Mohamed Salah, Alexis Mac Allister and Harvey Elliott spurned spot kicks for Liverpool as Crystal Palace gained at Wembley Stadium for the second time inside three months with a 3-2 victory on penalties following a 2-2 draw within the 2025 Group Protect.
New Liverpool signings Hugo Ekitike and Jeremie Frimpong struck both aspect of Jean-Philippe Mateta’s penalty as the edges traded three objectives contained in the opening 22 minutes.
CRYSTAL PALACE WIN THE COMMUNITY SHIELD! 🏆
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Mo Salah misses Liverpool’s opening penalty within the shootout 😳
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Mac Allister and Eze each miss from the spot ❌
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Ismaila Sarr then surged on to Adam Wharton’s well-weighted cross in the best channel, entered the penalty space and curled a cute right-footed end previous goalkeeper Alisson by way of the close to put up within the 77th minute.
Salah despatched the opening try of the shootout excessive over the goal and goalkeeper Dean Henderson denied Mac Allister and Elliott to make Palace the primary crew to win the showpiece match on the first try, with Alisson turning Eberechi Eze’s effort in opposition to a put up and Borna Sosa hitting the crossbar on his Eagles debut earlier than substitute Justin Devenny smashed within the decisive kick.
Medical from Ismaïla Sarr 🎯
Van Dijk steps up early and the ahead takes full benefit!
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What an introduction by Hugo Ekitike 🤩
4 minutes is all it for the massive Frenchman to make his mark, with an excellent end to place Liverpool forward ⚽️
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France Below-21 ahead Ekitike confirmed why Liverpool paid Eintracht Frankfurt an preliminary £69m for him within the fourth minute, swapping passes with Florian Wirtz on the left and shifting to his proper simply exterior the field to curve a exact low end past USA defender Chris Richards and Henderson to break the impasse together with his fourth contact.
Liverpool are forward, and it is one other new man as Jeremie Frimpong’s cross finds the far nook to make it 2-1 ⚽️
Proper on the 20 minute mark 2️⃣0️⃣
“Some issues are simply meant to be”
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Germany midfielder Wirtz arrived from Leverkusen in June for £100m, doubtlessly rising to a British-record £116m.
Within the highest-scoring first half of a Group Protect match since 1992, FA Cup holders Palace equalised by means of Mateta’s penalty after Virgil van Dijk fouled Sarr.
All stage right here at Wembley! 🤯
Foul on Sarr by van Dijk, and Mateta steps up confidently to crash residence the penalty to make it 1-1!
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Palace had been stage for 4 minutes, Frimpong’s cross from the best looping over Henderson to revive Liverpool’s lead after Dominik Szoboszlai’s angled cross had situated the Netherlands right-back.
Frimpong joined the reigning Premier League champions from Leverkusen for £29.5m in Might.
Palace often is the happier aspect with the 90 minutes that preceded penalties, exhibiting the poised steadiness of resolve and attacking verve that took them previous Manchester Metropolis within the FA Cup ultimate in Might.
Kerkez and Frimpong had been the brand new full-backs in a again 4 for Liverpool that was sometimes unconvincing, together with a mistake by Van Dijk when the captain misjudged his aspect’s offside entice for Palace’s second aim.
Van Dijk was seen shaking his head after Sarr struck as Liverpool’s report prolonged to at least one clear sheet of their final 12 matches, together with friendlies.
Mateta and Sarr additionally scored for Palace within the shootout, as did Gakpo and Szoboszlai for Liverpool.
This was additionally the sixth Group Protect match of the final 9 to go to penalties, together with every of the final three.
Manchester Metropolis beat Manchester United final yr and Arsenal beat Metropolis in 2023, whereas the Gunners beat Liverpool in 2020 and Chelsea in 2017.
Metropolis additionally beat Liverpool by way of spot kicks in 2019.
Crystal Palace line-up vs Liverpool
Palace boss Oliver Glasner selected the identical 11 who started their first FA Cup ultimate triumph.
Talisman Eberechi Eze, whose future on the membership has been the topic of a lot hypothesis over the summer season, was anticipated to supply Palace’s inventive spark.
Mad led the road within the membership’s first Group Protect look.
Palace beginning XI: Henderson, Munoz, Richards, Lacroix, Guehi, Mitchell, Wharton, Kamada, Eze, Sarr, Mateta
Palace Subs: Benitez, Lerma, Clyne, Hughes, Esse, Edouard, Sosa, Devenny, Cardines
Liverpool line-up vs Palace
Left-back Milos Kerkez, who joined Liverpool from Bournemouth for £40m in June, was amongst Liverpool’s starters.
Brazil worldwide Alisson returned after lacking Liverpool’s pre-season tour of Asia for private causes and midfielder Ryan Gravenberch was not within the squad as a result of his spouse gave beginning on Saturday.
Liverpool Beginning XI: Alisson, Frimpong, Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez, Szoboszlai, Wirtz, Jones, Salah, Ekitice, Gakpo
Liverpool subs: Mamardashvili, Endo, Mac Allister, Chiesa, Elliott, Robertson, Nyoni, Doak, Ngumoha
When does Crystal Palace’s 2025/26 Premier League season begin?
The primary spherical of Premier League matches in 2025/26 might be on the weekend of August 16 2025, with Palace visiting Chelsea on Sunday, August 17 at 14:00 BST.
The match is being proven stay within the UK on Sky Sports activities Premier League, Extremely and Primary Occasion.
When does Liverpool’s 2025/26 Premier League season begin?
Liverpool begin the motion at residence to Bournemouth on Friday, August 15 at 20:00 BST.
The sport is being proven stay within the UK on Sky Sports activities Premier League, Extremely and Primary Occasion.
The final spherical of matches this season will all begin on the similar time on Might 24 2026. No rounds will happen inside 60 hours of one another and there might be no fixture on December 24.
