Alan Pardew gifts Steven Gerrard a bottle of International Brut before Palace beat Liverpool in Gerrard’s last ever home game at Anfield. Image: @Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace spoiled Steven Gerrard’s last home game for Liverpool at Anfield by completely outplaying the Reds and convincingly beating them 3-1.
While the result may have been humiliating for the Liverpool captain the Eagles’ manager gestured respect before the match started by giving him a bottle of champagne.
The Palace performance was skilled, dogged and full of character as they were one nil down in the first half and fought back with a Puncheon free kick equalizer before half-time.
Man Utd reject Wilfried Zaha put Palace ahead with his first touch of the game when he came on as a substitute at 69 minutes.
He won a penalty in stoppage time when tripped in the box and Glenn Murray scored Palace’s third on the rebound from the spot-kick.
To be fair to Liverpool television coverage replays showed that Zaha was marginally off-side for the second goal and his trip leading to the penalty was actually outside the penalty area.
But the result will be sweet revenge for Alan Pardew.
Steven Gerrard scored the last minute equalizer at Wembley that stopped him winning the FA Cup when he was manager of West Ham.
He’s a professional who likes to spoil the party for Liverpool.
After being humiliated as a Palace player in a 9-0 thrashing at Anfield, he scored the winner in an FA Cup semi-final in the same season.
VINE: Alan Pardew meeting Steven Gerrard ahead of tonight's match #COYP vine.co/v/eKV1lBuZAhO
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Crystal Palace FC (@CPFC) May 16, 2015GOAL! Liverpool score. 1-0.
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Crystal Palace FC (@CPFC) May 16, 2015Adam Lallana capitalised on a mistake at the back, went through on goal and fired high past Hennessey.
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Crystal Palace FC (@CPFC) May 16, 2015GOOOOOOAAAAAL!!!! PUNCHEON!!! 1-1 http://t.co/lzeIgfTRkg
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Crystal Palace FC (@CPFC) May 16, 2015Unbelievable technique from Puncheon! He wrong foots Mignolet with a clever free kick to equalise for #CPFC. COME ON!
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Crystal Palace FC (@CPFC) May 16, 2015"HE'S ONE OF OUR OWN!"
@jason_punch42 celebrates his sensational equaliser for #cpfc at Anfield. http://t.co/pa7cAHnquH
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Crystal Palace FC (@CPFC) May 16, 2015GOAL!!! ZAHA SCORES WITH HIS FIRST TOUCH! http://t.co/g6AsPwxa6A
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Crystal Palace FC (@CPFC) May 16, 2015.@wilfriedzaha celebrates putting #CPFC ahead at Anfield! http://t.co/YQJ0sVeYfK
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Crystal Palace FC (@CPFC) May 16, 2015GOAL! Mignolet parries his spot-kick but Murray makes no mistake with the rebound. 3-1 Palace. http://t.co/PDtOLMTJuJ
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Crystal Palace FC (@CPFC) May 16, 2015FULL TIME: Liverpool 1-3 Crystal Palace.
What a performance from the Eagles!
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Crystal Palace FC (@CPFC) May 16, 2015
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