Scenes from Sunday’s Premier League match between Liverpool and Fulham that you might not have noticed
Liverpool’s thrilling victory over Fulham on Sunday allowed them to keep pushing for the top spot in the Premier League standings.
A late own goal by Bernd Leno and a screaming goal by Alexis Mac Allister saw the Reds come back from behind to win 4-3. Wataru Endo and Trent Alexander-Arnold both scored in the last seconds of play. As a consequence, Jurgen Klopp’s team is now in second place and has only suffered one defeat in their previous 25 Premier League games.
However, during the ninety minutes at Anfield—which included a significant amount of injury time—a lot remained unreported or unseen.
Kostas seizes
It was often hard to keep up during an incident-packed contest since there was so much going on. Alexander-Arnold’s winning goal brought chaos to the spectators and a series of knee slides in the direction of the corner flag, setting up the dramatic conclusion.
And there was a funny moment when Kostas Tsimikas grabbed a nearby steward with both hands and gave him a wildly amused shake as the Liverpool players celebrated loudly in front of the Kop.
The Anfield employee’s smiles for being involved in such a spectacular moment after the initial shock imply he didn’t mind too much.
Nunez sprint
The delight at the late turnaround was unconfined given the manner in which Liverpool had toiled throughout much of the second half.
Those struggles were perhaps best encapsulated in the performance of Darwin Nunez who, despite not having his best game, kept plugging away and ultimately played an important part in the build-up to the final two goals.
And when Alexander-Arnold netted, rather than join in with his team-mates in front of the Kop, Nunez belted it to the dugout where he embraced first Dominik Szoboszlai and then Jurgen Klopp. He loves doing it differently, does Darwin.
Klopp irate
The game, though, hadn’t finished at that point. And with more than seven additional minutes being played – to go with the 12 in the first half – where was still plenty of time for more shenanigans.
And one such instance happened during injury time when a tussle for possession between Ibrahima Konate and Carlos Vinicius ended with Fulham contentiously being awarded a throw-in.
If Konate waving his arms was a sign of the Frenchman querying the decision, then the reaction of Klopp on the touchline, bouncing up and down manically and gesticulating furiously in the direction of just about anyone who would take note, suggests the Reds boss really, really couldn’t believe it.
Salah intent
A lot, lot, lot earlier on in the first half, there was an amusing passage of play as Liverpool probed for a second goal. With Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno having cleared into touch, the Reds were keen on a quick restart from the resultant throw-in.
But seconds after play continued, the original ball booted into the Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand reappeared by bouncing on to the pitch towards Mohamed Salah, causing confusion among players.
Salah, though, was so laser-focused he managed to win control of both footballs. Anyone wondering what separates good players from great ones now has an answer.
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