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Liverpool missed a golden opportunity to lead the English Premier League standings alone. However, the “reds” remain second with a goal difference worse than Tottenham, after finishing 1: 1 in their visit to Fulham. Hours before Sunday, the “spurs” ended with the same result from the Crystal Palace guests.
Fulham played a great game and could have done more than “punches”, but missed many advantageous positions in front of Alison’s door. Even ten minutes before the end of regulation time, the Merseysiders lost but reached the point after a goal from Mohamed Salah from a penalty.
The first half was totally in Fulham’s favor and it was difficult to say who was the champion and who was the rookie in the Premiership.
After several good situations, the Cottages took the lead. In the 25th minute Bobby De Cordova-Reed opened the scoring with a great shot from the edge of the area. The defense of the guests several times could not cope with the opponent’s attacks and had to bear the consequences.
Little by little, Liverpool took the initiative at the end of time, but the pressure did not lead to equalization.
After an hour of play, the Merseysiders reached their best position. Firmino led Henderson into a pile of players. The visiting captain was ideally positioned in the penalty area, but the Fulham goalkeeper made a brilliant save.
Klopp’s team still managed to equalize in the 79th minute. After a foul by Vainaldum, the ball hit the hand of a local defender and the referee awarded a penalty, and Salah hit from the penalty spot. The Egyptian shot very close to the goalkeeper and Areola touched the ball, but could not prevent it from entering the net.
Klopp put Origi in Salah’s place in search of the three points, but Fulham kept up the pressure, which was quite chaotic.
