Mighty Mo the opening-day hero does it again! Salah rescues Liverpool in thrilling draw at Fulham thanks to a lucky break... after Alexandar Mitrovic bullied Virgil and Trent to score brilliant double

 We’re back!’ read the scarves handed out by Fulham and proudly held aloft as they emerged to take on Liverpool in the glorious west London sunshine. Optimism abounds on days like these, not least at Fulham with its magnificent setting on the River Thames. A stroll through Bishop’s Park lifts the soul. At least it does, until winter comes and the Premier League juggernaut crushes it in its path.

Fulham’s best player in their promotion season had been signed by their opponents and Jurgen Klopp, in the midst of an injury crisis, could still afford to leave Fabio Carvalho on the bench. This is what competitive balance looks like in the Premier League. As such, you were tempted to suggest that Fulham that they keep the scarves in storage for use in two years, such is the yo-yo nature of clubs such as these.

And yet, in a wonderful plot twist, the predictable storyline diverged and a different narrative emerged. Fulham burst from their traps. Within seconds Aleksander Mitrovic – a kind off yo-yo players in that he is too good for The Championship but has never cut it in the Premier League – was poking a shot wide. Early nerves, surely, on Liverpool’s part? A corner for Fulham followed on six minutes and the stadium, now with an impressive modern riverside stand under construction, fairly shook to its foundations. Liverpool spent ten minutes trying to get out of their half

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