
Liverpool 4, Fulham 3: Man Of The Match
With a ridiculous last-gasp win in the books, we want you to help us choose Liverpool’s man of the match.
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Well, that certainly was not that match we all expected, but what a dramatic win over Fulham at the end of the day. In a match that featured bangers only goals from Liverpool, Trent Alexander-Arnold ran the show from start to finish.
He will only be credited with the winning goal, but he created the first with a sensational free kick that came down off the bar and off the back of a hapless Bernd Leno. Alexis Mac Allister hit an absolute rocket from distance for the second goal and was generally tidy on the ball.
Wataru Endo came off the bench and made his presence felt with a sensational strike for the third goal to tie the match back up. Mohamed Salah didn’t get his goal today, but was heavily involved.
He assisted Endo, and let the team with five key passes. Kostas Tsimikas was a culprit for Fulham’s third goal, but was very good outside of that one moment. He was heavily involved in the attack, assisting Trent and providing four key passes along with leading the team in tackles.
Now let us know how you saw it. We’ve narrowed down the options to a few of the players we thought had the best performances for the Reds, now make your choice and vote for who you think should be the Man of the Match—or take to the comments to let us know that we got it wrong by not even including the real man of the match in the options.
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‘Eliminate that…’ – Stephen Warnock fumes at Liverpool player during first half v Fulham
Stephen Warnock was fuming with one Liverpool player during the first half of their Premier League clash against Fulham on Sunday.
The Reds twice took the lead in the opening 45 minutes through stunning goals from Trent Alexander-Arnold and Alexis Mac Allister, only to gift the visitors two wholly preventable equalisers.
It wasn’t Caoimhin Kelleher or any of the defenders who drew the 41-year-old’s ire, though, with Darwin Nunez instead getting both barrels from the ex-Anfield defender
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live‘s match coverage, Warnock raged: “There has been a few times now that Nunez has thrown himself to the ground looking for a foul. Book him. We need to eliminate that from the game.”
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Warnock is right to call out Nunez for his theatrics, which were seen just after the half-hour when he went down on the edge of the penalty area for what was dubbed ‘a pretty ridiculous dive’ in Sky Sports’ live web commentary (14:31).
The Liverpool number nine is a fantastic player who doesn’t need to be trying to con referees to try and win his team a spot kick, and we’d be livid if we saw that from anyone playing against the Reds.
Hopefully Jurgen Klopp has a word with the Uruguayan about such behaviour, and instead we see the best side of the 24-year-old, who’s already plundered seven goals this season prior to today’s match.
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