Liverpool’s 4-3 victory over Crystal Palace is unlikely to go down in the annals of Premier League history as one of the competitions finest ever matches, but it does have something in common with an unquestioned classic from the past quarter of a century.

The match on Saturday was the Reds’ seventh 4-3 win in the English top flight since it was rebranded in 1992, but only the second in which Liverpool trailed at half-time. The other was the iconic game against Newcastle in 1996.

Sadio Mané may have scored the decisive goal from a similar spot in the penalty area in front of the Kop, but it won’t be as well remembered as Stan Collymore’s winner against the Magpies always will be.

Crystal Palace have inflicted two of Jürgen Klopp’s four league defeats at Anfield, so Kopites might’ve been forgiven for feeling anxious when the Eagles went in a goal up at the break. But the south London side have also failed to hold on to multiple leads against Liverpool in recent times too.

The Reds have now won 12 league games after conceding first under Klopp, and three of them have been against Palace. The Eagles’ reputation as a bogey side for Liverpool isn’t entirely unmerited, but they became the first club to have lost six league matches in total to Klopp’s Reds after they were beaten on Saturday.

At half-time, there was little sense of the madness which was to unfold in the second period. This became just the fourth Liverpool league match in the Premier League era which saw at least six goals after the break.

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Graeme Souness’ Reds signed off 1992/93 with a 6-2 win over Tottenham Hotspur, having lead 2-0 at half time. Rafa Benitez’ Liverpool had a 4-4 draw with Arsenal as they chased the title in 2008/09 (with seven second-half goals), and one of the most memorable matches of Klopp’s early time in charge was a 5-4 win at Norwich, where Liverpool were 2-1 down at the end of the first half.

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This is also a hard game to assess, as Liverpool undoubtedly had some fortune with their goals, but Palace were ridiculously efficient with their successful attacks too.

The visitors became the first side to score three goals against the Reds this season, and the first in the league for a year, but they only had three shots on target too, with no clear-cut chances. Scoring a trio of goals from three on target efforts is fairly rare – this was only the seventh time it’s happened in the Premier League this season, and Palace were the first to achieve the feat without having any top quality chances. It really is an unusual occurrence.

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Roy Hodgson’s team completed just four passes in the Liverpool penalty area, plus four crosses.

From those eight successful balls into the box, the Eagles created six chances and picked up two assists. They certainly deserve credit for making the most of their opportunities, but the days when the Reds would routinely concede several goals from such few openings are thankfully in the past.

Take James Tomkins’ equaliser which made it 2-2. An opposition goal from a corner is a rarity for Liverpool these days. It was only the third set-piece goal the Reds have conceded in the 2018/19 Premier League, keeping Klopp’s side as having the best dead ball defensive record in the division.

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Liverpool have the best save percentage too, but conceding three goals from three shots on target will have dented that slightly. If the Reds’ remarkable defensive record has to take a few knocks to regress towards the mean this season, then let’s hope it continues to happen in matches Liverpool still win.

That they were able to win was in no small part down to the sharp thinking and clever finishing of Mohamed Salah. The Egyptian moved on to 39 goals at Anfield in his 42nd appearance there. His record is so good in front of the Kop that it’s a surprise if he doesn’t score rather than if he does.

Salah has had just 12 matches at Anfield where he hasn’t scored, and three of those were substitute appearances. Leaving aside games against other teams from the Premier League’s top six, or Paris Saint-Germain, Salah has only had two Anfield starts in the last year where he hasn’t found the net.

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It’s a stunning body of work which helps to explain why the Reds have a 100% record against the bottom 14 sides in 2018/19.

Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mané joined Salah on the scoresheet, to make this the 11th match where all three have found the net. At least one of those players has scored in all nine league games since the 1-0 win over Everton, with them amassing a total of 18 goals in those matches. With form like that, Liverpool’s title charge remains very much on.