Fulham punished the first half-life of Liverpool to win 3-2 in Craven Cottage when the leaders of Arne Slot suffered only the second defeat of the Premier League season.
Liverpool had a chance to move by 14 points after Arsenal and Everton, but after Alexis Mac Allister hit a long-range opener, he admitted three times in the calamity of 14 minutes when the caluti ended their 26-game.
The turn began when Ryan Sesseggnon threw the home of Fulham’s home baver after the cross bounced on his journey from the thigh of the temporary Liverpool right back Curtis Jones.
It was an ugly goal to admit to Liverpool and others followed when Andrew Robertson’s pitiful Postal Fulham possession and allowed Alex Iwobi to defeat Caoimhin Kelleher through deflection.
Liverpool was still winding up as Rodrigo Muniz added Fulham’s third goal with a cool surface around Kelleler after a great piece of skill saw him moving a high ball around Virgil van Dijk on the edge of the box.
It was the first time since their loss 7-2 for Aston Villa in October 2020, when Liverpool admitted three times in the first half of the Premier League game three times and could not find his way back, although Luis Diaz reduced the deficit of his colleague Conor Bradley in the pass.
Liverpool had other chances, with Out-of-Sorts Muhammad Salah, who broke away from the Diaz Cross and replaced Harvey Elliott Curling shot against the bar, but Fulham had good value for winning his back to Arsenal and Crystal Palace.
They move to the eighth, the victory increases their hopes for European qualifications, while Liverpool remains 11 points ahead of Arsenal, who missed the opportunity to take the next step towards the Premier League.
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Alexis Mac Allister scored an excellent opener with a long range
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Ryan Sessegnon hit Fulhar’s equalizer
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Alex Iwobi punished Andrew Robertson’s mistake for the second Fulham’s second
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Incredible goal! Rodrigo Muniz did it three
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Luis Diaz pulled a goal back to Liverpool
Analysis: van dijk vulnerability exposed to Fulham
Arne Slot came to the defense of Van Dijka at his press conference and said that every defender can have difficult moments against attackers as physical as Everton’s Beto and Fulham’s Rodrigo Muniz. But it was another display that showed the vulnerability of a 33 -year -old.
Van Dijk, usually imperial, tried to cope with Beto during 1-0 victories over Everton in the middle of the week, and Muniz got him too easily for a goal that proved to be decisive in Craven Cottage. The touch of the attacker was brilliant. The location of Van Dijka was not.
He was not the only defender of Liverpool to fight in the game. In fact, everyone does. Ibrahim Conate was mercifully replaced by Arne Slot in the middle of the second half, but the head of Liverpool would be entitled to take off any of them.
Jones could only direct Timothy Castagne’s cross to the Sessegnon journey for the opening goal, and Robertson was guilty for virtuum, his relaxed passage through his own goal allowed Alex Iwobi scores. Robertson threw himself to try to fix his mistake, but eventually ended with diverting Iwobi’s shot behind Kelleher.
Van Dijka’s error, getting the wrong page of muniz and allowing him to pull the high ball from the sky, ending the calamity 14 -minute spell that leaving Liverpool with work to get through the line. Their title is not endangered, but the third defeat in four games in all competitions and more defensive vibrations usually reliable players is a reason for concern.
