Henderson and Devenny rise to occasion to leave Slot empty-handed

The rest of the Premier League take note: Liverpool may have spent almost £300m on new players this summer but that doesn't make them unbeatable.

- Ed Aarons

Goals from Hugo Ekitiké and Jeremie Frimpong and an impressive display from Florian Wirtz looked like being enough to seal a narrow victory against Crystal Palace in the Community Shield, as Arne Slot's summer signings made an instant impact for the Premier League champions. But even with the possibility that they could still add Alexander Isak to their array of attacking talent, Oliver Glasner's well-drilled side showed that the Reds' new-look defence is fallible and Palace deserved to take this game to penalties after equalising for the second time in the afternoon, thanks to Ismaïla Sarr.

It was left to Justin Devenny, on as a substitute, to seal victory for the south London club after Mohamed Salah, Alexis Mac Allister and Harvey Elliott all missed in the shootout.

For the FA Cup winners, who contested this occasion for the first time in their history, it was another moment to savour as they await the outcome of their appeal to the court of arbitration for sport against their demotion from the Europa League, which is due to be announced today.

However, after Frimpong and his fellow new signing Milos Kerkez struggled to contain Sarr and Eberechi Eze at times, Liverpool may decide to step up their attempts to sign the Palace captain, Marc Guéhi, who left the field with cramp after another all-action display before returning to lift the trophy.