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Follow live coverage as Liverpool travel to Fulham on the opening weekend of the 2022/23 Premier League season.
Jurgen Klopp’s Reds finished just one point and one place behind Manchester City in the title race last season and begin their battle to go one better this time around against the newly promoted Cottagers on Saturday lunchtime.
Centre-back Ibrahima Konate has joined an injury list that already includes Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (hamstring), Diogo Jota (thigh), Curtis Jones (calf), second-choice goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher (groin) and Kostas Tsimikas ( touch), with Naby Keita also gone. For the hosts, Marco Silva includes summer arrival Joao Palhinha for his Premier League debut, while last year’s Championship top scorer Aleksandar Mitrovic will be hoping to pick up where he left off as he tries to avoid the drop
Follow all the latest updates from Craven Cottage:
Fulham vs Liverpool
- Fulham XI: Rodak, Tete, Tosin, Ream, Robinson, Palhinha, Reed, Pereira, Kebano, Mitrovic, Decordova-Reid
- Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Thiago, Henderson, Salah, Diaz, Firmino
- 15′ – Diaz finds the net but the offside flag goes to Robertson in the build-up
- 32′ – GOAL! Mitrovic heads the far post after a cross from the right
- 63′ – GOAL! Darwin’s back-heel film evens the Reds’ game
- 72′ – GOAL! Mitrovic buries a penalty to restore the home side’s lead
- 81′ – GOAL! Salah scores from close range for another equaliser
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Fulham 2-2 Liverpool
90+3 min: Alexander-Arnold throws the ball into the area and tries to play Mo Salah. Fulham clear the ball to Aleksandar Mitrovic who holds it brilliantly and then crawls down.
He’s fine, but he’s making time-wasting moves to get his team closer to the finish line.
Michael Jones August 6, 2022 2:21 p.m
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Fulham 2-2 Liverpool
90 minutes: Five minutes of added time to play. That seems pretty excessive.
Michael Jones August 6, 2022 2:19 p.m
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Fulham 2-2 Liverpool
87 mins: Fulham seem to be feeling it now. They are trying to slow the game down when they have possession and Andreas Pereira takes his time coming off the pitch as Tom Cairney comes on.
At least Fulham deserve a point from this game. They’ve been great.
Michael Jones August 6, 2022 2:17 p.m
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Fulham 2-2 Liverpool
84 mins: Can either of these teams push for a winning goal now? Fulham don’t deserve to lose, but Liverpool have turned these types of games into wins in recent seasons.
Six more minutes of stoppage time to play.
Michael Jones August 6, 2022 2:13 p.m
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GOAL! Fulham 2-2 Liverpool (81′, Salah)⚽️
81 min: Mo Salah! Scored again in the opening game of the season.
Trent Alexander-Arnold sends a long cross into the box from the right-hand side and Tim Ream flicks the ball on before it rebounds to Darwin Nunez. He chests it and the ball rolls back to the Egyptian who taps it home to bring Liverpool back level.
Michael Jones August 6, 2022 2:10 pm
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Fulham 2-1 Liverpool
80 mins: Alexander-Arnold takes a corner into the box for Liverpool, but Antonee Robinson is there to head it home. The ball falls to Carvalho, who takes a first shot at goal and sends it over the crossbar.
Michael Jones August 6, 2022 2:08 p.m
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Fulham 2-1 Liverpool
78 mins: Fabio Carvalho, a key man for Fulham during their Championship run last season, is brought on to replace Luis Diaz for his Liverpool debut.
Elliott picks out Salah who lays the ball to Alexander-Arnold. The right-back throws the ball towards where Milner has made a run, but Reed beats him to the ball and heads it over.
Michael Jones August 6, 2022 2:07 p.m
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Fulham 2-1 Liverpool
75 minutes: Liverpool, when the team that recovered the most points from the loss of positions last season and will have to do it again today.
Fulham have been fantastic, they deserve their lead and there are only 15 minutes left to seal what will be an incredible win.
Michael Jones August 6, 2022 2:03 p.m
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GOAL! Fulham 2-1 Liverpool (72′, Mitrovic) ⚽️
72 min: The penalty is saved and Mitrovic guides it home! He puts it into the bottom right corner and Alisson can’t get to it despite jumping the right way.
Fulham back in front. Craven Cottage is going wild.
Michael Jones August 6, 2022 2:01 p.m
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Penalty at Fulham!
71 min: Aleksandar Mitrovic enters the area and clears the ball away from Virgil van Dijk. The defender sticks his right leg out and there appears to be a clash of knees that knocks the striker down.
Fulham have a chance to get back in front. The VAR, however, looks at it.
Michael Jones August 6, 2022 2:00 p.m