Jürgen Klopp’s men beat Fulham with a penalty goal from Salah and are close to fourth place for Manchester United
Five victories in a row have catapulted the ‘reds’ when they seemed most evicted from the fight for the Champions League
Liverpool wants to continue in the Champions League. After a bad year, Jürgen Klopp’s men seemed hopeless in the fight to be among the top four in the Premier, but their good run of results has put them back in contention. A goal from Salah from a penalty served to end Fulham.
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Liverpool
Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konaté, Van Dijk, Tsimikas (Robertson, 66′); Henderson, Fabinho, Jones (Milner, 84′); Salah (Elliott, 84′), Darwin Núñez (Gakpo, 66′) and Luis Díaz (Gakpo, 66′).
fulham
Log; Cedric Soares, Adarabioyo, Diop, Robinson; Lukic (Reed, 71′), Palhinha; Wilson (Kebano, 71′), Cairney (Reid, 72′), Willian (James, 80′); and Carlos Vinicius (Solomon, 79′).
Referee
Stuart Attwell. No cards.
incidents
Anfield. 53,250 spectators.
With this there are already five consecutive victories linked by the Merseyside team, which He is fifth, four points behind Manchester United, although with two more games than his archenemy. The ‘red devils’ are under pressure to defend the ‘Champions zone’ on their visit this Thursday in Brighton.
At Anfield, Liverpool suffered at times with some arrivals from the ‘cottagers’. The ‘red’ arrivals did not finish materializing until on the brink of halftime Diop brought down Darwin Núñez in the area and Salah did not miss the opportunity from eleven meters.
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With the score in favor, the second half was flatter for those of Klopp, who agitated the team at game time to reactivate his own. However, the whispers settled in Anfield with the growth of Marco Silva’s.
Alisson saved the 1-1 with a great save at 74′ against Carlos Vinicius in what was the clearest occasion for the Londoners. Fulham has three straight defeats, although against Aston Villa, Manchester City and Liverpool. Nothing that goes off script. Liverpool, meanwhile, does not give up in the fight for fourth place.