Liverpool move up to second in Premier League after victory against Fulham

Liverpool kept up the pressure on Arsenal at the top of the Premier League as they moved level on points with the leaders after beating Fulham 3-1 at Craven Cottage.

Jurgen Klopp's side moved a point above Manchester City – who have a game in hand – on 74 points, trailing the Gunners on goal difference.

Mikael Arteta's side reclaimed top spot on Saturday after their 2-0 victory away at Wolves.

Liverpool took the lead against Fulham after 32 minutes thanks to a superb curling free kick from Trent Alexander-Arnold before they were pegged back by a goal from Timothy Castagne just before the break.

But Ryan Gravenberch scored off the post from 20 yards out to restore Liverpool's lead after 53 minutes before Diogo Jota made sure of the three points with a low finish after running on to Cody Gakpo's through ball.

Liverpool manager Klopp told Match of the Day afterwards: “For 80 minutes we played a really good game. I didn't like the last 10 minutes of the first half and they got the goal. But that's all right because I loved the second half.

“We could show again what we did really well in the first half – we kept the ball, created, and scored some good goals. We had some good chances on top of that too. We made some changes and the boys did really well.

6 - Trent Alexander-Arnold has scored his sixth direct free-kick goal in the Premier League; only Jamie Redknapp (8) and Steven Gerrard (7) have more for Liverpool. Pinpoint. pic.twitter.com/OYBqpl2uVL

“Fulham usually cause us more problems so it was a good performance at the right moment.

“We want to stay in that race, that's clear. Arsenal won yesterday, Manchester City will win their game in hand [against Brighton on Thursday], so we have to win games and that's what we'll