Fulham beat leaders Liverpool in the Premier League
Brazilian scores fine goal in Fulham’s Premier League win; Liverpool lose first away game
Turn, turn
Fulham played very well and came from behind to win 3-2 against Liverpool in the 31st round of the English Championship this Sunday. It was the first away defeat this season for the Premier League leader, who lost again after 26 games unbeaten. Striker Rodrigo Muniz had a good performance and scored the third goal for the home team. Sessegnon and Iwobi scored the other goals for Fulham. Mac Allister, with a great goal, opened the scoring for Liverpool. Luis Díaz, at the end, pulled one back.
Good phase
Rodrigo Muniz scored his fourth goal in the last five games for Fulham. He has become a regular starter for the team and had a good performance this Sunday. In the play that led to his goal, he controlled a ball coming from very high up and spun at the same time on top of Van Dijk. Incidentally, the Brazilian put up a good fight against the Dutch defender. He was substituted halfway through the second half.
in the table
The defeat has little impact on Liverpool’s comfortable position in the table. The team remains the clear leader, with 73 points. Arsenal is in second place and has 62. There are only seven more matches left in the Premier League. Fulham now has 48 points, is in eighth place and is five behind Chelsea, who are in the top four.
The 90 minutes
Fulham were the better team for most of the first half. They kept scoring on Liverpool’s half and caused the visitors to make a lot of mistakes when clearing the ball. The home team suffered a setback when Mac Allister scored a great goal from outside the box to open the scoring for Liverpool. However, a few minutes later they managed to equalise with Sessegnon and took control of the game. Iwobi turned the ball around and Muniz extended the lead. Fulham’s first two goals came from Liverpool’s poor clearances. The third, by Muniz, was a beautiful one, with the Brazilian spinning past Van Dijk. That was three goals in 14 minutes.
In the second half, Liverpool attacked more. The introduction of Luis Díaz improved the team, which had Salah very subdued. The Colombian scored his goal after a good pass from Bradley and the final minutes saw a lot of pressure from the visitors. Elliot had two good chances. One hit the crossbar, the other Leno made a good save. Overall, Fulham’s defense marked very well and gave little space. The team was still dangerous on counterattacks on the right while Sessegnon had some breathing room.
