Liverpool scored two goals despite playing shorthanded.
Cody Gakpo, who equalized Liverpool 1-1, caught teammate Luis Díaz in the neck after his full-on shot. EPA / AOP
Fulham’s visit to Liverpool could not have started better.
First, the Cottagers Andreas Pereira gives the Londoners the lead with his acrobatic strike and just a few minutes later the Scots pack Andy Robertson rivets the escape Harry Wilson’s worthy of a straight red onto the Anfield turf.
Reds manager Arne Slot immediately started shuffling his deck again. Dutch Ryan Gravenberch was dropped into the defensive line to keep the Fulham attacks in check.
Right at the beginning of the second episode Cody Gakpo put the match level Mo Salah’s of concentration. For a while, it even looked like the home team, who was playing poorly, would take all three points.
However, the team suffered another defeat when Rodrigo Muniz finished off a fine Fulham attack in front of the goal to give the visitors a 2-1 lead. Brassi rumbled as well Joe Gomez that the goalkeeper Alisson’s low and the ball into the net with the same movement.
However, Liverpool will not agree to lose in their current mood. Recovered from his injury Diego Jota caught the pass with his arm, turned the defender out of the situation and shot a valuable 2-2 equalizer to the right.
The futs play, which was presented in the middle of the gas, certainly did not leave anyone cold. In the end, the distribution of points felt justified because neither team deserved to lose.
In extra time, Salah kicked Alex Iwobi directly to relatives. The Nigerian had to wrestle the rest of the minutes against the pain on the pitch as Fulham had no more substitutions left.
When, at the same time, in London, Arsenal drew 0-0 with Everton, the points difference between the championship candidates did not narrow at all.