Fulham drew 2-2 with Liverpool at Anfield despite having a man extra for 70 minutes after Andy Robertson's red card
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Fulham manager Marco Silva looks on during the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Fulham FC at Anfield on December 14, 2024
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Marco Silva admits Fulham felt the “power of Liverpool” after his side were held against their 10-man hosts on Saturday. Substitute Diogo Jota struck a late equaliser to earn the Reds a 2-2 Premier League draw at Anfield despite having played more than 70 minutes with a numerical disadvantage following a red card for Andy Robertson.
Liverpool were already behind to Andreas Pereira’s early opener for Fulham, who regained the lead in the final quarter through Rodrigo Muniz after Cody Gakpo had equalised early in the second half.
And Silva believes his team should have taken more from the game but struggled to cope with the Anfield atmosphere.
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“It’s a mix of feelings,” said the Fulham boss. “When you are leading the score twice and Liverpool have had 70 minutes playing with 10 men, we have the feeling we should have won the game.
“We have that strange feeling we could have got more. But the power of Liverpool had an impact as well. I am pleased with the performance but to lead twice against 10 men with 70 minutes, we should have taken the three points.
“The way we started the game, we showed trust in ourselves as well. We have massive respect for Liverpool and the quality they have. When you come here, if you try to match them there will be difficulties as it’s emotional (the crowd) and if you are open, the quality they have with the crowd behind them, they can be unstoppable.
“We started so well and scored, and our dynamic up front created a lot of problems for them.”
Silva added: “The red card had an impact, of course. It made the game a bit more emotional.
“The crowd played their part and Liverpool’s players did as well, they took more risks and played more man to man, and we should have kept the ball more ourselves and tried to make them run more. That’s something I felt we had a lack of.
“We tried to adjust at half-time that situation to keep the ball more, the early goal from Liverpool had a massive impact on it but we reacted well and scored the 2-1 but they equalised again.
“So many times we arrived in dangerous areas, especially on our left side, and we knew Salah would play a bit more inside and we should have created more problems than we did.
“The second goal we scored was more or less the same as the first goal (in how we created it). But we should have taken better decisions to have more clear shots at goal.”