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Liverpool during the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Fulham FC at Anfield(Image: Photo by Nikki Dyer - LFC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

Diogo Jota marked his return from injury with a late equaliser as Liverpool twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with Fulham despite playing over 70 minutes with 10 men.

And while Rodrigo Muniz restored the Cottagers’ lead, Jota was on hand to level the scores once more in the dying embers of the match.

It was a deserved point for Arne Slot’s men, who were in truth unfortunate not to claim all three points despite their man disadvantage for the majority.



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Deemed more as a point gained rather than two points lost, with Liverpool now five points clear at the top of the Premier League table, here’s what the national media thought of the Reds’ performance…

Paul Joyce of The Times was impressed by Slot’s side’s resilience following the latest twist in the Premier League title-race as he wrote: “That Liverpool had been in a position to take all three points from a breathless affair served as a testament to their character and resolve.

“They had trailed early, were reduced to ten men after 17 minutes when Andrew Robertson, whose cameo was in direct contrast to that of his rival (Antonee Robinson), was red-carded, but still ­clambered off the canvas to equalise twice.

“Yet, amid the din of expectation, there remained frustration and Arne Slot would have taken little consolation from ultimately being proved right following an encounter in which so much went wrong for his team.

“Two weeks ago, when Liverpool opened up a nine-point cushion at the top of the table, the Dutchman announced that there would be so many twists and turns to come that lingering on that lead would be time wasted.

“He would not have expected to be proved correct quite so soon but, by this evening, the advantage will be cut to two points should Chelsea maintain their impressive momentum.”

The Guardian’s Andy Hunter was also left impressed by the Reds’ character, even if it was two points dropped.

Liverpool have now dropped points in their last two league games, and were unconvincing against Girona in the Champions League in between, but Slot had only praise for his players here.

“Not for the referee, however, nor Fulham’s tendency to disrupt Liverpool’s momentum by calling for medical attention… It was an enthralling spectacle and Slot seized the positives.”

Richard Jolly of The Independent echoed similar sentiments as he lauded Liverpool for passing another test of character as they were left wondering what might have been, writing: “Two points dropped, one test of character passed.

Seven minutes into his comeback after more than seven weeks out, the substitute showed the composure to level…

“The bare facts are that victory eluded Liverpool for a second successive league match just as Fulham FC, after holding Arsenal, made another intervention in the title race.

And ultimately neither landed that crucial knockout blow, as 10-man Liverpool twice fought from behind to earn a battling draw thanks to substitute Diogo Jota coming back with a bang to equalise on 86 minutes.

“In a sport famed for its fine margins, one stroke of good or bad luck could have seen the Premier League leaders go home with three or zero points.

Looking back in May, though, gaining a point with 10 men for 73 minutes could be seismic.”

The Telegraph’s Chris Bascombe felt Liverpool were made to pay for another sluggish start, writing: “Liverpool dropped two home points, but in the context of an extraordinary game against Fulham they were grateful for the most unlikely of draws.

“Reduced to 10 men for 74 minutes, the league leaders twice equalised, with substitute Diogo Jota coming to the rescue late on after Rodrigo Muniz appeared to have won it for the visitors.

“Sluggish starts have become habitual for Liverpool, their trend for saving their best until the second half consistently producing results.

“But they paid a heavy price this time, Andy Robertson’s 16th minute red card presenting a Herculean challenge for the league leads to avoid defeat…

“Liverpool were not finished, Jota showing what has been missing in his absence with a cute finish to set up a frantic finale when the hosts squandered chances to seal the most unlikely of wins.”

And finally, the Liverpool ECHO’s Liverpool FC correspondent Paul Gorst was left cursing some of the officiating decisions that ultimately helped decide the game in his post-match verdict.

He wrote: “The booing that echoed around Anfield at full time was not reserved for the efforts of the Liverpool players, who played around 90 minutes all in a man down.
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