Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew believes
his side will meet a Liverpool squad that has
the quality to comfortably finish in the
Barclays Premier League's top four when they
head to Anfield on Sunday.
Jurgen Klopp has won three and drawn three
in his first six fixtures after replacing Brendan
Rodgers but Pardew says the ability in his
opposition's squad is already there.
Pardew's side have picked up one point from
their past three league outings, as well as
suffering a 5-1 defeat at Manchester City in
the League Cup and Pardew anticipates
another tough examination.
"I thought in the summer that they have a
top-four squad and that has not changed
despite the change in manager," he said.
"They are Liverpool and they should be top
four. I think Christian Benteke is a terrific
player and Klopp has arrived with great
players there.
"Benteke is a different kind of threat to what
they have had before and a great signing.
There is a higher press under Klopp's
management and we know that is coming - we
can cope with that.
"But they carry great players and great players
can change games - Roberto Firmino did that
at Stoke. We have to focus on what they are
not good at and defending is an issue at the
club so we will look to exploit that.
"We have come up against everyone in form,
we are having one of those runs. But our
performance against Manchester United, we
must take great heart form that because only
one team deserved to win it and that was us."
Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet is in
confident mood after he did not have a single
shot to save in the Europa League win over
Rubin Kazan on Thursday, his side's third
straight victory in all competitions.
"Three wins in a row have been great for our
confidence but we need to look forward,"
Mignolet told the Liverpool Echo. "We need to
recover as quickly as we can for the game on
Sunday. With all the travelling we don’t have
much time.
"After the 3-1 win at Chelsea, the next day we
were thinking about what we could improve
and that is how we have to look at it again.
We need to improve again for what will be a
very tough fixture against Crystal Palace."
Klopp will have to make do with a number of
key players including Daniel Sturridge (knee),
Kolo Toure (hamstring), Jordan Henderson
(foot) as well as long-term absentees Joe
Gomez, Danny Ings and Jon Flanagan.
Connor Wickham and Marouane Chamakh are
both back in training for Palace, although
Pardew believes the Anfield game could come
too soon for them. Dwight Gayle is also a
major doubt having suffered a setback in
training.
Eighth-place Liverpool sit four points adrift of
the top four and one clear of 10th-place
Palace going into the weekend's action.
Liverpool (from): Bogdan, Mignolet, Clyne,
Jose Enrique, Lovren, Moreno, Sakho, Skrtel,
Allen, Can, Coutinho, Ibe, Lallana, Lucas,
Milner, Teixeira, Benteke, Firmino, Origi.
Crystal Palace (from): Hennessey, McCarthy,
Speroni, Dann, Delaney, Hangeland, Kelly,
Mariappa, Souare, Ward, Bolasie, Cabaye,
Guedioura, Jedinak, Ledley, McArthur, Mutch,
Puncheon, Sako, Zaha, Bamford, Campbell,
Gayle.
Match Appointments
Referee: Neil Swarbrick Assistants: S Ledger,
M Salisbury Fourth Official: K Friend

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Gerrard has present in the last 3 losses to Palace
Coincidence?

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