Sutton's predictions: Liverpool v Crystal Palace

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I watched Liverpool win at Hill Dickinson Stadium last week and they got away with it.

Virgil van Dijk's 100th-minute winner was harsh on Everton and harsh on me too - I would have had the BBC predictions title wrapped up again if the score had stayed at 1-1 and I could have been celebrating already.

The result was what mattered for Reds boss Arne Slot, though, not the performance. I mentioned last week how Slot really needs a strong end to the campaign and to secure Champions League football for next season and another win here would move them even closer to that.

All the noise coming out of Anfield doesn't indicate there is going to be a managerial change come the end of the season, but that can always change if results drop off - look at what happened to Liam Rosenior at Chelsea.

It would not surprise me if Crystal Palace went to Anfield and won because they have done it already this season and appear well-suited to playing Liverpool.

The Eagles have already got the better of them three times this season - on penalties at Wembley to decide the Community Shield, in the Premier League at Selhurst Park and then at Anfield in the Carabao Cup.

Palace are over their mid-season blip too but, on the flip side, they don't have much to play for in the league now they are essentially safe.