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Fulham 2 – 2 Liverpool – Premier League Postmortem

After a week that demanded control, authority, and maturity, Liverpool instead delivered another reminder of why confidence around this side remains so fragile. A stoppage-time lead, briefly grasped through desperation rather than dominance, was thrown away with the kind of casual indifference that has come to define too many away performances this season. With Arsenal waiting on Thursday, this was not just two dropped points — it was another psychological blow.

The Starting Eleven

Liverpool XI

• GK – Alisson Becker

• RB – Conor Bradley

• CB – Ibrahima Konaté

• CB – Virgil van Dijk (c)

• LB – Milos Kerkez

• CM – Curtis Jones

• CM – Ryan Gravenberch

• CM – Dominik Szoboszlai

• ACM – Alexis Mac Allister

• CF – Cody Gakpo

• CF – Florian Wirtz

Substitutes

Jeremie Frimpong → Florian Wirtz (75’)

Federico Chiesa → Curtis Jones (85’)

Joe Gomez → Cody Gakpo (90+6’)

Goals

Fulham 1–0 Liverpool – Harry Wilson (Raul Jimenez) – 17’

Fulham 1–1 Liverpool – Florian Wirtz (Conor Bradley) – 57’

Fulham 1–2 Liverpool – Cody Gakpo – 90+4’

Fulham 2–2 Liverpool – Harrison Reed – 90+7’

Match Statistics

• Possession – Fulham 42% | Liverpool 58%

• XG – Fulham 0.74 | Liverpool 1.37

• Total Shots – Fulham 8 | Liverpool 11

• Fouls – Fulham 11 | Liverpool 4

• Corners – Fulham 3 | Liverpool 8

First Half

An anxious and subdued opening period summed up Liverpool’s ongoing away-day malaise. The ball was dominated without authority, possession recycled without incision, and Fulham were allowed to grow comfortable without ever being properly tested. Liverpool’s midfield three circulated play but rarely accelerated it, while the forward line lacked penetration and conviction.

There was no tempo, no sustained pressure, and no sense of inevitability. Instead, the half drifted by in familiar fashion: territorial control without threat, structure without bite. Fulham, content to sit and wait, looked far more at ease than a home side supposedly under pressure. Harry Wilson broke the offside trap and scored a beautiful goal beyond Alisson Becker, and the uphill battle for redemption began.

Second Half

The restart brought the moment Liverpool had failed to handle all season: adversity. Harry Wilson’s first-half opener exposed familiar frailties in tracking runners and defending space, yet, once again, it took going behind to provoke urgency. Florian Wirtz’s equaliser was pure quality — instinctive, assertive, and the product of a player refusing to accept the pace of the game. A long wait for VAR to confirm its validity ended with the scores level.

From there, Liverpool pushed, but without sustained composure. Attacks came in bursts rather than waves. The substitutions were cautious, reactive rather than assertive, and when Cody Gakpo finally put Liverpool ahead deep into stoppage time, it felt more like escape than control.

What followed was inexcusable. A failure to manage the clock. A failure to protect territory. A failure to recognise danger. Harrison Reed’s long-range strike was allowed to materialise unchecked, and with it went two points Liverpool simply cannot afford to lose.

Final Thoughts

Liverpool’s season is once again balanced on a knife-edge. This was not a performance of a side chasing momentum — it was one desperately clinging to it. Late goals paper over cracks, but conceding later still exposes them brutally.

With Arsenal next, this is a terrible moment to lose belief. The structure is still brittle, the control inconsistent, and the mentality questionable. Another week, another warning.

Steven Smith’s Score Prediction:

Fulham 1 – 2 Liverpool

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