Winning is good. Winning by scoring nice goals is better. Winner of Fulham (4-3) on Sunday for the 14th day of the Premier League, Liverpool offered quite a spectacle to the supporters gathered in the stands of Anfield and to football lovers.
The scenario has a lot to do with it: the Reds were trailing 3 goals to 2 in the 87th minute before reversing the situation. Posterity will also and above all remember the quality of the goals scored by Jürgen Klopp's men. “I have never seen a match with so many nice goals,” said the German coach on Sky Sports.
The first is the work of Trent Alexander-Arnold, from a free kick (20th). His curling right-footed shot from outside the area went in with the help of the bar, leaving the opposing goalkeeper no chance.
The second is almost even more beautiful. Upon receiving a poorly cleared ball 30 meters from the goal, the Argentinian Alexis Mac Allister did not ask any questions and sent a cannonball into the top corner. To consume without moderation.
Coming off the bench, the Japanese Wataru Endo scored Liverpool's third goal before Trent Alexander-Arnold, again, delivered Anfield with another remote-controlled strike.
Marco Silva, the Fulham manager, was equally complimentary... and perplexed. “It was great, great goals every time,” he told BBC Match of the Day. Normally this doesn't happen. They scored four superb goals from distance.