In the cold light of a relentless title race it was two points dropped for Liverpool. In the heat of a gruelling assignment against Fulham, and the glow of an appreciative Anfield, it felt very different indeed. Reduced to 10 men after 17 minutes, and 2-1 down in the 85th, Arne Slot’s Premier League leaders delivered another defiant, tactically astute performance until the last. Victory eluded Liverpool, but the character on display will embolden them.
Marco Silva’s dangerous team led twice through Andreas Pereira and substitute Rodrigo Muniz. The visitors also had the significant advantage of seeing Andy Robertson dismissed early for denying Harry Wilson a goalscoring opportunity. They were unable to capitalise fully owing to Liverpool’s stirring response. Cody Gakpo levelled early in the second half and the fit-again Diogo Jota showed what Slot’s team have missed during his injury absence with another clinical strike.
