Darwin Nunez of Liverpool was sent off the field with a red card vs Crystal Palace for a headbutt on Joachim Andersen. The match finished 1-1. 

Making his debut at Liverpool’s iconic home stadium, Anfield, Nunez lost control in the 57th minute. He jostled with Anderson and thrust his head into the face of the Palace defender. The  Uruguay striker was given a red card. He will now miss Jurgen Klopp and co’s game against Manchester United next week. 

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“The second half again started positive, but getting the red card was a knockback. Of course it was a red, he was provoked but that is not how he should behave,” the manager said after the game. 

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Even down to 10 men, Liverpool still managed to dominate the game at Anfield and Luis Díaz earned his team a point by cutting in from the left, slipping between two defenders, and curling a shot into the far corner in front of the Kop.

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Palace relied almost exclusively on the counterattack and it was from that means that Wilfried Zaha opened the scoring in the 32nd minute, breaking the offside trap to latch onto Eberechi Eze’s through-ball and curl a finish into the far corner.

Liverpool has now drawn its first two games — Jürgen Klopp’s team was held 2-2 by Fulham in the opening weekend — and is already four points behind Manchester City and Arsenal, the early pacesetters.

Its third match will be at Old Trafford next Monday against a beleaguered Manchester United team that has lost both of its games.

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Nunez earned his first start after a couple of impressive, goalscoring displays off the bench in the Community Shield against Manchester City and then against Fulham, and also because Roberto Firmino was missing through injury.

Núñez, an offseason signing from Benfica, missed a presentable early chance against Palace by miscuing a volley at the back post from Trent Alexander-Arnold’s cross, and then hit the post in the final minute of the first half.