{"id":299830,"date":"2023-12-07T12:24:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T12:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=299830"},"modified":"2023-12-07T12:24:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T12:24:02","slug":"why-liverpool-will-take-on-crystal-palace-at-selhurst-park-at-1230","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.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":"
Often this season we have seen BT Sport televise matches at the primetime slot of 8pm on a Saturday evening.<\/p>\n
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
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
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
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’ Park.<\/p>\n
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Crystal Palace find themselves having to host Liverpool in the Premier League’s early kick-off despite playing at 7:30pm on Wednesday<\/p>\n
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
This is because the deal extends specifically to those who have competed in a European competition on the Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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
The decision to award Liverpool another early kick-off has seemingly angered manager Jurgen Klopp, as he labelled Amazon Prime presenter Marcus Buckland ‘completely ignorant’ after Buckland joked it was Klopp’s favourite kick-off time.<\/p>\n
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
Klopp previously took aim at a reporter in a tense exchanged when questioned about his side’s poor record in the early match.<\/p>\n
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Jurgen Klopp clashed with an Amazon Prime presenter after he joked about the 12:30pm kick-off being the Liverpool manager’s favourite time to play at the weekend<\/p>\n
When questioned about their form, the Liverpool boss said: ‘Are you serious with this question?<\/p>\n
‘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’t understand.<\/p>\n
‘Is it something about the time or the lack of recovery in between. It’s not a problem if you have a normal week, we’ve always said that. The only problem is the lack of recovery time.’<\/p>\n
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
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