Fulham v Liverpool: Premier League – Live! | Football

In Sky Sports, Graeme Souness says Andre Marriner’s endless VAR control over Fabinho’s entry against Cavaleiro in the Liverpool box should have ended in penalty.

Evra says she initially thought it was a penalty, but doubted it after watching the replay in slow motion.

First half statistics in Fulham-Liverpool:

Shots: 6-4

Possession: 29% -71%

Key passes: 5-2

After an energetic, skillful half composed by Fulham from the get-go, he takes the lead at half-time. Liverpool played their best football in the final minutes of the half and one suspects that they will continue to grow in this game, but this has been extremely impressive from Scott Parker.

45 min: Three minutes of additional time to come. Fulham would do well to stay ahead at halftime under Liverpool’s first period of sustained pressure here.

44 min: Opportunity! After another good run in Liverpool possession, Alexander-Arnold found Salah with a great low cross from the right. Salah’s first touch was exquisite, allowing him to turn quickly and then immediately fire a low, left-handed drive. He sent his shot wide.

41 min: Suddenly, the game opened as both teams had great opportunities in seconds. After Liverpool’s patient build-up, Fulham broke fast once again and finally found Lookman on the left flank. He flew towards the touchline and then took out a glowing cross.

Seconds later, Mane had the first proper opportunity for Liverpool. A great Jones cross from deep found the Senegalese, but he sent his header over the bar from very close.

38 min: Liverpool have seen more ball in the last minutes. Andy Robertson finally threw two crosses in 20 seconds. Both were cleared by a tight and disciplined Fulham defense.

From Nigel in Toronto:

Hi, I started writing this before the goal (honest). I was just going to say that this is the best Fulham has played all season.

Oh I believe you This has been an exceptional start from Fulham.

Total shots:

Fulham – 6

Liverpool – 1

According to Sky Sports, Liverpool have yet to have a touch inside the Fulham area, which may not be ideal.

32 min Opportunity! An incredible save by Alisson to avoid a shot by Adarabioyo after a brilliant foul by Cavaleiro. He was finally called for offside, but these are nervous moments for Liverpool.

29 min: This has been only a sweltering 10 minutes from Fulham. First it was Lookman who generated back-to-back corners, first with brilliant skill down the left and then cutting from the left and firing a violent blow from a distance.

It was after that second corner that the ball cleared. Reid picked it up outside the area, taking a few steps forward before demolishing it at the bottom of the net. Liverpool have been caught sleeping so far. Can Fulham get another one before going up?

It was coming, and it came with an incredible punch from Reid, which he demolished in the upper left corner from inside the area.

23 min: Lookman is having a blast on the left flank so far. Win a corner for Fulham, but not after beating Firminho and Alexander-Arnold. In the end, Fabinho had to move and stop the danger.

Unfortunately for Fulham, the corner came to nothing.

20 minutes: Fulham captain Andersen receives the first yellow card of the day after a poor tackle on Henderson.

19 min Marriner judges that Fabinho touched the ball on his sliding tackle on Cavaleiro. No penalty.

17 min We have our first VAR call after a challenge from Fabinho on Cavaleiro inside the area. Andre Marriner goes off to check the screen. We wait.

15 minutes: Another great opportunity for Fulham at halftime, with Lookman entering Cavaleiro from the left. Another great opportunity for Cavaleiro goes straight to the goalkeeper.

Although Liverpool have had more possession in the last 5 minutes, Fulham seems much more likely to score right now.

13 min: Liverpool are still patiently investigating Fulham at the moment. This time. Fabinho tries a long ball to catch a run from Salah. He just surpasses it, allowing Fulham goalkeeper Areola to pick him up.

10 minutes After a gentle and patient period in possession, Liverpool move the ball down the right flank and Salah collects the ball in the box for the first time after a great cross from Alexander-Arnold. It’s about nothing, since Salah is called offside, but it’s been a very good run.

7 min: Liverpool have settled in after Fulham’s spirited start, with Wijnaldum and Henderson holding the ball well and Liverpool gaining more possession.

