Fulham vs Liverpool

Aleksandar Mitrovic twice gave Fulham the lead but Liverpool fought back as Darwin Nunez scored one and set up Mohamed Salah for another. This is not the start ...

However, if they keep playing with that kind of intensity in the first 45 minutes of games this season, few teams will be able to live with that. He scored one and set up another as his presence in the penalty box caused Fulham so many problems. Maybe Aleksandar Mitrovic can do it in the Premier League? He powered home a trademark header for his first and slotted home a penalty for his second (after his fancy footwork bamboozled Virgil van Dijk, of all people) and he has two goals in his first Premier League game this season. Nunez coming on sparked Liverpool into life in attack and rescued a point for them. Marco Silva has bemoaned Fulham’s lack of transfer activity so far this summer and mistakes from Tosin and Tim Ream proved his point about needing a few more center backs. Early in the second half Darwin Nunez jumped off the bench and Liverpool’s attack sparked into life.

Fulham vs Liverpool. Premier League. 12:30pm, Saturday 6th August 2022. Craven Cottage.

The truth is we played a really bad game and got a point. What he did without the ball was unbelievable, the way he pressed and came back to help out as well. "It's my responsibility to find out why we played a really good game against City and then we play seven days later a game which is completely upside down. "We need to keep providing for him the chances in the box. On Darwin's performance, Klopp said: "He scored a great goal, and he could've scored another one, maybe two. On Thiago's injury: "It's clear we said we don't need a midfielder as we have enough. "I'm happy for the punishment we got. Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp: "We started in exactly the opposite way that we wanted. But it was Salah who would provide the response, in typical fashion. Kenny Tete sent in a deep cross to the far post where Mitrovic beat Alexander-Arnold to head past Alisson. The Uruguayan had already been denied from point-blank range by Marek Rodak when he beat the offside trap to produce a sublime improvised finish from Salah's low cross. Jurgen Klopp told BT Sport: "The best thing about the game was the result.

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After levelling the score, Liverpool immediately looked to be closing in on a winner, with Diaz having a shot blocked and Tim Ream also having to make a clearance off the line. Harvey Elliott had played in Salah down the wing and he crossed for Nunez, who backheeled the ball into the net, which was allowed to stand following a brief VAR check for offside. Liverpool continued to struggle to find their way into the match and it was Fulham who took a surprise lead against the Champions League finalists.

Premier League returnees Fulham drew with Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool in today's early kick-off.

88 mins Liverpool looking the likelier to get a winner now. Darwin Nunez changed the game when he came on for Liverpool, scoring the equaliser and creating several other chances. "Whether they were prepared for that or not, that's on them but we knew what our gmae plan was and we did it pretty much perfectly. We knew that if we could be aggressive and take the game to them they would find it difficult. I have to congratulate everyone from Marek [Rodak] to Mitro, but the work he did without the ball this afternoon was fantastic." "The result is fine.