Liverpool failed to get a £35million deal over the line for Marc Guehi in the summer and face lots of competition for the Crystal Palace defender in the coming months

Brian: 3-0 to Palace flattered Liverpool. Palace constantly ripped through their defence and controlled the opposition to having just one shot on target. Sure it was a makeshift Liverpool side but you can only play what's on the pitch and 3-0, against any team Liverpool can put together, is a good result.

Guehi had been poised to join Liverpool before Palace had second thoughts about parting with their skipper without securing a replacement. The England international had been eager

Liverpool has fielded a weakened team and gotten duly punished in a 3-0 loss to Crystal Palace in the League Cup, the latest setback to strike the beleaguered English champions.

Crystal Palace owner Steve Parish believes the club would have taken a "significant risk" by going through with Marc Guehi's proposed transfer to Liverpool. The England international was on the cusp of moving to the Reds on transfer deadline day,

Keith Andrews fields the same Brentford team that started the 3-2 victory over Liverpool last weekend. Keane Lewis-Potter, Fabio Carvalho and Reiss Nelson have to settle for a place among the substitutes after starting the 5-0 Carabao Cup win over Grimsby in midweek.

My only complaint is the U.S. team didn’t talk to us because Chris was struggling with his calf for many weeks,” Glasner said on Friday.

Crystal Palace will aim to build on their impressive midweek win when they welcome Brentford to Selhurst Park in Saturday’s Premier League encounter.Both sides head into the fixture level on points