Liverpool make hard work of victory over struggling Fulham
Liverpool eased to a 2-0 win over Fulham Sunday to go top of the Premier League, for a few hours at least. Goals from Mohamed Salah and Xherdan Shaqiri sealed victory for Juergen Klopp's side, lifting them one point above Manchester City. Fulham held out for 40 minutes but Salah and Shaqiri scored either side of half-time to leave the London club rock bottom.
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- Published Date: 12:00 | 11 November 2018
- Modified Date: 05:08 | 11 November 2018
Goals by Mohamed Salah and Xherdan Shaqiri took Liverpool from third place to the top of the Premier League for a couple of hours at least with a 2-0 victory over bottom club Fulham at Anfield on Sunday.
They moved above the other two unbeaten teams, Manchester City and Chelsea, who were both playing home games later on Sunday.
Juergen Klopp's side made hard work of it for 40 minutes, however, and could easily have fallen behind.
Just before halftime the visitors' Serbian striker Aleksandar Mitrovic had a headed goal disallowed for offside by the closest of margins.
Liverpool immediately counter-attacked and Salah went clear to open the scoring.
Shaqiri's side-footed volley after 53 minutes doubled the lead, pushing Fulham towards a sixth successive Premier League defeat, which equals a club record.
In six league games at home, Salah has scored in five of them — the only blank coming against title rival Manchester City. The Egypt forward has 34 goals in 36 appearances at Anfield since joining Liverpool in the offseason of 2017.
It was a seventh straight loss for Fulham in all competitions, keeping the pressure on manager Slavisa Jokanovic heading into the two-week international break. The London team's only win since returning to the Premier League was in late August and it hasn't scored a goal in its last three league losses.