Having successfully navigated and thoroughly enjoyed Hate Watch Saturday, I am now fully focused on match day Sunday and I gotta tell ya, the nerves are proper kicking in already.

Last season, every time Liverpool slipped up, we weren’t able to capitalise. I remember seeing that Liverpool had slipped up in match week 16 and drawn to Fulham at home last season. But we then played out a drab 0-0 at home to Everton, which felt like it happened on a number of occasions. Conversely, they were just always there and doing their business when we slipped up, so from a pretty early stage it felt like the league was going to get away from us. Today, up against a very good Palace side who are going to cause us problems, we need to banish any demons of last season and do what we’ve done nearly all season – get the result we need.

This was also a fixture that, last season, we fell foul to the dreaded Draw-itis that plagued us throughout the season. Palace picked up a 2-2 and were pretty good that day; Eze scoring a particularly good volley from the edge of the box if...