Liverpool discovered their shooting boots by the Thames and, in doing so, kept the three-way title race alive. Only a win would do if Jürgen Klopp was to retain serious hope of a spectacular send-off and it looked in serious doubt when Timothy Castagne equalised Trent Alexander-Arnold’s sumptuous free-kick as half-time loomed. A heavily rotated side needed to come back out firing and did exactly what Klopp would have demanded, scoring through Ryan Gravenberch and Diogo Jota before locking the remainder down. They move level on points with Arsenal ahead of Wednesday’s derby at Goodison Park.
Klopp had made five changes, loading his bench with attacking power and hoping a freshening-up might shake off the profligacy that had been costly over the previous fortnight. Within three minutes it was clear things might not be so simple: Luiz Díaz should probably have scored, or left the ball for a better placed Cody Gakpo, after attacking Alexander-Arnold’s cross but his header skidded wide and Fulham were allowed to consolidate.
