Hello and welcome to LIVE commentary as Premier League leaders Liverpool host Crystal Palace. Kick-off at Anfield is at 15:00 GMT.

Speroni takes his time over a goal-kick which leads to some whistles from the home fans. Palace are putting every man behind the ball, similar to how they started against Man City last month before attacking more in the second period.

CHANCE! Firmino cuts in from the right side of the box and fires a shot across goal which flies over the bar. A minute earlier Fabinho had a long-ranger blocked by a defender.

Salah is cutting a frustrated figure, he is dropping back to get more involved in the play as the game is passing him by.

From another corner, Speroni punches a cross away under intense pressure. It has been ALL Liverpool in the opening stages.

GOOD GOALKEEPING: Liverpool have a corner which Palace fail to clear, it comes to Milner who plays it into Matip who shapes to shoot but Speroni does well to parry it away off his line.

Liverpool have started in a 4-2-3-1 formation with Fabinho and Henderson in central midfield and Firmino operating as a No.10 behind Salah.

Bright start from the Reds, dominating possession as expected. Palace look to be relying on the counter attack with Zaha's pace.

Zaha has switched to the left flank to go up against Milner, should be an interesting battle.

KICK OFF: We are underway on a chilly day, let's hope the football warms the cockles.

FIve minutes till kick-off!

Palace have failed to score in six of their last seven Premier League games against sides starting the day top with the exception being a 2-1 win at Chelsea in April 2017.

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Liverpool have a chance to go seven points clear of Manchester City in the title race for 24 hours at least having bounced back from back-to-back defeats by beating Brighton last weekend. As for Palace they are in 14th place, 10 points off 7th spot and four points off the relegation zone.

Liverpool have won five of their last six league games against Palace, including the last three in a row.

However, the Eagles have won three of their last four Premier League visits to Anfield and did of course stun Manchester City 3-2 at the Etihad last month.

CRYSTAL PALACE: Speroni, van Aanholt, Sakho, Tomkins, Wan-Bissaka, Milijovejic, Kouyate, Townsend, McArthur, Zaha, Ayew...Subs: Tupper, Kelly, Dann, Schlupp, Meyer, Wickham, Benteke.

Goalkeeper Julian Speroni will start for Palace as he makes his first appearance since December 2017 and at 39-year-old is the Premier League's second oldest keeper after Shay Given.

LIVERPOOL: Alisson, Milner, Matip, van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Fabinho, Keita, Mane, Salah, Firmino...Subs: Mignolet, Sturridge, Moreno, Lallana, Shaqiri, Origi, Camacho.

Three changes for the home side with Milner, Matip and Keita in for Trent, Wijnaldum and Shaqiri.

Full team news to come...