Liverpool edged to a nervy 3-1 victory against Crystal Palace on Super Sunday, keeping Manchester City in their sights at the top of the Premier League table
It was an explosive start from Jurgen Klopp's side as Virgil van Dijk (8) and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (32) saw the Reds 2-0 ahead and, at that point, looking comfortable
But Palace fought back valiantly and after a string of chances, Odsonne Edouard (55) slotted home a deserved reply 10 minutes after the break
They were made to pay for their misses, though, as Liverpool were awarded a late penalty following a lengthy VAR check - and it was a controversial decision as Vicente Guaita and Diogo Jota collided inside the area
 After a check of the monitor, referee Kevin Friend swung in Liverpool's favour
In the absence of usual penalty taker Mohamed Salah, Fabinho slotted home from the spot to see Jurgen Klopp's side move to within nine points of Man City, taking advantage of the leaders' draw against Southampton on Saturday Night Football
Having won 7-0 on their last visit to Selhurst Park, Liverpool were on an early hunt for goals
 Andy Robertson pinged an effort over the crossbar, before Jordan Henderson's low strike from 20 yards was palmed away by Guaita
Seconds later, Liverpool went ahead with Palace's frailties from set-pieces exposed once again
 Robertson swung in a superb corner from the left, with no one marking Van Dijk
 He powered a ferocious header home
The second was not too far behind - Fabinho lifting an effort over in the interim - but it was Robertson again who helped make it 2-0
 His cross from the left pinged over the box to reach the returning Oxlade-Chamberlain on the far side of the area
 He controlled well before firing into the bottom corner
However, there was a question of offside for Liverpool's second after a jump from Roberto Firmino in the middle as the cross came in
 After a brief VAR check, they deemed the defender or the goalkeeper were not impacted by Firmino despite him jumping for the ball
But Jamie Redknapp disagreed, saying at half-time: "He is offside as Mitchell has to mark him
 He goes for the ball and makes Mitchell position change
"Palace then saw a few more chances fall their way
 Jean-Philippe Mateta picked out Conor Gallagher inside the area, but the midfielder - making his 100th club career appearance - could not get the ball under his control with his back to goal
 A sloppy Joel Matip pass then allowed Michael Olise to drive into the area, but Alisson make another superb stop
However, he was almost beaten not long after
 Mateta drove down the right of the area, swinging his cross around the goalkeeper, who had come out to put him off
 But his effort just fizzed wide of the far post as the net was left unguarded
Liverpool continued to ride their luck early in the second half
 Olise bamboozled Robertson down the right to send a cross in, but Gallagher glanced his header wide of the far post
 Edouard then tried to backheel the ball home from close range, but Alisson somehow managed to get his hands to it inside a packed six-yard box
After a string of superb chances, Crystal Palace finally made the breakthrough in the 55th minute
 It's was a defence-splitting pass from Jeffrey Schlupp that allowed Mateta to get in behind the Liverpool defence
 With only Alisson to beat, he squared the ball for Edouard on his left, who slotted home easily into an open net
There was still plenty on the line as the game entered the final ten minutes
 Olise almost levelled things up as his chipped effort had Alisson scrambling back
 The goalkeeper soon scooped the effort behind
But controversy reigned late on with another refereeing decision going against Palace
 Guaita and Jota collided inside the area, with Kevin Friend initially waving away the claims
 But VAR intervened, with the referee also consulting the pitchside monitor, and awarded Liverpool the spot-kick
"It's not a penalty," Redknapp added
 "The referee got it right
 You can see Jota going into the goalkeeper
 VAR got it wrong but the referee still has the ability to go to the screen and trust his original decision
"Fabinho stepped up and scored the penalty as Liverpool took another three points from Selhurst Park
 There were deafening boos from the home fans as Friend left the field after the game - flanked by Patrick Vieira and Crystal Palace coach Shaun Derry - leaving the hosts in 13th place
"That goal shouldn't have been allowed
 The penalty shouldn't be allowed
 So all I can do is give you my frustration
 I prefer not to go too far because I don't want to be in trouble
"I strongly believe it was a huge mistake from the referee
 That took away our hope to try and get the points
 That decision had a massive impact on the game today
 You have to look at the performances of the referees
 I'm always honest about referees but today the referees didn't have a good game at all
 It happens too often at home when we play the big teams
"The reason [why Vieira did not think the penalty should have been given] is having those meetings with the referee and explaining to coaches that contact is part of the game, so that if there is a situation like that and there is not an obvious contact, there will not be a penalty
"This one here and when you look at the situation with Jota, who I believe was really quite smart, but at the same the referee was naive or the VAR I should say was naive
"There is no way that Jota could get the ball back and score or that Vince tried to stop
 There is no way Vince and Jota cannot have contact because of the situation they were in
""It was a bit Jekyll and Hyde football today
 You could see how good we can be
 We were incredible in the first 35 minutes
 Then after an intense week - away at Arsenal - I don't have any real explanation but the intensity might be one
"We became sloppy in the last line
 In the second half we were not compact, the first line pressed too high and the distance was not right
 We played a high line and did not catch them offside which was our fault of course
"You try absolutely everything and you are not always superior or dominant but you need results
 That's football
 We did it the hard way but we did it
"Crystal Palace are a really talented team, wow