Liverpool fell to a deserved defeat against Fulham on Sunday as their unbeaten Premier League streak was ended.

The Reds could have moved 14 points clear at the top of the table with a win at Craven Cottage but instead contrived to lose 3-2.

In reality, Liverpool had the chances to get back into the game, with Diogo Jota, Mohamed Salah and Harvey Elliott all feeling they might have got on the scoresheet in the second-half.

But the damage was done during a terrible opening 45 minutes in which the Reds gifted Fulham three goals.

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The poor performance shone a light on Arne Slot’s team selection, with the Liverpool head coach deciding to continue with his experiment of playing Curtis Jones at right-back.

Jones did well against Everton on Wednesday, but with Fulham posing a completely different threat, former Liverpool full-back Steve Nicol said the decision to stick with the Scouser may have been fatal.

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With Fulham posing such a threat down the left side, it had seemed unlikely that Slot would go with Jones at right-back once again at Craven Cottage.

“You’ve got Conor Bradley, you’ve got Quansah on the bench, you’re away from home.

You don’t play Curtis Jones away from home at full-back.

“You can get away with that at Anfield, which they did last week, but not away from home.”

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“When you play at home and you play away they are two completely different animals,” Nicol added.

“When you play away from home you have to be a touch more conservative, a touch more safe.

As Nicol said, it looked like an accident just waiting to happen.

And although there were other factors behind the goal going in, the Scot said he felt Jones was the main reason Liverpool conceded the equalising goal to Ryan Sessegnon.

“Liverpool were 1-0 up and they lose a goal because Curtis Jones isn’t aware of what he should be thinking when the ball comes into the box, he completely shuts off,” he says.
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