's fixture, Crystal Palace have only won one of the last 16 against Liverpool.
01:02:35It's been a lopsided rivalry, there's been some big wins as well for Liverpool during that sequence.
01:02:40Yeah.
01:02:44Not as big as the previous time they played before the 4-3 game, do you remember that result?
01:02:47Yes indeed.
01:02:50It was a mistake with nine, wasn't it?
01:02:52It was.
01:02:57We've got something to build on this season, Crystal Palace in Europe for the first time.
01:03:00FA Cup holders, 53 points in the Premier League was their best ever tally in the Premier League era.
01:03:06Despite that tough start to the season where they were finding it hard to win matches.
01:03:09Yeah.
01:03:10That was the point I was trying to make.
01:03:11Yeah, we all like to see, you know, flesh blood coming in and new faces.
01:03:16All football fans do, but I still think the positivity around Crystal Palace at this moment in time is very, very evident.
01:03:23It's Cody Gakpo, playing a good ball forward here to Ekotike.
01:03:35Here goes by Florian Burch, headed away by Mark Gahy.
01:03:46Lovely football by Liverpool, here's Cody Gakpo.
01:03:48Sorry, and Virts drives it in, Ekotike!
01:03:53Might well have been three, but they were really slick there, Liverpool.
01:03:58I can say that again.
01:04:01Lovely move.
01:04:03A lot of it one touch, comes to Virts again, and I'll tell you what, he picks him out, you know.
01:04:08That's just not a ball into a dangerous area, he picks him out.
01:04:11And again, for the second team, it should do better.
01:04:21He certainly looks the part, doesn't he?
01:04:23We may need Alexander Issa.
01:04:24Well...
01:04:25Yeah.
01:04:28Yeah.
01:04:40There's Milos, Kirquez, Canante.
01:04:45Now Frimpop.
01:04:46All right, all right.
01:04:47Yeah.
01:04:48Yeah.
01:04:49Yeah.
01:04:50Yeah.
01:04:51Yeah.
01:05:15Excellent feed from Kanata, and a decent ball for Salah.
01:05:21There by Hughes for Crystal Palace.
01:05:24Lovely take by Wharton, and he flicks one out towards Munoz.
01:05:28Too much hate on it, it's got to be a longer carpet, that pass.
01:05:34There's Gakto, and now Jones.
01:05:45Gakto's headed down to Ekotike, what a fancier shot,
01:05:51just couldn't quite get the angle, Salah tried to play it in.
01:06:01Again, it was a good move, lovely switch of play, I think.
01:06:05Right to left.
01:06:07They've started great in Liverpool, haven't they, in the second half?
01:06:10I think they've been an example this summer of how you sell players.
01:06:16A lot of teams are good at buying them,
01:06:18but they're not very good at selling them,
01:06:20but they've managed to get players out to generate the revenue
01:06:23and generate space in the squad for the ones who have come in.
01:06:28Seems to be a lot easier to buy them than sell them these days, Ali.
01:06:31For sure.
01:06:32It's supposed to have it taken often by Ismail Assar,
01:06:38and Eza's made a really good run through the middle.
01:06:40And over it goes between two Liverpool players,
01:06:44Curtis Jones and Ibrahima Kanata,
01:06:46and Chris Kavanagh, who was behind the play, signifies that he didn't see a foul.
01:06:51No real protest from Oliver Glassman either.
01:06:54No, that was my initial reaction, I didn't think it was.
01:06:58That's a foul on Mitchell.
01:07:08I think he got it right, you know, Alec?
01:07:11Yeah.
01:07:12Comes across, he's got to be very careful.
01:07:15Yeah, there's nothing in that at all.
01:07:17Nothing in it at all, come on.
01:07:19I think he's more frustrated that they've got a short away.
01:07:25Must go into this season, you know, Eza,
01:07:27thinking that he could be a starter for England in the World Cup next summer.
01:07:30It tastes like he did this last season.
01:07:41Sorry, inverts for Liverpool.
01:07:43On by Salah, nicely done, here's Subozlai.
01:07:47A chance now to hit one for Cody Gatto,
01:07:51but that's a good block in there by Hughes.
