As habitual, former Manchester United captain turned Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville has spoken about Liverpool's 2-2 Premier League draw with Fulham at Craven Cottage.
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Gary Neville says Liverpool can still finish in the Champions League spots.
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Gary Neville reckons that Liverpool can still finish in the Champions League places, despite a challenging Premier League season, so far. Arne Slot's side were held to a 2–2 draw with Fulham in added time, after Cody Gakpo had briefly looked to have won it for the visitors.
Florian Wirtz cancelled out Harry Wilson's first‑half opener, but home substitute Harrison Reed struck a glorious leveller in the seventh minute of injury time. The Reds remain fourth in the table, eight points behind Aston Villa and Manchester City.
Neville reflected on Liverpool's season so far, telling his own podcast: "Yeah, I was watching a bit of it in the truck, and Wirtz scored the equaliser and he was just on the edge of offside and he got the goal.
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"The amount of times from me walking from the truck up to the gantry to Liverpool scoring in the last minute is unbelievable in these last couple of years. I got here, then my flash score comes up 2-1, and that little killer thing.
"A little bit of a dig isn't it, when Liverpool win late and then, all of a sudden, a Harrison Reed goal that's absolutely 'wow.' What a goal. I mean, I think Alisson is the absolute best and I haven't got anything negative to say about him.
"To beat him from there, takes some doing and it was a special, special strike.
"Liverpool, they're not at their best, they're conceding goals still, still not quite right up front.
"Liverpool still look like they're going to finish in the Champions League places - they have good players up top - [Mohamed] Salah is going to come back, they're going to get there in terms of the Champions League spots, but they're not going to get near the levels of last season.
Neville continued: "They're not going to shock us and go on a great run in the second half of the season - I don't think - because they're still making quite a lot of errors and mistakes.
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Liverpool were pegged back late doors by Fulham after a Harrison Reed wonder goal.
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"Although at the end today, that was just an absolute gem from Harrison Reed."
Meanwhile, Slot has suggested that no game is a guaranteed win.
"I think if you are not a part of Liverpool and you don't follow us every game then you think you win it," he said during his post-match press conference.
"But unfortunately, I'm experiencing this for months now that the first chance the other team gets and the only chance they got in the first half led to a goal.
"That's one thing we usually see with us. The second thing we see a lot is that that the other team scores a goal you don't expect in extra time, so this is then a surprise."
Liverpool are 14 points behind Premier League table-toppers Arsenal before their clash on Thursday night at the Emirates Stadium.