Eagles do their best to spoil Reds' end-of-season party

SALAH'S LATE GOAL FOR LIVERPOOL DENIES PALACE A FAMOUS ANFIELD VICTORY

- writes Carl Markham.

FA CUP winners Crystal Palace did their best to spoil Liverpool's title party as they secured a 1-1 draw at Anfield

A 1-1 draw and Ryan Graven-berch’s red card could not dampen spirits as fans were not prepared to allow anything to spoil seeing the trophy lift in person for the first time in 35 years.

Mohamed Salah equalled the Pre-mier League record of most goal involvements in a season - Andy Cole (1993-94) and Alan Shearer (1994-95) achieved 47 in a 42-game season - with an 84th-minute level-ler.

And to prove the occasion was all about celebration even the tearful departing Trent Alexander-Arnold, who was jeered on his last appear-ance at Anfield, was welcomed back into the fold.

Supporters who were still maybe not prepared to forgive at least ensured the defender’s 354th and final appearance after a 20-year association with his boyhood club did not end on a sour note.

The words of former manager Jur-gen Klopp on Friday evening, back at Anfield for the first time a year after leaving, saying fans were wrong in their treatment of the academy graduate succeeded in cutting through the noise surrounding his pending move for Real Madrid.