Liverpool and Fulham gave fans at Anfield an emotional match. The home team took the lead twice but was also behind once by Fulham and had to rely on goals near the end of the match for Klopp’s team to win 4-3.
The home team controlled the game after the opening whistle, however, Fulham defended very tightly, making it difficult for the home team to attack. In the 20th minute, the deadlock was broken, Alexander-Arnold made a dangerous free kick, the ball hit the edge of the crossbar and fell, hitting Leno’s back and entering the net. The German goalkeeper was counted as an own goal.
Fulham quickly equalized when the home team’s defense lacked concentration. In the 24th minute, Robinson crossed from the left so that Wilson could hit the ball from close range and beat goalkeeper Kelleher to tie the game 1-1. In the 38th minute, after the Fulham players failed to clear the ball, Mac Allister received the ball and suddenly shot from a distance of nearly 30 meters. The ball went into the top right corner of the goal, causing goalkeeper Leno to fly out of range. but cannot be blocked.
The chase for the score continued when Fulham did not take too long to equalize. Minute 45+3, from the away team’s corner, Tete shot from close range when the ball flew in front of him, goalkeeper Kelleher awkwardly let the ball go into the net.In the second half, Liverpool pressed the opponent harder and finished more than in the first half, but the home team went through a long period of ineffectiveness. Suddenly in the 81st minute, Cordova-Reid pressed well, beat two Liverpool defenders to head in from close range to increase the score to 3-2.
The loss seemed to anger the Liverpool players. In the 87th minute, Salah released the ball for Endo to shoot from the top of the penalty area. The ball went high to the left, making Leno unable to block it, the home team equalized 3-3.
Not stopping yet, Liverpool continued to attack and quickly scored the 4th goal. In the 88th minute, picking up the ball at the top of the penalty area, Alexander-Arnold volleyed the ball into the left corner, sealing a 4-win victory. 3 for the home team.