Liverpool 4-3 Fulham: Triumph with an unimaginable twist in the final in a dream game

Incredible, magical, cinematic! Fulham caused a major surprise at Anfield despite falling behind twice and taking a 3-2 lead in the 80th minute. However, they failed to become the first team to break Liverpool’s 18-game home unbeaten streak in the league and Leeds’ 1-0 win on Merseyside in October 2022.

In fact, he failed to pick up a single point as Jürgen Klopp’s Reds looked stunned and half-dead on the screen, but managed one of their biggest surprises that Anfield had made when Edo equalized in the 87th minute and Alexander -Arnold made it 4-3 in a penalty shootout in the 88th minute, writing the epilogue to one of the most shocking games in this year’s Premier League.

The match

Liverpool went into the game in an attacking mood and were lucky to open the scoring in the 20th minute from a set piece when Alexander-Arnold beat Leno with a stunning free kick, the ball first hitting the crossbar and then onto his back. Leno before it ended up in the net (the German was charged with an own goal).

Despite being passive at the start of the game, Fulham equalized on their first dangerous visit to the opposition penalty area when Robinson turned in from the left and Harry Wilson shot between Matip and Alexander-Arnold to make it 1-1 to score against his former club.

In the 38th minute, Liverpool regained the lead with another unthinkable shot from outside the penalty area, with McAllister firing a powerful right-footed shot into the left window of an unresponsive Leno to make it 2-1, with his first goal in one Minute Liverpool jersey and first overall since last May (then with Brighton).

The excitement of an incredible first half didn’t end there, as Fulham equalized in the 45th+3. Minute after standard situations, after Jimenez headed a corner from the left into the goal and Tete made it 2-2 with a performance. .

Salah missed in the 45th + 10th. A great opportunity to make it 3-2 in the minute, his shot was blocked by Leno, so the two teams went into the dressing room tied and at the start of the second half Klopp’s team are strong and trying to impose their tempo.

He managed perfectly from the 50th to the 60th minute, where he missed many chances but the goal didn’t fall, and a little later, when the game started and Fulham found more free space, he was punished. Decordova Reed, who came on a little earlier, was the enforcer of the Reds defense in the 80th minute when he beat Csimika in the air after a cross from Kearney and made the final score 3-2 for the Londoners with a header.

But when everything seemed decided and Liverpool seemed unable to get going again given the “blow” they had suffered, the unthinkable happened: the home team refused to give up and pulled off an epic turnaround with two goals Number of minutes.

Substitute Edo came on in the 87th minute He equalized 3-3 in the 83rd minute with a beautiful curling shot from the semicircle, while Alexander-Arnold sent seismic tremors through Anfield in the 88th minute, the ball in front of him after a header won by Tsimikas and Leno executed it with a powerful right hook shot.

In the final, Liverpool celebrated a major victory in the title race (the first home game this season not to win by more than a goal, something they had managed to do in their last ten games at Anfield), in a game the Reds had on aggregate of 26 finals (12 away) and Marco Silva’s brave Fulham 9 (5 away).

• LIVERPOOL: Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, Matip (68′ Konate), van Dijk, Tsimikas, Somboslay (65′ Hakpo), McAllister (65′ Gomez), Hraffenberg (83′ Edo), Salah, Nunes, Diaz
• Fulham: Leno, Tete (75′ Castane), Bassey, Ream, Robinson, Harrison Reid (90′ Vinicius), Palinia, Igwobi (75′ Decordova-Reid), Pereira (62′ Kearney), Wilson (62′ Willian), Chimenes

The results of the 14th game

• Brentford-Luton 3-1 (49′ Moppe, 56′ Wed, 81′ Baptiste / 76′ Brown)
• Arsenal – Wolves 2-1 (6′ Saka, 13′ Edgard / 86′ Kunia)
• Burnley-Sheffield United 5:0 (1′ Rodriguez, 29′ Brun Larsen, 73′ Amduni, 75′ Coleoso, 80′ Brownhill)
• Nottingham-Everton 0-1 (67′ McNeill)
• Newcastle-Manchester United 1:0 (55′ Gordon)
• Chelsea-Brighton 3-2 (17′ 65′ Penalty. Fernandes, 21′ Colwill / 43′ Buonanote, 90+2′ Pedro)
• Liverpool-Fulham 4-3 (20′ auto. Leno, 39′ McAllister, 87′ Edo, 88′ Alexander-Arnold / 25′ Wilson, 45+3′ Tete, 80′ Decordova Reed)
• West Ham – Crystal Palace 1-1 (13′ Qudoud / 53′ Edouard)
• Bournemouth – Aston Villa 2-2 (10′ Semenio, 52′ Solanke / 20′ Bailey, 90′ Watkins)
• 12.03. 6:30 p.m Manchester City-Tottenham

The program for the 15th matchday

• 12.05. 9:30 p.m Wolves – Burnley
• 12.05. 10:15 p.m Luton-Arsenal
• 12.06. 9:30 p.m Brighton-Brentford
• 12.06. 9:30 p.m Crystal Palace – Bournemouth
• 12.06. 9:30 p.m Fulham-Nottingham
• 12.06. 9:30 p.m Sheffield United-Liverpool
• 12.06. 10:15 p.m Aston Villa-Manchester City
• 12.06. 10:15 p.m Manchester United-Chelsea
• 12.07. 9:30 p.m Everton-Newcastle
• 12.07. 10:15 p.m Tottenham-West Ham