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Arne Slot, Manger of Liverpool, looks on prior to the Premier League match between Fulham FC and Liverpool FC at Craven Cottage on April 06, 2025 in London, England(Image: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Liverpool suffered just their second defeat in 31 Premier League games as Fulham triumphed 3-2 at Craven Cottage on Sunday.

After Alexis Mac Allister had opened the scoring with a rasping strike from 20 yards, the Cottagers responded through Ryan Sessegnon before the hosts further punished defensive frailties from the league leaders through Alex Iwobi and Rodrigo Muniz.

Here's how they view things at Craven Cottage.



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The Times' Paul Joyce writes: "Perhaps it was the glorious sunshine, coupled with Arsenal’s failure to fully keep the pressure up the previous day, but the visitors played for 45 minutes as if they were on the beach and the title had already been won.

"They leaked three goals against a talented Fulham side and, despite an eventual improvement, could not restore parity to squander the chance to become only the fifth side in English top-flight history to go an entire season unbeaten away from home.

"For Slot, this was a first league defeat on his travels since his Feyenoord team lost to FC Twente in October 2023.

Winning the league in your first season by improving players.

But they have still carried on winning in the Premier League because no-one else has been very good.

"But the wheels came off this time.

For Andy Robertson, it may well be an error-strewn display versus a team he was sent off against in December, which forces the Reds to act in the transfer market."

The ECHO's verdict reads: "If there is to be any redeeming feature to one of the worst performances of Arne Slot's time at Liverpool, it will be that this should be enough to refocus minds ahead of the Premier League's final weeks.

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"Having suffered just a second defeat of the campaign here at Fulham - the first away from home - any suggestions that the wheels are coming off this title charge should be treated with disdain.

"But having been so comprehensively swept aside down by the River Thames during a tortuous 45 minutes for Slot, he will know he will need to give a flea in the ear of two or three to make sure such a lethargic displays don't become commonplace between now and May 25.

"It would be unfair to be too critical of a side who were experiencing just their second loss in 31 Premier League games but the manner of their performance here in a 3-2 defeat, specifically the first half, was alarming.

And it will be enough for Slot to remind anyone coasting towards their summer break that the league title is not won yet."


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