So Saturday marked the start of Liverpool’s 22/23 EPL campaign and unfortunately it started with a 2-2 draw with newly promoted side Fulham at Craven Cottage.
Uncharacteristically, Liverpool started the game slow, they didn’t have many chances and sloppy passes caught them off-guard leading to chances for Fulham.
After a few attempts, Serbian international, Aleksander Mitrovic, gave Fulham the lead in the 32nd minute through a rifling header into the top of the net, beating Alisson.
Going towards half time, Liverpool started to create chances. Luis Diaz hit the post, he also scored a lovely goal which was unfortunately ruled as offside, but they went into halftime 1-0 down.
Coming back out at halftime, Liverpool had started attacking a lot more and starting to look like themselves again. In the 51st minute, Klopp brought in Darwin Nuñez and Harvey Elliot, changing the game.
Nuñez had a few chances saved in the first few minutes of coming on, but, after 11 minutes of playing, he finished off a lovely Mo Salah cross with a flick over the keeper. A lovely goal!
However, just 9 minutes later. Virgil Van Dijk brought down Mitrovic in the penalty area leading to the referee, Andy Madley, pointing to the penalty spot. Then, the penalty was slotted away by Mitrovic again to put Fulham 2-1 up.
The tension really started to build as Liverpool for trying hard to find an equaliser in the last 15 minutes. And a break down the right hand side, in the 80th minute, finally lead to this equaliser. A divine ball across goal by Nuñez lead to a Salah finish and hope was given to the Liverpool team in the last 10.
Liverpool were really looking to score another goal and win their first game of the season. 6 minutes of added time was given by Andy Madley and more and more chances were made by the Reds. In the 94th minute, Harvey Elliot teed up Jordan Henderson on the outside of the box, he strikes the ball and a dipping shot beats the keeper but rattles the crossbar and into safety for Fulham. Heartbreak for Liverpool in the final seconds.
The whistle blew. The home crowd cheered. The game was finished 2-2. It’s not the best start for Liverpool, but they really need to pick it up for the rest of the season.
They will play their first game at Anfield on Monday next week against Crystal Palace, who lost 2-0 to Arsenal this weekend.
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