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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Paul Gorst

Liverpool's Plan B must become Plan A after 40 minutes at Fulham

As celebrations go, Darwin Nunez's standing salute to the Liverpool fans in the away end at Craven Cottage said it all.

The Reds' shiny new £64m striker had only been on the pitch 15 minutes when he opened his Premier League account with an impudent back-heeled finish to level the score.

As the supporters housed in the far corner of the ground broke into a simple chant of 'Nunez! Nunez!' it looked as though the Uruguayan's introduction had done the trick. After 50 minutes of Roberto Firmino meandering through proceedings in west London, Liverpool suddenly had a presence up top; one that had Fulham's backline on the ropes.

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