Liverpool vs Fulham, 2025-26 English Premier League
· English Premier LeagueRio Ngumoha, Mohamed Salah strike as Liverpool bounce back with win
Rio Ngumoha and Mohamed Salah scored first-half goals as Liverpool bounced back from a disappointing week with a 2-0 victory over Fulham at Anfield on Saturday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Rodrigo Muniz (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 2': Foul by Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool).
- 5': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Calvin Bassey.
- 6': Foul by Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool).
- 6': Sander Berge (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Attempt missed. Rodrigo Muniz (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Oscar Bobb with a cross.
- 8': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Oscar Bobb.
- 10': Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Foul by Rodrigo Muniz (Fulham).
- 11': Offside, Fulham. Rodrigo Muniz is caught offside.
- 11': Attempt blocked. Andy Robertson (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong.
- 12': Attempt missed. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
- 13': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom left corner by Bernd Leno (Fulham). Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong.
- 17': Josh King (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Foul by Florian Wirtz (Liverpool).
- 18': Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Virgil van Dijk.
- 20': Attempt blocked. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
- 20': Attempt missed. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Andy Robertson.
- 22': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
- 23': Foul by Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool).
- 23': Timothy Castagne (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Offside, Liverpool. Cody Gakpo is caught offside.
- 29': Attempt saved. Alex Iwobi (Fulham) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Giorgi Mamardashvili (Liverpool). Assisted by Antonee Robinson.
- 30': Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 30': Foul by Timothy Castagne (Fulham).
- 32': Attempt saved. Oscar Bobb (Fulham) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Giorgi Mamardashvili (Liverpool). Assisted by Rodrigo Muniz.
- 33': Attempt missed. Harry Wilson (Fulham) left footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Sander Berge.
- 33': Offside, Liverpool. Mohamed Salah is caught offside.
- 36': Attempt saved. Joachim Andersen (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Giorgi Mamardashvili (Liverpool). Assisted by Timothy Castagne.
- 36': Goal! Liverpool 1, Fulham 0. Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
- 39': Attempt missed. Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai.
- 40': Goal! Liverpool 2, Fulham 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cody Gakpo.
- 43': Attempt saved. Andy Robertson (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Bernd Leno (Fulham). Assisted by Rio Ngumoha.
- 43': Oscar Bobb (Fulham) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 43': Foul by Jeremie Frimpong (Liverpool).
- 44': Delay in match because of an injury Curtis Jones (Liverpool).
- 45': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Liverpool 2, Fulham 0.
- 45': Substitution, Fulham. Sasa Lukic replaces Oscar Bobb.
- 45': Substitution, Fulham. Emile Smith Rowe replaces Josh King.
- 45': Second Half begins Liverpool 2, Fulham 0.
- 45': Substitution, Liverpool. Ryan Gravenberch replaces Curtis Jones because of an injury.
- 47': Attempt blocked. Emile Smith Rowe (Fulham) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rodrigo Muniz with a headed pass.
- 47': Offside, Fulham. Sasa Lukic is caught offside.
- 48': Foul by Cody Gakpo (Liverpool).
- 48': Joachim Andersen (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Attempt missed. Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Rio Ngumoha with a cross.
- 53': Attempt saved. Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Bernd Leno (Fulham). Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
- 54': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Antonee Robinson.
- 55': Foul by Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool).
- 55': Sander Berge (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Foul by Cody Gakpo (Liverpool).
- 57': Calvin Bassey (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Foul by Cody Gakpo (Liverpool).
- 58': Harry Wilson (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Attempt blocked. Rodrigo Muniz (Fulham) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Timothy Castagne.
- 60': Attempt blocked. Sander Berge (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sasa Lukic.
- 61': Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Virgil van Dijk.
- 62': Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Ryan Gravenberch.
- 63': Attempt blocked. Rodrigo Muniz (Fulham) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Harry Wilson with a cross.
- 63': Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Florian Wirtz.
- 66': Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Jeremie Frimpong.
- 66': Attempt blocked. Alex Iwobi (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 66': Attempt missed. Harry Wilson (Fulham) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
- 67': Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Dominik Szoboszlai.
