“Stunning Upset: How Fulham Defied the Odds to Hand Liverpool a Shocking Defeat”

And another five minutes later, the Cottagers delivered yet another blow, with Van Dijk being outpowered uncharacteristically easily by Muniz, resulting in the Liverpool captain’s attempted clearance actually setting the Fulham striker perfectly. Van Dijk tried to recover, but it was too late as Muniz slid the ball beneath Kelleher and into the net.

Liverpool have had a few poor performances this season, resulting in their losses to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, as well as their Carabao Cup final defeat to Newcastle, but the opening 45 minutes at Craven Cottage were arguably the worst. All of their defenders had made big mistakes, Gravenberch and Mac Allister – apart from that moment of inspiration in the 14th minute – couldn’t get their team going from midfield, Szoboszlai was very poor, and while Gakpo tried very hard, the ball rarely went where he wanted it to and Fulham defended his flank well. In such circumstances, Jota and Salah needed to drop deeper to help with organizing attacks, but they mostly didn’t do so and were barely involved. Particularly Salah.

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