{"id":297409,"date":"2023-12-07T12:23:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T12:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=297409"},"modified":"2023-12-07T12:23:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T12:23:55","slug":"why-liverpool-will-take-on-crystal-palace-at-selhurst-park-at-1230","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/why-liverpool-will-take-on-crystal-palace-at-selhurst-park-at-1230\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Liverpool will take on Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park at 12:30"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> REVEALED: Why Liverpool will take on Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park at 12:30 on Saturday, despite Premier League agreement to avoid early kick-offs after midweek matches<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Many Premier League ties have taken place at 8pm on Saturday this season due to a league agreement<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jurgen Klopp has often bemoaned the early kick-off for Liverpool<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>IAN LADYMAN: Liverpool are two players short for another great period &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Often this season we have seen BT Sport televise matches at the primetime slot of 8pm on a Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Last season saw the number of slots for a Premier League game to take place on a Saturday increase from three to four with matches now able to kick off 12:30pm, 3pm, 5:30pm and 8pm.<\/p>\n<p>This was due to an agreement made by the league that meant clubs playing midweek at 8pm could not take part in the 12:30pm kick-off.<\/p>\n<p>However, with TV picks often made ahead of time, it would be unlikely that a broadcaster would change their game, instead the kick-off time would be moved.<\/p>\n<p>And as stated before we have seen that many times, even as recently as last Saturday when Newcastle beat Manchester United 1-0 at St James&#8217; Park.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/11\/78687375-12836891-image-a-23_1701947943255.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Crystal Palace find themselves having to host Liverpool in the Premier League&#8217;s early kick-off despite playing at 7:30pm on Wednesday<\/p>\n<p>But this is not the case for Liverpool\u00a0and Crystal Palace, who find themselves having to travel to Selhurst Park for a 12:30 kick-off on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>This is because the deal extends specifically to those who have competed in a European competition on the Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>So those who have played late on Wednesday in Premier League action are not afforded the same relief as the teams that are participating in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to award Liverpool another early kick-off has seemingly angered manager Jurgen Klopp, as he labelled Amazon Prime presenter Marcus Buckland &#8216;completely ignorant&#8217; after Buckland joked it was Klopp&#8217;s favourite kick-off time.<\/p>\n<p>It is not the first time things have turned sour when the issue of being the first match of a weekend has arose.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Klopp previously took aim at a reporter in a tense exchanged when questioned about his side&#8217;s poor record in the early match.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/11\/78686375-12836891-image-a-24_1701947981344.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp clashed with an Amazon Prime presenter after he joked about the 12:30pm kick-off being the Liverpool manager&#8217;s favourite time to play at the weekend<\/p>\n<p>When questioned about their form, the Liverpool boss said: &#8216;Are you serious with this question?<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What do you mean what is the difference when you play 30 hours ago in Bolivia? What do you think is the reason, I don&#8217;t understand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Is it something about the time or the lack of recovery in between. It&#8217;s not a problem if you have a normal week, we&#8217;ve always said that. The only problem is the lack of recovery time.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>While his comments on that occasion referenced his players returning from the international break, Klopp has often vented his frustration at the early kick-off on a Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>And given their kick-off time on Saturday it would appear his feud with the schedule will continue for at least one more week.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12836891\/Why-Liverpool-Crystal-Palace-Selhurst-Park-midday-Premier-League.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>REVEALED: Why Liverpool will take on Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park at 12:30 on Saturday, despite Premier League agreement to avoid early kick-offs after midweek <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/why-liverpool-will-take-on-crystal-palace-at-selhurst-park-at-1230\/\" title=\"Why Liverpool will take on Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park at 12:30\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297408,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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