◤Premier League◢ Liverpool shockingly lost 3-2 away against Fulham despite Luis Díaz's goal..

2025-04-07 17:19

◤Premier League◢ Liverpool shockingly lost 3-2 away against Fulham despite Luis Díaz's goal..


Liverpool shockingly lost 3-2 away against Fulham on matchday 31 of the 2024/25 Premier League season at Craven Cottage on Sunday.


In the first half, Mac Allister scored a wonder goal with a long shot, Sessegnon scored from close range, Iwobi volleyed and scored, and Muniz scored from a difficult angle. In the second half, Díaz volleyed into the net after coming on as a substitute. In the end, Fulham shockingly defeated Liverpool by 3-2, ending the latter's 6-month unbeaten record in the league. After this round, although the Reds suffered the second defeat of the season, they still led the rest of the chasing pack with 73 points; the Cottagers temporarily rose to 8th on the table with 48 points.


It is worth mentioning that according to the authoritative data statistics website Opta, after this match, Fulham officially became the only club that made the six giants lose points the most times in the 2024/25 Premier League season.


First Half


In the 14th minute, Liverpool launched a deadly counterattack. Alex Iwobi lost control of the ball near the midfield center circle. After quickly following up, Alexis Mac Allister intercepted the ball, dribbled past five players and before taking a long shot with his right foot from the edge of the penalty area. The ball flew straight into the upper left corner of the net, turning it into a wonder goal in the process and leaving Bernd Leno out of reach. Liverpool broke the deadlock first to take an early 0-1 lead! This is the Argentina World Cup winning midfielder's sixth goal in all competitions this season!


9 minutes later, Andreas Pereira crossed the ball into the box from the right wing. The ball initially was blocked and cleared off not far away by Curtis Jones. After quickly following up, upon picking up the ball, Ryan Sessegnon scored by slotting the ball into the bottom right corner of the net with his left foot at a very close distance in the box. Fulham quickly equalized Liverpool att 1-1! This is the former Tottenham Hotspur left-wing back's third goal in his last five matches!


In the 32nd minute, Fulham made a deadly quick counterattack. Andy Robertson made a mistake while passing the ball from his own back half. Alex Iwobi successfully intercepted the ball and adjusted his angle before volleying the ball with his left foot from the left side of the box, The ball flew straight into the lower center of the net, leaving Caoimhin Kelleher out of reach. Fulham overtook Liverpool by 2-1! This was the former Arsenal Nigeria international winger's 8th goal of the season!


5 minutes later, Fulham made another deadly quick counterattack. Virgil van Dijk made a mistake while clearing the ball. Rodrigo Muniz intercepted the ball and took a few steps before shoving the ball into the bottom left corner of the net with his right foot at a difficult angle from the right side of the box. Fulham quickly expanded its lead to 3-1!


At the end of the first half, Fulham temporarily led Liverpool 3-1 into the half-time break.


Second Half


Both teams switched sides as the match continued. In the 48th minute, Mohamed Salah made a straight pass from the front. Diogo Jota quickly followed up, got the ball and took a few steps before volleying with his right foot from the center of the box against the outrushing Leno, but his shot was saved over the crossbar by the latter.


In the 72nd minute, Conor Bradley passes horizontally from the front. Luis Díaz quickly followed up, got the ball and took a few steps before volleying the ball into the bottom left corner of the net with his right foot from the center of the box. This was the Colombia international left winger's 14th goal in all competitions this season!


7 minutes later, Robertson passes horizontally from the left side of the box. Harvey Elliott quickly followed up, got the ball, cuts inside and took a few steps before volleying with his left foot from the right side of the penalty box. Unfortunately, the shot hit the bottom left corner of the crossbar and bounced off. Liverpool missed the golden opportunity to equalize Fulham!


When the final whistle is blown, Liverpool shockingly lost 2-3 away against Fulham, suffering their first away defeat of the season.

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