Nketiah at 97: Palace shatters Liverpool's perfect start in a Selhurst Park epic
Eddie Nketiah struck with virtually the last kick of the game to earn Crystal Palace a 2-1 victory over Liverpool and end the champions' five-match winning start to the Premier League season. On a thunderous afternoon in south London, Ismaila Sarr's ninth-minute opener was cancelled out late by Federico Chiesa, only for Nketiah to pounce in the seventh minute of added time after a long-throw routine to send Selhurst Park into delirium.
Palace were outstanding for long stretches, stretching their unbeaten run in all competitions to 18 matches—equalling a club record set in 1969—and, on this evidence, fully meriting a first home league win over Liverpool since November 2014. They rise to second and, remarkably, are now the only unbeaten side left in the Premier League; Liverpool, for once, have found no late escape.
Selhurst seizes the initiative