Jota’s goal earns the leader point despite Robertson’s red card in the thriller

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Diogo Jota scored within eight minutes of his return from an 11-game injury lay-off to rescue a point for Liverpool as the 10-man Premier League leaders avoided a surprise defeat at home to Fulham.

Rodrigo Muniz’s makeshift strike 14 minutes from time looked to have ended the Reds’ 18-match unbeaten run, Antonee Robinson teeing up the Brazilian striker and glancing in after Alex’s incisive work Iwobi on the left for Fulham.

Liverpool, who had Andy Robertson dismissed six minutes after Andrea Pereira headed in the opener in the 11th minute, found the first equalizer when Cody Gakpo met Mohamed Salah’s delivery with a header two minutes after the break.

Fulham moved up to ninth after becoming the first of the last four teams to visit Anfield to score, while Liverpool are five points clear of second-placed Chelsea, who host Brentford on Sunday (1900 GMT) .

Liverpool vs Fulham

Arne Slot’s side have been in quiet form since their 1-0 home defeat to Nottingham Forest on September 14, including winning each of their last three games at Anfield 2-0 against Manchester City , Real Madrid and Aston Villa.

In the opposition technical area, his counterpart Marco Silva was winless in 10 meetings with Liverpool as manager, but left-back Robertson’s miserable start to the game put his side on course and almost with three points

After receiving treatment from the off, Robertson would have wished it had gone when Robinson’s cross went over his head and found Pereira at the far post, whose shot hit the roof of the net at through the Scotland captain.

Robertson was then dismissed after mishandling the ball into the path of Harry Wilson and rushing him down in an attempt to atone for his mistake, although there was a lengthy offside check from the video assistant before the decision is confirmed.

Jota’s goal after returning from injury

Silva’s players looked comfortable, but Liverpool looked nothing like a depleted team, and he moved Ryan Gravenberch to centre-back as Joe Gomez took Robertson’s position on the left.

Gakpo’s goal marked a thrilling start to the second half for his side, only for Muniz to restore Fulham’s lead nine minutes from time and put them in sight of a first win in seven against Liverpool, having last beaten them at Anfield in 2021.

Slot’s own late changes included the introductions of Darwin Nunez, Harvey Elliott and Jota in attack, and the Portugal international showed why Liverpool had missed him.

Jota collected Núñez’s pass, turned to advance inside the penalty area and slotted in with four minutes left for his first La Liga goal at home in more than 10 months.



 
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