Liverpool claimed a first victory at Selhurst Park in seven attempts to reach the FA Cup quarterfinals on Saturday, coming from behind to win 2-1 against Crystal Palace.
Liverpool’s Premier League title challenge ran aground in a 3-3 draw at Palace last season and it lost 3-1 there in November, so it had reason to fear when Fraizer Campbell netted a 15th-minute opener.
But the half-time introduction of Mario Balotelli tipped the tie in the visitors’ favour and after Daniel Sturridge equalised, Adam Lallana scored in the 58th-minute to give Liverpool a first win at Palace since 1997.
The results: FA Cup: On Sunday: Aston Villa 2 (Bacuna 68, Sinclair 89) bt Leicester 1 (Kramaric 90+1).
On Saturday: Crystal Palace 1 (Campbell 15) lost to Liverpool 2 (Sturridge 49, Lallana 58).
Blackburn 4 (King 36, 50, 55, Gestede 45+7) bt Stoke 1 (Crouch 10); Derby 1 (Bent 61) lost to Reading 2 (Robson-Kanu 53, Yakubu 82); West Brom 4 (Ideye 20, 57, Morrison 42, Berahino 72) bt West Ham 0.
Bundesliga: Eintracht Frankfurt 1 (Piazon 65) bt Schalke 04 0.
Bayern Munich 8 (Muller 21-pen, 55, Gotze 23, 88, Robben 36, 47, Lewandowski 56, Ribery 69) bt Hamburg 0; Bayer Leverkusen 4 (Son 57, 62, 67, Bellarabi 72) lost to VfL Wolfsburg 5 (Dost 6, 29, 63, 90+4, Naldo 17); Bor. Moenchengladbach 1 (Xhaka 90+1) bt Cologne 0; Hoffenheim 2 (Roberto Firmino 30, Rudy 90+3) bt VfB Stuttgart 1 (Sakai 39); Werder Bremen 3 (Lukimya 16, di Santo 24-pen, Gebre Selassie 45) bt Augsburg 2 (Klavan 22, Werner 79).
La Liga: Real Madrid 2 (Isco 23, Benzema 73) bt Deportivo la Coruna 0; Granada 0 drew with Athletic Bilbao 0; Malaga 0 lost to Espanyol 2 (Gonzalez 41, Sergio Garcia 90+3).
Serie A: Palermo 3 (Lazaar 14, Vazquez 36, Rigoni 65) bt Napoli 1 (Gabbiadini 82); Sassuolo 1 (Berardi 67) lost to Fiorentina 3 (Salah 30, Babacar 32, 62).
