Saturday, 16 May 2015

Gerrard's Anfield farewell ends in disappointing

Gerrard's Anfield farewell ends in disappointing defeat as Crystal Palace score two controversial goals to stun lacklustre Liverpool


Liverpool 1-3 Crystal Palace: Wilfried Zaha controversially crashes Steven Gerrard's
LIVERPOOL 1-3 CRYSTAL PALACE - ROB DRAPER AT ANFIELD - That's the problem with pre-planned celebrations. You can send out the invitations, arrange the play list, tailor the entire occasion for your guest of honour and it can all fall a bit flat. And Crystal Palace are the worst kind of people to invite when you're planning a gentle celebratory game. Adam Lallana gave them the dream start but Alan Pardew's team resolutely refused to be the sideshow with Yannick Bolasie running the Reds defence ragged and a free kick from Jason Puncheon leaving things all square at half-time. Palace's second half goals to ruin the script came through a marginally offside Wilfried Zaha and a wrongly awarded penalty after he was brought down outside the area.

 Gerrard leads Liverpool along the line of Palace players as formalities come to a close on a special day for the captain
Gerrard was accompanied by his daughters during the pre-match activities which centred around the departing midfielder
A variety of scarfs remembering Gerrard were available outside Anfield ahead of the much-anticipated occasion
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