Team
Slot opted for four changes to his starting XI, which saw Luis Diaz, Curtis Jones, Andy Robertson and Virgil van Dijk restored.
Liverpool: Alisson, Van Dijk, Konate (Jota, 61), Diaz (Endo, 69), Szoboszlai (Nunez, 61), Salah, Jones, Gakpo, Robertson (Elliott, 85), Gravenberch, Bradley (Alexander-Arnold, 46).
Unused subs: Kelleher, Gomez, Tsimikas, Quansah.
First half
A party atmosphere greeted the Premier League champions and Emirates FA Cup winners when they emerged for kick-off.
And the sense of celebration and camaraderie continued as the sides traded guards of honour in acknowledgement of each other’s trophy successes.
The truce was broken nine minutes into the game, though. Tyrick Mitchell slid a pass from the left channel infield for Sarr, who coolly opened up his body and planted a finish around Alisson Becker.
Liverpool began to settle into possession control from there, though were unable to carve out any genuine opportunities to worry the Eagles.
Diaz had been lively, however, and the Colombian was a whisker away from equalising after taking in Dominik Szoboszlai’s pass to the edge of the box and whipping an effort just the wrong side of the right post.
The same player flicked a header over the Palace crossbar from Gravenberch’s clipped ball to the six-yard box.
On the half-hour mark, Jean-Philippe Mateta placed a strike into the hosts’ net from a very similar position to Sarr’s goal – but this one was disallowed for offside.
Diaz was subsequently kicking the post in frustration as he was denied from the champions’ best chance of the half. The No.7 was found free in the box by Salah but Eagles goalkeeper Dean Henderson blocked his low drive.
