
Liverpool started their Premier League marketing campaign with a hard-earned 2-2 draw away at Fulham earlier at present.
After Liverpool’s spectacular win over Man Metropolis within the Neighborhood Protect final weekend most observers anticipated the Reds to brush apart their newly-promoted hosts. Nevertheless, the opening interval couldn’t have turned out a lot totally different with Fulham a lot the higher of the perimeters as they pressed onerous everywhere in the pitch and regarded composed in possession.
Simply after the half-hour mark Fulham’s wonderful displaying would get the reward it deserved when the Cottagers’ major man Aleksandar Mitrovic put his facet forward. Dutch right-back Kenny Tete broke down the correct, whipped in an inviting cross to the again stick and Mitrovic rose greater then Trent Alexander-Arnold and headed dwelling.
No matter Klopp mentioned to his facet at half-time didn’t appear to have a lot impact, with Fulham as soon as once more the superior facet they usually almost went two forward within the fifty fifth minute when Neeskens Kebano cracked a strong effort off the within of Alisson’s publish.
Simply after the hour mark Liverpool lastly began to click on into gear and they’d equalise by means of substitute Darwin Nunez. The Uruguayan striker scuffing dwelling an effort from shut vary from Mo Salah’s low cross from the correct.
Summer time signing Nunez’s introduction was inflicting chaos within the Fulham backline and the 23-year-old virtually put his facet forward a few minutes after levelling the scores.
Fulham regarded like they could simply buckle underneath the elevated strain however they’d take the lead once more within the 72nd minute when Mitrovic was taken down within the space by the normally unflappable Virgil van Dijk earlier than the Serbian striker hammered dwelling a low spot kick into the underside nook.
There was solely ever going to be one MOTM… 🥇
Aleksandar Mitrović beginning this season how he completed his final! 💥 pic.twitter.com/SSwOSSoD8I
— Soccer on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) August 6, 2022
Liverpool would strike again with ten minutes left to play and it might come from a well-recognized supply, with Mo Salah stroking dwelling from 10 yards out for his record-breaking sixth successive opening day objective.
In the end this entertaining encounter completed all sq., with Liverpool disillusioned to drop factors in a sport they had been anticipated to win and Fulham having proven they’ve a significantly better likelihood of staying up this season then most have given them credit score for.
Talking afterward Reds boss Klopp pulled no punches, freely admitting his sides efficiency had been effectively beneath par.
“The most effective factor concerning the sport was the outcome. We received a degree from a extremely dangerous sport,” Klopp instructed BT Sport.
“The outcome was effective, I don’t assume we deserved greater than that. The efficiency may be massively improved.
“We may have received the sport as a result of we had good possibilities but it surely was most likely a bit an excessive amount of at present.”
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