Fulham vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction today
Follow live coverage as Jurgen Klopp’s Reds get their 2022/23 campaign underway against the newly-promoted Cottagers in west London
Follow live coverage as Liverpool travel to Fulham on the opening weekend of the 2022/23 Premier League season.
Jurgen Klopp’s Reds came just one point and one place short of 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 which already includes Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (hamstring), Diogo Jota (thigh), Curtis Jones (calf), second-choice goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher (groin) and Kostas Tsimikas (knock), with Naby Keita also missing. For the hosts, Marco Silva includes headline summer arrival Joao Palhinha for his Premier League debut while last year’s Championship top scorer Aleksandar Mitrovic will hope to pick up where he left off as they bid to avoid the drop.
Follow all the latest updates from Craven Cottage:
FT Fulham 2-2 Liverpool
Liverpool twice came from behind to rescue a point against an exceptional Fulham side. They picked right up where they left off in the Championship last season and get their first points on the board in the Premier League.
Aleksandar Mitrovic scored twice for the home side and Liverpool’s new striker Darwin Nunez opened his account before the ever dependable Mo Salah earned the Reds a point.
Full-time: Fulham 2-2 Liverpool
90+5 mins: Off the bar!
Jordan Henderson almost seals the game for the Reds with a glorious strike from outside the box. He smokes it well and Rodak is beaten. Fulham are saved by the crossbar as the ball doesn’t dip enough.
The whistle goes for full-time and the points are shared at Craven Cottage.
Fulham 2-2 Liverpool
90+3 mins: Alexander-Arnold throws the ball into the box and tries to play in Mo Salah. Fulham clear the ball up to Aleksandar Mitrovic who holds it up brilliantly then goes down with cramp.
He’s fine but is going through the motions of time-wasting to get his team closer to the finish.
Fulham 2-2 Liverpool
90 mins: Five minutes of added time to play. That seems quite excessive.
Fulham 2-2 Liverpool
87 mins: Fulham look like they’re feeling it now though. They’re trying to slow the game down when in possession and Andreas Pereira takes his time to get off the pitch as Tom Cairney is brought on.
At the very least Fulham deserve a point from this game. They’ve been great.
Fulham 2-2 Liverpool
84 mins: Can one of these teams push for a winning goal now? Fulham don’t deserve to lose but Liverpool have turned these types of games into victories over the last couple of seasons.
Six minutes plus stoppage time to play.
GOAL! Fulham 2-2 Liverpool (81’, Salah)⚽️
81 mins: Mo Salah! He scores again on the opening match of the season.
Trent Alexander-Arnold swings a long cross into the box from the right side and the ball is flicked on by Tim Ream before bouncing up to Darwin Nunez. He chests it down and the ball rolls back to the Egyptian who taps it home to bring Liverpool back on level terms again.
Fulham 2-1 Liverpool
80 mins: Alexander-Arnold swings a corner into the box for Liverpool but Antonee Robinson is there to head it away. The ball drops to Carvalho who drills a first time shot at goal and punts it narrowly over the crossbar.
Fulham 2-1 Liverpool
78 mins: Fabio Carvalho - a key man for Fulham during their Championship game last season - is brought on to replace Luis Diaz for his Liverpool debut.
Elliott picks out Salah who lays the ball off to Alexander-Arnold. The right-back flicks the ball into the where Milner has made the run but Reed beats him to the ball and heads it clear.
Fulham 2-1 Liverpool
75 mins: Liverpool when the team who recovered the most points from losing positions last season and they’ll need to do so again today.
Fulham have been great, they deserve their lead and have just 15 minutes left to play to close out what will be an incredible victory.
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