Fulham FC – Liverpool FC: Salah saves a point for the Reds

Liverpool were visually dominant from the start, but the opportunities were mainly from the local team. After four minutes, Ruben Loftus-Cheek sent Ivan Cavaleiro on his way. The Portuguese missed his feet from an acute angle against Alisson Becker. Ten minutes later, Ademola Lookman put the Portuguese back on the scene, but, as before, she missed the Brazilian goalkeeper.

After a strong exit from Cavaleiro, Fabinho had to cover the penalty in the area and separate the Portuguese from the ball. However, the VAR intervened in this scenario and checked whether there should be a penalty. The Brazilian clearly played the ball, so he continued normally (16.). After a strong long pass from Ola Aina Lookman knew how to pull the edge of the area, but Alisson was back on the post (25). After the corner kick that followed, Mohamed Salah lost a decisive duel to Lookman, who took Bobby Reid out of the penalty area. The Jamaican did not give Alisson a chance and converted into the left corner.

Shortly before the break, Liverpool managed to turn their possession into opportunities. First, Sadio Mané headed a Curtis Jones cross from 16 meters over the door (40º). Trent Alexander-Arnold then served striker Mohamed Salah in the penalty area, but the Egyptian narrowly missed the goal from six meters (44th).

Immediately after the reboot, things got messy on both sides. First Andrew Robertson waited too long to clear up and then shot Cavaleiro, Alisson barely able to defuse the rebound. At the end of the subsequent counterattack, Salah missed Alphonse Areola (46th) from 20 meters. The Reds got caught in the opposite half in the second half and Fulham didn’t have a dangerous opportunity.

Alexander-Arnold tried after a brief dribble with a shot from a rather sharp angle, but missed on the French goalkeeper (49th). Roberto Firmino served after a capture of the ball by Takumi Minamino Jordan Henderson in the penalty area, but missed by the bright areola (62.). Substitute Aboubakar Kamara blocked Georginio Wijnaldum’s free kick in the box with his hand, leading to a penalty that Salah converted (79th). The last chance in the game was for Jones, who initially ran more than half the place, but later found his teacher at Areola (83rd).

Bobby Reid (Fulham FC games): “I think there are positives to go, a little frustrating, but the guys are there and I think it was a positive performance. It was nice to hear the fans applaud and the atmosphere, it put a smile on everyone’s face. It gave us a push and the guys gave their all and we are happy to have scored a point. “

Jordan Henderson (Liverpool captain): “We really only go in after the first 30 minutes, which you can’t do in the Premier League, or you’ll be punished for what we went for. We finished the first half strong and we came out in the second half and we dominated and had another one or two goals. Disappointed with the start but happy with the reaction. “

In the first round, the Reds had more than 60 percent ball possession, but barely managed to get dangerously into the front third. The Cottagers, on the other hand, played direct and were rewarded with leading the break. In the second round, the Reds became more dominant and deservedly matched. All in all, Liverpool have done very little of their many parts of the game.

Liverpool have already converted their last 18 Premier League penalties. Mohamed Salah took twelve of these 18 penalty kicks.

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