He said: "I think they've been average to put it kindly. I've been in this situation. They are fragile right now and you can see the longer the game's gone on, Palace have grown in confidence and you can see Liverpool have made defensive mistakes.

"To a man, it's not just one person, it just transmits to everyone. They're very edgy and right now they just need someone, it might be a young player, someone like Harvey Elliott to come on, or [Stefan] Bajcetic and think 'well I've got no fear, I'll come and get hold of this game and make us play'.

"They've got to get some possession and have got to look better going forward because it hasn't happened for them."

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