Liverpool collapsed in his second first league defeat of the season while Fulham hit three times in 14 minutes in the first half to increase his own European ambitions with a 3-2 victory on Sunday. The 1-1 draw from Arsenal to Everton on Saturday left Liverpool just 11 points from their last eight games to guarantee a 20th record high flight record. The men of Arne Slot were undefeated in 26 league games and seemed ready to take another step towards the title when the superb strike by Alexis Mac Allister opened the scoring. But the bad defense allowed Ryan Sessegnon, Alex Iwobi and Rodrigo Muniz to run the game for Fulham.
“It is not often that we concede three goals and even less in a match or 15 minutes,” said Slot.
“Concede three goals as we have not done is Liverpool standards.”
Liverpool is still enjoying an 11 -point lead at the top with seven games to play.
The victory raises Fulham in the eighth and less than three points from the top five, which is almost certain to be sufficient for a place in the Champions League next season.
“Our first half was really at a high level. To be able to have 10 shots and score three goals in the first half,” said Fulham boss Marco Silva. “We had a good dynamic, a good tempo, great energy.”
Despite a first stellar season under the slot machine, Liverpool has shown signs of slowing down in recent weeks and has come out of rails in western London.
After an outing of the Champions League for the final defeat of Paris Saint-Germain and the League Cup against Newcastle, Liverpool preceded Everton 1-0 in a fiery Merseyside Derby to return to victory.
But the Reds seem to lack steam after having disputed in four competitions for most of the season.
Mac Allister’s long -range strike in the upper corner after 14 minutes gave Liverpool the start of the dream.
– botched defense –
The Reds then hutting in the Sunshine Craven Cottage, with a series of individual errors leading to the three goals of Fulham Quickfire.
Curtis Jones, exceeding out of position at the right back, failed to control the cross of Andreas Pereira and the ball fell with kindness for Sessegnon to remove its third goal in five games.
Andy Robertson then made a nightmare for the second in Fulham.
The captain of Scotland gave possession to the depths of the territory of Liverpool, then could only lead an attempt to authorize on the way to Iwobi, whose shot turned into Robertson.
The normally imperturbable virgil van Dijk was at fault for the third while Muniz was ahead of the Dutch and produced a brilliant bass finish under Caoimhin Kelleher.
Diogo Jota was refused by Bernd Leno at the start of the second half with a great chance of reducing the Liverpool deficit.
It was only when Slot turned to his bench to present Luis Diaz, Conor Bradley and Harvey Elliott that visitors triggered in life.
Mohamed Salah did not score in his last four championship games and has lost a great chance to break this drought when he made the Cross inviting Diaz.
Bradley Teed Diaz to find the lower corner and install a tribune 18 minutes of time.
Elliott struck the bar against his old club while Liverpool pushed in vain for a late equalizer.
“The performance of the second half was exceptional. We were likely, but in the end, we did not lack time,” added Slot.
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