It was far from a convincing performance, but Liverpool managed to fight back from a goal down to beat Fulham 2-1 in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final tie at Anfield on Wednesday.
Jurgen Klopp will be relieved that Curtis Jones and Cody Gakpo were able to net twice within the space of three minutes in the second half to pull the Reds out of the hole they found themselves in, after Virgil van Dijk’s error cleared the way for Willian’s opening goal.
Marco Silva’s Cottagers will be devastated by such a collapse when they had looked so dangerous at times, but they wasted a few chances and were let down by poor decision-making before Jones found the equaliser courtesy of a big deflection.
Liverpool’s turnaround was complete immediately afterwards when substitutes Darwin Nunez and Gakpo combined, with the Uruguayan teeing it up for the Dutchman to knock home from close range.
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