Mitrovic continues rich scoring form as Fulham hold Liverpool

Marco Silva seemed the extra displeased supervisor after the blast of the ultimate whistle on Saturday’s lunchtime kick off but it surely greater than the consequence, spoke of how a lot his facet gave within the recreation

Fulham checked out house after they hosted Liverpool on their Premier League return as they threw away a lead two occasions within the recreation to the displeasure of Silva.

The Londoners dictated the opening spells of the sport and obtained a deserved lead when Aleksandr Mitrovic headed previous Allison on the again publish.

Trent Alexander-Arnold dealt poorly with Kenny Tete’s cross from the precise and was punished by the Serbian ahead behind him to present Fulham a deserved lead within the thirty second minute.

Jordan Henderson’s attraction for a foul fell on deaf ears and the Reds would really feel laborious achieved by the choice as he appeared to have been caught on his heels within the buildup to the purpose.

New signing Darwin Nunez started his life within the Premier League with a purpose within the sixty fourth minute earlier than Mitrovic transformed from the spot to get his second of the night time.

He scored 43 targets within the Championship final season.

Liverpool scored an equaliser by way of Mo Salah within the eightieth minute because the Fulham protection did not take care of a ball convincingly within the field.

What did Klopp and Silva say concerning the recreation?

“We obtained some extent from a very unhealthy recreation from my facet so now it’s a query of ‘How can that occur?” Klopp advised BT.

“The angle was not proper at first after which we needed to struggle again but it surely wasn’t simple any extra. The pitch was dry, stuff like this, we performed actually of their playing cards [translation: into their hands] more often than not. The result’s advantageous, I don’t suppose we deserved greater than that however the efficiency was massively improvable.”

Marco Silva hailed his workforce’s organisation and Mitrovic for the consequence.

“We have now to respect the highest, fine quality they’ve however we’ve to do our job and belief in ourselves,” he advised BT.

“We confirmed implausible organisation from the beginning till the top of the match. Our first half was virtually good, the best way we managed and labored.”

“I do know the standard Mitro has,”

“I’m right here to take the most effective from my gamers and we’re occurring from final season. Mitro isn’t just targets and if someone thinks that they will overlook it.

“The job he did this afternoon for the workforce, his stress, his serving to the midfield and serving to the backline, it will have been sufficient even when he hadn’t scored. I’ve to congratulate everybody from Marek to Mitro, however the work he did with out the ball this afternoon was implausible.”