Liverpool's domestic form stumbled again with a 0-0 draw against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park, despite twice hitting the crossbar
Jurgen Klopp's side were hoping to recover some confidence after a 5-2 drubbing by Real Madrid on Tuesday evening, but looked "fragile" - as Jamie Redknapp described - as they returned to Premier League action
They passed up a number of chances, with Diogo Jota nodding onto the crossbar from close range in the first half before Mohamed Salah lashed against the woodwork shortly after the break
But Crystal Palace hardly sat back and impressed in large spells - although did not register a shot on target despite some questionable moments from Liverpool's defence
They also found the bar as Jean-Philippe Mateta rifled an effort onto the post, having earlier been gifted the chance to see his side ahead after a sloppy Trent Alexander-Arnold pass
 Marc Guehi and the superb Michael Olise also went close
Ultimately, both teams lacked a cutting edge
 Liverpool move up a place into seventh, six points adrift of the top four
 Palace also drew their third successive Premier League game and remain in 12th
The game turned out to be series of almosts and maybes, marked from the early minutes
 Crystal Palace were gifted a chance as Alexander-Arnold's sloppy pass to Jordan Henderson was intercepted by Mateta, but his chipped effort was palmed wide by Alisson
The returning Jota then twice went close for Liverpool, first with a volley straight at Vicente Guaita, before his header from a tight angle ricocheted off the crossbar from close range
Crystal Palace again took advantage of some questionable Liverpool defending for another glorious chance before the half an hour, when Olise delivered a superb corner, but Guehi sent a free header inches wide of the target
That seemed to inject some confidence into the hosts and they began to rack up a raft of chances
 Olise's cross from the right just missed the runs of Jeffrey Schlupp and Mateta, before the latter slammed an effort off the top of the crossbar
While Liverpool didn't exactly come racing out of the traps in the second half, they did see some good early openings
 Mohamed Salah bent a fine effort onto the crossbar before Alexander-Arnold's deflected cross was pushed over by Guaita
Both sides enjoyed spells of pressure as the game continued, Olise providing the spark for Palace, but the game lacked a final product
 Cody Gakpo could have won it late on for Liverpool, but poked a great chance just wide
The hosts applied the last-minute pressure and were incensed at the full-time whistle, as referee Darren England blew as Crystal Palace were awarded another corner
 The players surrounded the official in protest - with Joachim Andersen receiving a booking - as the game ended in a stalemate
A superb display from Olise, who was the creative spark Crystal Palace desperately needed at times
 Although the final product lacked in other areas of the pitch, he breezed past experienced players like they weren't there
 He continues to prove what an exciting young talent he is for Patrick Vieira's side
 "I know nobody wants to hear it, but it's a very typical game at Crystal Palace
 The big difference for us is that usually we score one or two from the chances we have
 We didn't do that tonight
 In the end, it's an away point and it's OK
 It's not brilliant but it's OK
"You have to make sure you don't concede
 We did that
 The [third goal] for Real Madrid was obviously good for absolutely nothing but at least we could prepare for tonight because we had two free kicks in similar situations and defended much better
"Apart from when they hit the crossbar, they had no shot on target which is a good sign as well
 It was a tough game
" "He had an injection vs Real Madrid
 It's not structural damage, it's very painful
 The day after the game he couldn't move his arm at all
 We have to see how long it will take
" "We keep going
 We cannot suffer because of our own history
 This will not be the season everybody looks at in the history books again and again and again, there will not be movies about it
 We have to go through it and we will
 We have to take the things and go again, take the things and go again
 That's what we'll do
"Nothing really changed tonight
 You can see two ways: we didn't win, that sounds very negative
 We have a point more than before sounds pretty positive
" "It was a good game from our side
 We played with a lot of intensity, discipline and started the game well
"In the first half, we had opportunities we didn't take at the end and in the second half they had a good spell in the first 20 minutes and it was really difficult for us
 But we managed not to concede a goal and that was important for us to deal well with the difficult periods
 After that we finished the game in a better way
 "One of the frustrations we have as team is creating opportunities and not taking them
 Especially against teams like Liverpool we knew that it would be difficult to create chances
 We managed to do so and didn't take them
 That is something we have to improve and do better
"I work with them every day and see the quality they have
 All of them can finish and score goals, it's about me putting training in place to rebuild confidence
"You need 11 players to perform vs Liverpool
 The players executed the plan well, the only thing missing was to score
" "He was really important for us when we were in possession
 He created opportunities and chances
 That was one of his most complete games, even defensively he was working really well
 He was really smart the way that he was defending, he's growing and that's really good for us
"next game is at on Saturday; kick-off 3pm
 Patrick Vieira's side then host champions on Saturday, March 11, live on ; kick-off 5
30pm
now take on Wolves for the fourth time this year, with Julen Lopetegui's side visiting Anfield on Wednesday; kick-off 8pm
 Jurgen Klopp's team then face a huge meeting with rivals at home on Sunday, March 5, live on ; kick-off 4