Liverpool reignited their Premier League campaign on Sunday with a 3-1 victory over bottom-of-the-table Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
The comfortable win snapped a difficult stretch of back-to-back losses against Arsenal and Fenerbahce, providing vital relief for manager Andoni Iraola in his debut season following his arrival from Bournemouth.
Palace squandered key early opportunities, including a Yeremy Pino shot that rattled the crossbar and a disallowed goal by Jorgen Strand Larsen due to offside.
Alexis Mac Allister capitalised on those misses in the 40th minute by heading home a free-kick from Dominik Szoboszlai.
Nine minutes into the second half, Florian Wirtz extended the lead by converting a low cross from Bradley Barcola to register his first league goal of the season.
After Alisson Becker made crucial late saves to keep Palace at bay, Alexander Isak sealed the points for Liverpool with a deflected 89th-minute strike.
Eddie Nketiah converted a stoppage-time penalty for Palace after a collision between Dario Osorio and Milos Kerkez, but the late goal offered little consolation for under-fire manager Pierre Sage as Liverpool climbed into fourth place.
