liverpoolof Diogo Jota A late equalizer helped the 10-man Reds hold on to a 2-2 draw in the Premier League on Saturday in a suffocating encounter at Anfield, with Arne Slott’s home side twice beaten Fight back when you are behind.
Liverpool continues to lead the standings with 36 points, 5 points ahead of its opponents chelseawho hosts brentford Sunday, before six o’clock arsenal0-0 draw at home everton And played more games. fulham Ranked ninth with 24 points.
Andreas Pereira Fulham took the lead in the 11th minute with an acrobatic volley Anthony RobinsonLiverpool defender’s cross bounced Andy RobertsonHis thigh went past goalkeeper Alisson and into the net.
It was a difficult afternoon for Robertson, who was shown a red card six minutes later for a lunging tackle. harry wilson The referee felt this had taken away a clear goal scoring opportunity.
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Cody Steel Adelaide’s diving header equalized the score two minutes after the break. Mohamed SalahIt’s a gorgeous cross but Rodrigo Muniz Fulham took the lead again in the 76th minute when he bumped into Alisson and tucked Robinson’s cross into the goal.
Liverpool kept up the pressure and Jota went above his opponents in his first game since injury against Chelsea in October Bernd Leno Liverpool avoided Sloter’s second defeat in 23 games in all competitions in the 86th minute.
The Reds had several chances to score the winning goal in the final minutes in front of a deafening Anfield crowd, including a shot on target Harvey Elliott Flying a little further away, another one flew from Luis Diaz Sail just above the bar.
Seven yellow cards were also shown during the game, several of which had the usually calm Sloter waving his arms in anger. Anfield fans eventually booed the officials.
“I don’t think I could ask for more from my guys, especially going down to 10,” Slaughter said. “I couldn’t ask for more in terms of performance and results.
“When a game starts, you always want to start it off intensely. After 30 seconds, one of our [Robertson] Lying on the floor, it took a while to heal, so we couldn’t handle the intensity. “
It was the team’s first league match in 10 days after Storm Darragh caused the Merseyside derby with Everton to be postponed, and their second consecutive league draw after a 3-3 draw away from home. Newcastle.
Liverpool captain: ‘Great comeback is very positive’ Virgil van Dijk explain. “With 10 players it was disappointing but we showed fight and kept working hard to create chances. It could have been more but we took advantage of that and kept going.”
Fulham manager Marco Silva added: “When you lead twice, and certainly Liverpool after 17 minutes with 10 men, we felt we deserved to win the game.
“When you come to Anfield and play a game and play against them and try to win it, it’s going to be an exciting game. It’s an exciting game. [feeling]”.
