Liverpool moved level on points with Premier League leaders Manchester City courtesy of a thrilling victory at Crystal Palace.

Goals from Joel Matip, Dejan Lovren, Emre Can and Roberto Firmino helped as the Reds chalked up yet another victory in the Premier League this season. Despite their excellence in the attack, Liverpool's defence remains a weakness, with Lovren twice allowing James McArthur to level before the break.

It was an entertaining match, with the opening half particularly appealing defensive accidents and attacking spirit of players resulted in five goals - the most in a first half in the Premier League this season.
In fact, the first three goals in a breathless encounter came within a spell of six minutes.
Liverpool were enthralling going forward with Philippe Coutinho pulling the strings once again with his wonderful passing.

Coutinho contributed two assists - his corners were headed home by Lovren and Matip - and played a part in Liverpool's opener, finding Alberto Moreno, whose cut-back gave Can the task of sweeping home from close range.
Arguably Coutinho's finest pass was the one which did not result in a goal, a perfectly delivered ball which broke through Palace's defence and set Sadio Mane free, but Mandana was fantastic at the goal preventing a fabulous strike.
For all Coutinho's and Liverpool's attacking prowess, however, their defensive errors meant victory was not certain until Firmino, put into space by captain Jordan Henderson, chipped over Mandanda.

Palace have conceded seven goals in their past two league games, lost three matches in a row and not kept a clean sheet in their past 15.
They improved after the break, pushing Jurgen Klopp's side with more urgency, but what will worry Palace manager Pardew is that Liverpool could have scored more than the four they managed.

Palace will argue that they could have been awarded a penalty for either of two challenges on Wilfried Zaha and Christian Benteke in quick succession, while Zaha also went down under Can's challenge later in the second half.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said: "In the first 15 minutes we were not really at 100% then in half an hour we created chance after chance. It was a close game and a deserved win at the end. I'm a very happy man.

"The defensive error we made for the first goal is because we are not at the limit of our concentration. The aggressiveness was not there at the start of the game. But I saw a lot of wonderful things offensively."