01:07:53Wharton's been nice and tidy with the ball today.
01:07:56He has, I was looking at how he could take his movement there.
01:07:59And it was very good, he drifted to the back post, that's what was like.
01:08:04He said they were going hard to cross it, they got himself a tap-in.
01:08:09He certainly positions himself to finish.
01:08:13That's sloppy from Richards.
01:08:27Got to go back to 1984 for the last time Liverpool retained the top-flight title.
01:08:32Back in the days of the old First Division.
01:08:35Astonishing, really, when you think about the size of the club.
01:08:56Eventually taken down by Jones, who found himself outnumbered,
01:08:59and Van Dijk just needs that acceleration there with Mateta on his shoulder.
01:09:05And it won by Lacroix for Crystal Palace.
01:09:07Taken down well under pressure by Eze.
01:09:11Warton then fouled by Wurtz.
01:09:15Protected it really well there, walked in.
01:09:21Aggressive Wurtz on Akateke.
01:09:22Wurtz felt back.
01:09:28Let it go Sears all the way through to Mitchell.
01:09:30Yeah.
01:09:32You know something, he's gone a split second earlier, Dan.
01:09:40Flick!
01:09:41Well, how did that not go in?
01:09:44Saar was throwing himself at the ball, it was helped on by Mateta.
01:09:47I think he got a piece of it, you know, Saar, but not quite enough.
01:09:51Sure he gets the touch out.
01:09:53It's a brilliant delivery, and I think he might just be offside, you know, when it comes in.
01:09:57If it's flicked on here, yeah, if it's touched, I think he's offside.
01:10:02That's all determined here.
01:10:03Yeah, I think he just drifts offside.
01:10:04Not a lot, innit?
01:10:05He comes round the other side of Van Dijk.
01:10:06But, oh, and he also gets a touch.
01:10:07Would it have counted, though, I'm not so sure.
01:10:08Yeah, good point.
01:10:09Encouragement, though, for Oliver Glastner at Crystal Palace, just on Mo Salah, by the way.
01:10:11Ten touches in the first half, he's had ten already in the second, so normal service.
01:10:12Not much, I think he's offside.
01:10:13Not much, I think he's offside.
01:10:14Not much, I think he's offside.
01:10:15Not much, I think he's offside.
01:10:16Not much, I think he's offside.
01:10:17Not a lot, innit?
01:10:18He comes round the other side of Van Dijk.
01:10:19But, oh, and he also gets a touch.
01:10:32Just resumed for Liverpool's number 11.
01:10:38And we've got over 82,000 people here today.
01:10:41Very, very good attendance for this community shield.
01:10:45Here's Curtis Jones, who hasn't given the ball away yet today.
01:10:48Completed every one of his passes to this point, the Liverpool midfielder.
01:10:52Richard's defending there for Palace, away by Henderson, here's Mateta.
01:10:5982,000 is a great crew, doesn't it?
01:11:01Brilliant.
01:11:02Did Noel and Liam beat that with any chance?
01:11:04Cool, you got the whole of the pitch to cover as well there.
01:11:11I think if you ask Noel or Liam they will tell you that yes they did.
01:11:14Oh, 280,000.
01:11:17They certainly set records for beer sales, I saw, and you weren't even here.
01:11:26Here's Warton.
01:11:27That's a good ball, Mateta's on the chase, that's alert goalkeeping though from Alisson.
01:11:33Yeah, he's positioned himself very well, Alisson, doesn't he?
01:11:36That's why he's there.
01:11:37Jack is a sweeper as well.
01:11:40Just one or two promising signs though at the moment for Crystal Palace,
01:11:4815 minutes into the second half, attacking the end where their supporters are here
01:11:53at Wendley Stadium.
01:11:56All of them look like they're enjoying it.
01:11:58They're making a decent noise.
01:12:02Yeah, they do.
01:12:03So the Palace corner to be taken by Warton, there's Richards and Gahey in the box.
01:12:22Lacroix as well, the three centre-backs for Crystal Palace.
01:12:26Can this be the moment for them for the equaliser?
01:12:32Richards ducked underneath it, Gahey was trying to get on the end of it then.
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