Roy Hodgson described the mood in the Palace camp as “very positive”, with five points from the last three matches.
The manager said prior to kick-off: “It’s always a pleasure to welcome a team like Liverpool to Selhurst Park. We’re always up for these sorts of games. Luckily we go into it off the back of what we think to be good performances, and our mood is good – and I hope the players confidence is high, because it deserves to be.”
Hodgson was asked about Jordan Ayew’s selection, replacing the suspended Christian Beneteke, saying: “Jordan’s always done well for us, we’ve been fortunate that Christian when given his chance recently he has taken it, so we’ll miss him today - he would have been a handful for the Liverpool defence.