Liverpool came from a goal down to beat Fulham 2-1 in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final tie hosted at Anfield on Wednesday night.
Willian showed great control inside the area to open the goalscoring proceedings for Fulham as they raced to a 1-0 at half time but the hosts came out differently in the second half with two goals in three minutes.
Curtis Jones equalised when his 68th-minute strike from distance took a big deflection off Tosin Adarabioyo to wrong-foot Bernd Leno in the Fulham goal with substitute Cody Gakpo driving in a Darwin Nunez pull-back to send the home crowd wild.
It was the second time in just over a month that Liverpool had denied Fulham success at Anfield. Marco Silva’s side had led 3-2 in the final 10 minutes of their Premier League clash on 3 December but lost 4-3.
The two sides will meet again in the second leg at Craven Cottage on Wednesday, 24 January, with Jurgen Klopp’s men now in the driving seat as they look to keep alive their hopes of a record-extending 10th League Cup win.
