Newcastle’s Thiaw was also successful
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After Florian Wirtz’s next goal, defending champion Liverpool FC lost another victory in a turbulent stoppage time. In the 2-2 (0-1) draw at FC Fulham, Wirtz scored to make it 1-1 for the fourth-placed team in the Premier League. Cody Gakpo (90+4) even took the lead in stoppage time, but a brilliant long-range shot from Harrison Reed (90+7) gave Fulham a fair equalizer.
Ex-Liverpool professional Harry Wilson gave the hosts the lead in the 17th minute in London with German goalkeeper Bernd Leno. Wirtz, who arrived in the summer, scored the equalizer with his second league goal (57th). Only a week ago, after a long wait, the international scored his first goal in the Premier League.
After falling behind at half-time, Argentine world champion Alexis Mac Allister narrowly missed the equalizer with a header against the crossbar (53′). Shortly afterwards, Wirtz made it 1-1 after a pass from Conor Bradley and a check by the video assistant. The guests were lucky when Wilson hit the crossbar of the empty Liverpool goal with a lob (78th). Gakpo’s late opening goal wasn’t enough to win. Due to a medical emergency, the game started a good quarter of an hour later. On Thursday the Reds have to play against leaders Arsenal FC.
Malick Thiaw also scores for Newcastle United
Malick Thiaw was also able to celebrate his own goal in Newcastle United’s 2-0 (0-0) win against Crystal Palace. The German defender poked the ball into the net out of a commotion in the 78th minute for the final score; Bruno Guimarães had previously given the Magpies the lead (71′). Nick Woltemade had only recently come on as a substitute against former Bundesliga coach Oliver Glasner’s team. Thanks to the success, Newcastle moved into the middle of the table.