Liverpool vs Fulham LIVE: Premier League result as Diogo Jota snatches late equaliser for ten-man Reds

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has given his thoughts to Sky Sports on that frantic 2-2 draw with Fulham.

Van Dijk said: “A great comeback is very positive. It’s disappointing having 10 men but we showed fight, kept trying to create chances. Could have been more but we take the point and move on.

“Stay calm. It’s easier to say than do it. It was always going to be tough against them. We saw it last year and last week against Arsenal. We had to turn it around and keep fighting. We tried.

“I had conversations with the players of Fulham and we felt like the referee was nervous. He couldn’t properly communicate with Robertson I felt. We can’t put the blame on the referee. We all speak about protecting the referee but I couldn’t speak to him. It shouldn’t be a big thing because he isn’t why we dropped points.

“It is what it is. We take the points, recover quickly and be ready for the game on Wednesday.”

AND IT’S OVER! What a game of football and it ends two apiece. Another twist in the title race as Liverpool are held in their own backyard but they almost left with nothing until Jota’s clasys finish five minutes from time.

Liverpool played 75 minutes with 10 men after Andy Rabertson’s red card, so in some ways a draw was a very good result but they’ll still feel it’s points dropped. Great stuff all round if you’re a football fan though.

Elliott with the corner but it’s dreadfula nd doesn’t clear the first man. That’s better from Elliott, who curls a dangerous ball in but LEno punches clear. Salah then pinged for handball in the box. Was that the last opportunity for Liverpool?

The miniumum of nine minutes are now up.

There may be slightly more than nine minutes of added time given the time that elapsed after Iwobi got thwacked in the unmentionables. Liverpool charge forward, seeking a vital winner.

Elliott on the right whips a cross in but it’s nodded away. Quansah tries his luck, same again. But then a cross is blocked behind for a Liverpool corner...

Here come Liverpool again. Salah on the right but his cross is blocked and now Robinson is haring forward on the counter!

Worked out to Traore on the right, he cuts in and lashes a shot goalwards that Alisson saves with his legs at the near post. This is frantic stuff. Robinson then races back and defends brilliantly against Salah.

Fulham have run out of puff here but they’ve got another six minutes to defend. It’s carnage in the Fulham box! The ball is pinballing around, bodies on the line stuff. Van Dijk is up front now and he takes a swing, as does Salah.

Elliott cuts inside and shoots but Robinson throws himself in front of the ball and it’s behind for a corner. Leno then gratefully falls on the ball from that corner. Fulham survive... for now...

A floated cross keeps drifting and drifting before Leno does well to get a palm on it and push it behind for a corner. The corner falls for Salah who lashes a shot goalwards and Iwobi bravely blocks it.

When I say bravely I mean it as it catches the Nigerian right in the... well, you can probably guess... He’s understandably taking a while to get back to his feet.

Into NINE minutes of injury time now! Is there one last twist in this quite mad match?

Adama Traore thrown on for Harry Wilson by Fulham. Quansah makes a hash of a clearance to give away a corner but it’s well defended and the Anfield crowd roars - they fancy winning this.

Before that, Nunez gets booked for a lunge on Lukic.

Diogo Jota returns with a bang! It’s class, absolute class from Jota. Nunez fires a nice ball into his feet, he cuts inside a helpless Cuenca and fires the ball into the corner. Consumate finish, not for the first time in his Liverpool career.

Five minutes plus injury time for either side to win this now!