By Sergio Silva
Dec 15, 2024, 05:27 AM EST
The Mexican striker’s Fulham Raul Jimenez He continues his good season and this Saturday he achieved a valuable draw against Liverpool (2-2), leader of the Premier League standings, in a match corresponding to matchday 16 of the English championship played at Anfield.
Those led by the Portuguese Marco Silva were even close to giving the bell against the Reds who ended up achieving an equal score at the end of the match through the Portuguese Diogo Jota who made the final 2-2 in the 86th minute.
Fulham, which added its fourth consecutive game without losing in this edition of the Premier League, went ahead twice thanks to the goals scored by Andreas Pereira (m.11) and Rodrigo Muniz (m.76), both with assists by Antonee Robinson.
However, the team led by Arne Slot did not stop fighting and Cody Gakpo (m.47) achieved the first discount for Liverpool, which despite leaving two points at home still remains at the top of the standings in England with 36 points, five more than Chelsea.
Raúl Jiménez in white
The Mexican striker was not successful in front of the rival goal despite having been quite active in his team’s offensive during the match played this Saturday in which they achieved a valuable draw for Fulham on their visit to Liverpool (2-2) .
The “Tepeji Wolf”, who had just scored in the last matchday draw against Arsenal (1-1), remains firmly in the Cottagers’ starting eleven and was on the field until the 68th minute when he was replaced by the Brazilian. Rodrigo Muniz, who shortly after was present on the scoreboard.
Standing before the ‘greats’
Fulham has had a demanding schedule this December in which they have had to face the first placed teams this season in the Premier League, a situation that they have managed to overcome so far by achieving a couple of draws.
First it was the turn of Arsenal, third in the standings against whom they got a draw (1-1) thanks to a goal from Mexican striker Raúl Jiménez and now it was the turn of the leader of the classification, Liverpool who could not go beyond a 2-2.
Next up will be Chelsea, second in the local tournament with whom they will play their penultimate game of 2024 next Thursday, December 26, but first they will face Southampton next weekend.
Fulham is currently in ninth place in the Premier League with six wins, the same number of draws and four defeats for a total of 24 points, the same as Brighton and Bournemouth, three points away from the European competition places. next season.
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