Liverpool’s Title Bid Starts With Frustrating Draw at Fulham | Watch Highlights
Liverpool took a point from newly promoted Fulham to begin their Premier League title bid on Saturday.
The impressive Aleksandar Mitrovic put the home side ahead with a towering header before Darwin Nunez leveled with a clever flick. Mitrovic put Fulham in front again with a penalty before Mohamed Salah restored parity with a close-range finish.
Jordan Henderson smashed the crossbar in injury time but Jurgen Klopp’s side eventually had to accept a 2-2 draw at Craven Cottage.
Fulham grabbed their first goal on 32 minutes when they broke down the right hand side through Neeskens Kebano, as reported by ESPN.
He laid the ball off to Kenny Tete who planted a cross into the box which Mitrovic headed past Alisson.
Nunez then scored to save Liverpool’s blushes on his Premier League debut. He replaced Roberto Firmino on 51 minutes and scored just after the hour mark.
Salah slid a low ball into the box which the Uruguay international guided past Marek Rodak from close range.
Fulham were then awarded a penalty after Mitrovic went down under a challenge from Virgil van Dijk on 72 minutes. The Serbia international comfortably converted the spot kick into the bottom right corner despite Alisson Becker diving in the same direction.
Salah levelled for Liverpool on 80 minutes after Nunez set him up.
Jordan Henderson came close to completing Liverpool’s comeback when he hit the crossbar from outside the box five minutes into injury time but it wasn’t enough to bag the 3 points.
Watch match highlights below.
