Trent Alexander-Arnold’s impressive strike earned the Reds a valuable late point at the Etihad, allowing them to keep up with the league leaders as the festive season approaches. The previous fixture against Fulham was a narrow victory in May, and Jurgen Klopp hopes for a less stressful afternoon this time around. Here are 10 important things to know ahead of the next Premier League clash:
- The absence list remains unchanged for this fixture as there were no injuries during Thursday’s Europa League match against LASK.
- Fulham has had an inconsistent start to the season, currently sitting at 14th in the league, but are still 10 points above the relegation zone due to Everton’s points deduction.
- Fulham is one of the few teams to have taken all three points from Anfield under Klopp, and the Reds have won just one of their last four encounters with them.
- Sunday’s game will not be shown on UK television, with Sky Sports broadcasting Crystal Palace’s trip to West Ham instead.
- The manager has a variety of quality options in midfield with Ryan Gravenberch and Curtis Jones returning to fitness.
- Mohamed Salah is one goal away from reaching 200 goals for the club in all competitions.
- Liverpool has won all 10 home games at Anfield this season by a margin of at least two goals, the second time in top-flight history that a team has achieved this.
- Three teams, including Liverpool, are within touching distance of league leaders Arsenal.
- Referee Paul Tierney has been appointed as the VAR for Sunday’s game, his first Liverpool fixture since the visit of Brentford back in November.
- Keep up with the action by following TIA’s matchday liveblog as the game won’t be shown on UK television.
