Premier League leaders Liverpool twice fell behind with 10 men to draw 2-2 with Fulham, but dropped points for a second straight game on Saturday, giving hope to their title rivals.
Arsenal could not take advantage. After a 0-0 draw with Everton at home, third-placed Arsenal is still 6 points behind Liverpool and will be relegated due to missed opportunities.
Liverpool’s performance at Anfield earned them a point after Andy Robertson’s 17th-minute red card, but could have secured a win under sustained pressure after Diogo Jota equalized in the 86th .
Fulham took the lead for the first time after Andreas Pereira’s 11th-minute volley was deflected into the net by Robertson. Six minutes later, Robertson was sent off for bringing down late-man Harry Wilson and denying him a goal-scoring opportunity.
Cody Gakpo equalized just after half-time with a header from a cross from Mohamed Salah, who handed Liverpool his 100th assist in all competitions.
Substitute Rodrigo Muniz’s shot put Fulham back in front in the 76th minute, but Jota received a pass from Darwin Nunez and turned to score from the edge of the penalty area.
Liverpool’s last league match was a 3-3 away draw with Newcastle.
After Arsenal’s 1-1 draw with Fulham last weekend, they also drew two games in a row.
Wolves head coach Gary O’Neill will be well placed to weather this latest devastating loss.
In a match between teams in the relegation zone, Ipswich defeated Wolves 2-1 thanks to Jack Taylor’s winner in the fourth minute of stoppage time, despite only having one coach in the game. Played under pressure.
O’Neill has led Wolves to just two league wins this season and three since March. The decline under O’Neill began at the end of last season, when Wolves won just one of their last 10 league games after being knocked out by second-tier Coventry in the FA Cup quarter-finals.
O’Neill expressed his frustration at losing touch with Wolves fans after the 2-1 defeat to West Ham on Monday and criticized the club’s owners for sanctioning the sale of a number of top players over the past two years. .
There were boos at half-time and full-time at Molineux, with Wolves remaining second from bottom, three points behind third-bottom Ipswich Town.
Ruud van Nistelrooy suffered his first defeat at Leicester – and a big one at that.
Leicester City beat Newcastle 0-4 as Jacob Murphy scored twice and Alexander Isak scored his seventh goal of the season. Bruno Guimarães scored the other goal.
Former Manchester United and Real Madrid striker Ruud van Nistelrooy was appointed to replace the sacked Steve Cooper and recorded a win and a draw at home in his first two games in charge.
