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Crystanbul
5th May 2014

Crystal Palace 3 Liverpool 3

Crystanbul is term used to refer to a Premier League game in the 2013/14 season between Crystal Palace and Liverpool at Selhurst Park, which resulted in a 3-3 draw. The game was the second of two consecutive results which saw Liverpool's title challenge collapse and enabled Manchester City to overhaul them and win the Premier League title.

In this game, Liverpool surrendered a 3-0 lead, to ultimately draw 3-3, after a late comeback by Crystal Palace. This result followed on from Liverpool's 2-0 defeat to Chelsea at Anfield, which was famous for Steven Gerrard's slip and subsequent goal by Demba Ba.

The term 'Crystanbul' is an amalgamation of 'Crystal Palace' and 'Istanbul' and is intended to be an ironic reference to the 2005 Champions League final when, on that occasion, it was Liverpool who came from 3-0 down to draw 3-3.

The game between Crystal Palace and Liverpool saw Liverpool race to a 3-0 lead by 55 minutes - and the scored stayed that was until the 79th minute. After going 3-0 up, it seemed inconceivable that Liverpool would fail to win the game. However a goal from Damien Delaney gave Crystal Palace hope and, buoyed on by a seething atmosphere, they sensed all was not lost. Dwight Gayle added another for Palace in the 81st minute and followed up with his second and Palace's third in the 89th minute.

After the game, #crystanbul trended on Twitter as fans from rival clubs to Liverpool joked about the result.

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 sami  talk 22:24, 26 November 2016 (UTC)