But Gerrard witnessed history repeat itself as Dann rose to meet Yohan Cabaye’s corner with a strong header which was initially saved by Simon Mignolet only for the Liverpool-born Palace defender to score with his follow-up header.
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Bolasie put the Eagles ahead with a close range finish, but Liverpool equalised shortly before half-time through Philippe Coutinho.
One of those was correctly tipped when Liverpool shut out Spurs in Klopp’s first match.
Palace also beat the Reds by the same scoreline at Selhurst Park, so revenge will be on the hosts’ agenda.
The France worldwide was left clutching his right knee after he landed awkward following a challenge with Palace winger Yannick Bolasie during the first half of Sunday’s 2-1 defeat at Anfield.
Klopp is undefeated since taking over at Liverpool ” guiding the Merseyside club to three straight wins along with three draws.
Palace climbed above Liverpool to go eighth with 19 points.
“I’ve played in the Europa League and I thought Liverpool might be a bit sleepy”.
The Reds made a slow start to the game as Palace pressed high up the pitch and attacked with speed.
Despite the loss, it was Klopp’s post match comments that has garnered the most attention.
Liverpool came out looking to get a response as Christian Benteke forced a scrambling save from Wayne Hennessey with a header from Jordon Ibe’s corner.
“I’m satisfied with a few moments but my problem is that you have to play for 95 minutes”.
“We’ll both be intense, Sunday, to try and get our teams to win, but he’s had a great start and he’ll be looking to continue that”.
After the break Benteke blazed over when released by Coutinho, and headed another chance over from a Moreno cross. Then we woke up again but couldn’t make a goal. “Tonight it feels so bad because it was absolutely not necessary”. This was not enough for us – we can do more. “We have to learn from this”.
“We came here with ambition”.
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Palace should have restored the lead on the hour when Zaha did brilliantly down the right and spotted an unmarked Sako running into the box, but the midfielder’s first-time shot hit the side netting.
