Aleksandar Mitrovic mugged off two Liverpool players in seconds for Fulham

Liverpool were left frustrated as they had to settle for a 2-2 draw against Fulham on Saturday.

The Reds were made to dig deep and fight for their first Premier League point of the season in what looked like, on paper, a reasonably easy way to get their 2022/23 campaign underway.

Fulham looked far, far better than they did on the opening weekend of their last Premier League campaign when they lost 3-0 at home to Arsenal, really piling on the pressure across a brilliant first-half.

And the Cottagers eventually got the goal that they so thoroughly deserved for their efforts with Aleksandar Mitrović using Trent Alexander-Arnold as a step-ladder to score from Kenny Tete’s cross.

The hosts wanted to protect their lead until the interval and things got even worse for Liverpool when they emerged from the break with Thiago Alcantara forced off the pitch an injury.

But there was a silver lining amongst the early wobbles as Jurgen Klopp’s decision to bring on Darwin Nunez, as well as Harvey Elliott, in place of the crocked Spaniard and Roberto Firmino.

That’s because the Reds’ marquee signing bagged his second goal in as many games for the club – or so it seemed – when his flicked effort found the back of the net potentially with a helping hand from Tosin Adarabioyo.

However, there was another Mitrovic-sized twist in the tale for the FA Cup and Carabao Cup holders as he fired Fulham back into the lead yet again having won a penalty at the expense of Virgil van Dijk.

While VAR ummed and arred briefly about whether or not it was the right call, Fulham eventually got their wish and Mitrovic duly slotted past Alisson Becker to put the newly-promoted side 2-1 up.

As such, Liverpool needed to go back to the drawing board again and their