In an exciting match at Anfield, the Liverpoolwithout Alexis Mac Allister as a starter, drew 2-2 against Fulham for the sixteenth round of the Premier League and remains at the top of the championship, on a day in which Aston Villawith Emiliano Martínezlost an incredible game.
Brazilians Andreas Pereira and Rodrigo Muniz scored the goals for Fulham, while forwards Cody Gakpo and Diogo Jota were the authors of the goals for the “Reds”.
The first goal of the game came 11 minutes into the first half, through a play by Pereira, the visiting team took the lead on the scoreboard.
At 16 minutes, the local team was left with one less player after defender Andrew Robertson was sent off for a straight red card, who will miss the next match against Southampton.
Liverpool only managed to tie the match, even though they had greater control of the ball than their rival, 2 minutes into the second half after an incredible header from Gakpo.
In this way, the pace of the match changed and became much more intense, so it was no surprise that Fulham once again took the lead on the scoreboard 31 minutes into the second half after midfielder Harry Wilson went off. left side, sent a ball to the American Antonee Robinson, who got rid of his rivals in the area and gave a pass in the middle to Muniz to make it 2-1.
The final tie came at 40 minutes, when Diogo Jota took possession of the ball to convert from a play and thus avoid the defeat of the “Reds” in front of their fans.
With this tie Liverpool continues in first position in the Premier League with 36 points. While Fulham continues to add to get closer to the cup zone, at the moment they are ninth with 24 points.
Later, “Dibu” Martínez’s Aston Villa lost 2-1 against Nottingham Forest Nicolas Dominguez and could not fit into the positions for the next Champions League.
The first most dangerous situation for Nottingham was 14 minutes into the second half when the Argentine Domínguez won from above, after a corner kick, and almost put his team ahead if it weren’t for “Dibu” Martínez who took a swipe of the ball on the line.
Four minutes later, Aston Villa broke the deadlock with a header from Colombian Jhon Durán after captain John McGinn’s cross and made it 1-0.
Shortly before the end, in the 42nd minute, Nottingham Forest managed to tie the match thanks to defender Nikola Milenkovic, who headed the goal after a cross from England’s Morgan Gibbs-White.
In the third minute of the complement, the newly introduced forward Anthony Elanga gave the local team the victory after pushing the ball, after a great pass from Englishman Elliot Anderson, and turning the result around to 2-1.
In this way, Nottingham Forest climbed to fourth place, in the Champions League zone, with 28 points. On the part of Aston Villa, they are in sixth place with 24 points and are in the only place for the Conference League.
In the other Premier League matches of the day, Arsenal and Everton were unable to break the deadlock. While Newcastle beat Leicester City 4-0 (Facundo Buonanotte he entered the complement) and Wolverhampton fell 2-1 against Ipswich Town.
The day will continue this Sunday with four matches: Brighton And Hove – Crystal Palace, the classic between Manchester City – Manchester United, Chelsea – Brentford and Southampton – Tottenham.
Source: Ambito
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