- 68': Attempt saved. Timothy Castagne (Fulham) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner by Giorgi Mamardashvili (Liverpool). Assisted by Alex Iwobi with a cross.
- 68': Foul by Calvin Bassey (Fulham).
- 68': Giorgi Mamardashvili (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Substitution, Liverpool. Alexis Mac Allister replaces Florian Wirtz.
- 69': Substitution, Liverpool. Alexander Isak replaces Rio Ngumoha.
- 69': Substitution, Liverpool. Joe Gomez replaces Jeremie Frimpong.
- 69': Substitution, Fulham. Ryan Sessegnon replaces Antonee Robinson.
- 71': Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Virgil van Dijk.
- 72': Attempt missed. Joachim Andersen (Fulham) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Harry Wilson with a cross following a corner.
- 73': Attempt blocked. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
- 73': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Joachim Andersen.
- 73': Offside, Liverpool. Dominik Szoboszlai is caught offside.
- 75': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Harry Wilson.
- 76': Attempt missed. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) header from very close range misses to the left following a corner.
- 76': Attempt blocked. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister.
- 76': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Timothy Castagne.
- 76': Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai following a corner.
- 77': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked.
- 78': Attempt missed. Emile Smith Rowe (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 78': Delay in match because of an injury Sasa Lukic (Fulham).
- 79': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 80': Substitution, Fulham. Raúl Jiménez replaces Rodrigo Muniz.
- 80': Substitution, Fulham. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Harry Wilson.
- 81': Attempt missed. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 83': Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Foul by Sasa Lukic (Fulham).
- 84': Attempt missed. Raúl Jiménez (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Timothy Castagne with a cross.
- 85': Alex Iwobi (Fulham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 85': Foul by Joe Gomez (Liverpool).
- 86': Attempt blocked. Raúl Jiménez (Fulham) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Samuel Chukwueze with a headed pass.
- 86': Attempt blocked. Samuel Chukwueze (Fulham) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Raúl Jiménez.
- 86': Attempt missed. Raúl Jiménez (Fulham) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Samuel Chukwueze.
- 89': Attempt blocked. Samuel Chukwueze (Fulham) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sasa Lukic.
- 90': Substitution, Liverpool. Trey Nyoni replaces Mohamed Salah.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Alexander Isak.
- 90'+2': Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Dominik Szoboszlai.
- 90'+4': Offside, Liverpool. Cody Gakpo is caught offside.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Liverpool 2, Fulham 0.
- 0': Match ends, Liverpool 2, Fulham 0.
Statistics
 FUL |
LIV |
|
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Fouls | 10 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 4 |
| 9 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 3 | Saves | 4 |
| 47 | Possession | 53 |
| 19 | SHOTS | 18 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 371 | Accurate Passes | 447 |
| 435 | Passes | 510 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 11 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
| 30 | Crosses | 17 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 40 | Long Balls | 52 |
| 24 | Accurate Long Balls | 29 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 8 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
| 11 | Effective Tackles | 11 |
| 20 | Tackles | 17 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 15 | Interceptions | 7 |
| 28 | Effective Clearances | 26 |
| 28 | Clearances | 26 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 60,401
Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 60,401
Premier League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 37 | +43 | 82 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 37 | +43 | 78 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 37 | +16 | 68 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 37 | +6 | 62 |
Line-Ups
Liverpool (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 25 | Giorgi Mamardashvili (GK) |
| 4 | Virgil van Dijk |
| 5 | Ibrahima Konaté |
| 26 | Andrew Robertson |
| 30 | Jeremie Frimpong |
| 7 | Florian Wirtz |
| 17 | Curtis Jones |
| 8 | Dominik Szoboszlai |
| 18 | Cody Gakpo |
| 73 | Rio Ngumoha |
| 11 | Mohamed Salah |
Fulham (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Bernd Leno (GK) |
| 3 | Calvin Bassey |
| 5 | Joachim Andersen |
| 33 | Antonee Robinson |
| 21 | Timothy Castagne |
| 24 | Josh King |
| 17 | Alex Iwobi |
| 16 | Sander Berge |
| 9 | Rodrigo Muniz |
| 14 | Oscar Bobb |
| 8 | Harry Wilson |
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