""And having trailed and now leading, surely Liverpool can't let this one slide now," the play-by-play commentator said. When he finished his sentence, the clock read 96:13. The seven added minutes of time were almost up. Fulham winger Kevin played a simple ball from the left sideline to Harrison Reed. He turned inside, nearly 30 yards from Liverpool's goal. The end of the commentator's next sentence - "OH, REED!" - came just two seconds later, when Reed's pile driver swerved with millimeter-perfect accuracy into the far upper 90, clipping the post and crossbar on its way."
"It was a once-a-career strike that would have been painful to watch regardless of how and when Liverpool took their 1-2 lead. The fact that Cody Gakpo scored less than three minutes earlier? Yeah, that made it worse. I mean, he took his shirt off in front of the away fans and everything. Fulham v Liverpool - Premier League | Jacques Feeney/Offside/GettyImages A draw would have been a broadly deserved result. Like Thursday's Leeds game, neither team created more than three or four high-quality chances. In fact, Fulham and Liverpool both scored from their only two shots on target."
"Did Liverpool deserve that, though? After sticking with it and bagging a stoppage time goal? After such a bland performance through 90 minutes, a bland 1-1 felt right. It's hard to swallow dropped points of any kind, but this 2-2 was dipped in acid. It's gonna sting until we play again . . . [*Checks notes] . . . at Arsenal. Wonderful."
Harrison Reed scored a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser from nearly 30 yards, his piledriver clipping the post and crossbar to make the score 2-2. Cody Gakpo had put Liverpool ahead less than three minutes earlier and celebrated by removing his shirt in front of away fans. Both teams produced few clear chances, with each side scoring from one of only two shots on target. The draw left Liverpool feeling particularly aggrieved after rallying late. Manager Arne Slot faced limited attacking options with Mohamed Salah at AFCON, Isak sidelined for months, and Hugo Ekitike ruled out with DOMS. The result's sting will linger going into the next fixture at Arsenal.
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