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132 Fulham boss Marco Silva has claimed that Liverpool duo Cody Gakpo and Darwin Nunez caused his side a lot of problems after coming on last night.
Jurgen Klopp‘s side had to come from behind to get the win yesterday. They were made to work hard by Fulham, but Gakpo and Nunez’s introduction in the second half changed the game.
Marco Silva says Liverpool duo Cody Gakpo and Darwin Nunez hurt Fulham
Liverpool were the favourites to win the game last night, but Fulham were actually the better side for large parts of the first half.
The Lilywhites even took the lead through Willian, who capitalised on a mistake by Virgil van Dijk. Fulham could’ve then doubled their lead too, but Bobby De Cordova-Reid chose the wrong option.
That was probably the turning point in the game as soon after, Liverpool equalised thanks to a deflected strike from Curtis Jones.
It was substitute Darwin Nunez who assisted the midfielder, and the Uruguayan did the same thing three minutes later as he set up Cody Gakpo to score the winner.
Marco Silva had his say after the game, and he feels Fulham were in control until Gakpo and Nunez were introduced. However, once they came in, they caused his side all sorts of problems.
He told Sky Sports: “I think it went really well first half. Our block was lower than normal, but we controlled almost everything from them. We know that, without space behind us, we could control it much better because every time they have space, with the pace of the attacking players, they can punish you.
“The second half was slightly different as they started to push out a bit more. When you have the capacity to go to the bench and put Darwin and Gakpo on, from that moment, they started to create more problems for us.”
Nunez and Gakpo changed the game
Liverpool started with a front three of Luis Diaz, Diogo Jota and Harvey Elliott last night, and that didn’t quite work, did it?
Yes, all three of them are terrific players, but against Fulham yesterday, especially in the first half, they didn’t look as threatening as Klopp would’ve liked them to be.
Once the Liverpool boss brought on Gakpo and Nunez, however, everything changed. The Dutchman scored the winner while the latter assisted twice and could’ve scored two himself.
In the return leg later this month, we won’t be surprised at all if Klopp decides to start both Nunez and Gakpo to kill the game very quickly.
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