5 minutes The first big chance of the game is also for Fulham after an excellent break on the right wing. A lovely pass from Ruben Loftus-Cheek to put Ivan Cavaleiro one on one with Alisson. His shot was too close to the Liverpool goalkeeper, who saved safely.

3 min: The first shot goes to Mario Lemina, who finishes off wide after the ball was cleared from a free kick. In seconds, Fulham recovers the ball and is progressively passing through the field. This is really good.

2 minutes: An energetic start from Fulham, who immediately won the ball and pushed Liverpool to the bottom of their half. Anguissa is already pulling the strings for the locals, as expected.

Players have a minute of applause in memory of the late Pope Bouba Diop, who played 76 games for Fulham between 2004 and 2007.

Jurgen Klopp just spoke about Sky Sports.

On the injured Diogo Jota:

“Yes, it is worse than we thought at first and better than we thought then [later] thought. No surgery is needed, but he will be out for a while. We don’t know exactly, but a month and a half, two months. “

On Fulham being a quality side (and the Scott Parker look):

“I’m not the only one who saw that. They are really good. Handsome soccer team like the managr […] everything is nice, the shirts, everything apart from their results so far. But the way they play is really impressive. “

In South London, Tottenham drew 1-1 at Crystal Palace after a brilliant goalkeeper performance in the last minutes by Crystal Palace’s Vicente Guaita.

Liverpool will go to the top with a win over Fulham today.

Liverpool and Fulham last met 21 months ago when Liverpool beat Fulham 1-2 at Craven Cottage. It seems like a decade has passed.

Here are Scott Parker’s pre-match comments on Fulham’s clash with Liverpool

“We are always confident. We are where we are at the table. But we have confidence in all the games. There is no denying that we have played against one of the best teams in Europe for the last 18 months. But like last week, we will enter the game trying to cause problems for them. “

In crowds:

“It will have a huge impact to be fair, it has been so long since the stadiums have been empty. For much of our careers, players and coaches play with fans. That’s what our game is really about, the passion that our fans bring to it.

“We had a long and difficult season last year and a crucial point of that when we got promoted and went to Wembley, our fans weren’t there to enjoy it. We are looking forward to it and we hope they are too. “

After returning to training on Friday, Alisson returns directly to the first team, while Oxlade-Chamberlain, unsurprisingly, starts on the bench. Otherwise, an unsurprising lineup from Jürgen Klopp with Trent Alexander-Arnold making his first league start since Liverpool took on Manchester City on November 8.

Just one change for Fulham since last week’s loss to Manchester City with Mario Lemina replacing Harrison Reed in central midfield.

Team news:

Fulham (3-4-1-2): Areola, Aina, Andersen, Adarabioyo, Cordova-Reid, Anguissa, Lemina, Robinson, Loftus-Cheek, Lookman, Cavaleiro

Subs: Kebano, Cairney, Rodak, Ream, Reed, Bryan, Kamara

Liverpool (4-3-3): Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Fabinho, Robertson, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Jones, Salah, Firmino, Mane

Subs: Oxlade-Chamberlain, Minamino, Origi, Phillips, Kelleher, Cain, Williams

Fulham had no fans to celebrate with when they conquered Wembley, winning promotion to the Premier League a few months ago, and the support would certainly have helped them as they went through an extremely difficult first season in the top flight. Finally, 2000 fans will return to Craven Cottage today to watch their team against defending champion Liverpool.

There are every reason to be hopeful after Fulham’s excellent win against Leicester City in late November knocked them out of the bottom three, but what a tougher pair of games to follow as they try to build some momentum and improve their current precarious position. . in position 17 of the table. Manchester City were too good last week with a 2-0 win that could have been a lot more emphatic and based on evidence from Liverpool’s 4-0 win against Wolves last Sunday this will be incredibly difficult once plus.

Despite his injury list and Jürgen Klopp’s many disgruntled comments about the schedule and VAR over the past month, on the pitch, Liverpool’s form is building and he clearly intends to continue to put maximum pressure on him. Tottenham at the top of the league. They will attempt it today with the very welcome push from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Alisson returning to the team after injuries.