Fulham twice equalized Liverpool in the first half to make it 2-2 at the break. Bobby De Cordova-Reid put Fulham ahead on 80 minutes.
At the death, Liverpool’s Alexander-Arnold won it.
Liverpool defeated Fulham 4-3 at Anfield on Sunday afternoon in the Premier League.
The hosts took the lead twice in the first half, only for Fulham to equalize each time. Fulham took the lead for the first time in the game with ten minutes remaining, only for Liverpool to claw back into the lead.
The Reds moved into second place and kept their perfect home record, thanks to four stunning goals.
How the game unfolded
After an opening 20 minutes that was punctuated by a lengthy medical break to treat a facial injury for Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno, Trent Alexander-Arnold opened the scoring with a sumptuous free kick.
Even if Leno had not been peering through heavy bandaging dropping down from his forehead, there was little chance of any goalkeeper getting a glove to Alexander-Arnold’s powerful curler before it crashed in off the underside of the crossbar. The ball also bounced off Leno on its way into the net, ensuring that the keeper was credited with an own goal.
Fulham had offered precious little before equalising with their first shot of the afternoon. The visitors clustered around the void in Alexander-Arnold’s right-back zone, with Antonee Robinson galloping forward to square for the former Liverpool player Harry Wilson lurking in the middle.
Unfazed by the setback, Liverpool continued to press forward, penning Fulham into their defensive third. Raul Jimenez miscued a header with Virgil van Dijk breathing down the back of his neck inside Fulham’s half. Alexis Mac Allister was first to the loose ball, spanking it into the top corner from 25 yards. Again, Leno had little hope against the swerving swipe.
But Fulham forced another equaliser before the break. Kenny Tete’s celebration was cut short by the assistant’s flag after stabbing in from a corner deep into second-half stoppage time. paul Tierney on VAR correctly spotted that Darwin Nunez was playing Tete onside, prompting another burst of joy from the scorer.
While Nunez squandered a glut of chances at one end, Fulham proved to be far more clinical. Three of Marco Silva’s substitutes combined to catch Liverpool out down their right flank once again, with Willian and Tom Cairney dovetailing to pick out Bobby De Cordova-Reid at the back post in the 80th minutes
A stunned silence descended on Anfield before the roars of ‘Liverpool’ resurfaced. Wataru Endo completed a hat-trick of unstoppable strikes after one of Jurgen Klopp’s replacements fired the hosts level.
Taking advantage of the deafening roar of the crowd, Alexander-Arnold put Liverpool back in front in a matter of seconds. The volley drilled into the bottom corner from the top of the box will undoubtedly be remembered as his match-winning goal.
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