Mohamed Salah made his first Anfield look since asserting he was leaving Liverpool with a objective, as Arne Slott’s aspect ended their shedding streak with a 2-0 win over Fulham.
Salah admitted throughout his worldwide break that his superb nine-year spell on Merseyside will come to an finish on the finish of the season, whereas fellow modern-day nice Andy Robertson additionally introduced his departure.
And on an emotional day, Liverpool forgot their current defeats within the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League, with Rio Ngmoja additionally scoring.
Ngmoha’s first objective at Anfield got here within the thirty sixth minute with an outstanding curling shot that left Bernd Leno with no likelihood after the 17-year-old put Timothy Castagne inside out close to the left nook of the realm.
Salah was additionally on the scoresheet 4 minutes later, ending off a Cody Gakpo offload on the finish of a fluid transfer earlier than firing a trademark end previous Leno.
Fulham improved dramatically after half-time and had a number of probabilities to power a tense last interval. Rodrygo Muniz and Emile Smith Rowe made apparent errors after Sasa Lukic’s objective was chalked off for offside.
However after defeats to Brighton, Manchester Metropolis and Paris Saint-Germain, Liverpool held on for victory and moved as much as 4 factors behind Chelsea forward of the Blues, who play Manchester Metropolis on Sunday.
Mohamed Salah has change into the fifth participant to document 250 non-penalty objective involvements within the Premier League. pic.twitter.com/3wb8GQpVX9
— Opta Analyst (@OptaAnalyst) April 11, 2026
Knowledge report: Younger and outdated wingers obtain their targets
Salah’s objective will probably be one which these at Anfield will always remember. At Anfield, the Egyptian had not scored within the Premier League for the reason that 2-0 win over Aston Villa on November 1 (and has not scored in seven matches since then). The outgoing Liverpool icon has now scored 108 Premier League targets at Anfield, with solely Thierry Henry (114 at Highbury) scoring extra at a single venue within the competitors’s historical past.
Changing Salah for the 2026-27 season will probably be a tough process for the Reds, however maybe Ngumoha might help fill that void. Solely Michael Owen (5) has scored extra Premier League targets for Liverpool by the age of 18 (two).
At 17 years and 225 days outdated, Ngmoha turned Liverpool’s youngest Premier League scorer at Anfield, surpassing Raheem Sterling (17 years 317 days outdated towards Studying in October 2012).
Solely Wayne Rooney (17 years and 51 days, vs. Blackburn Rovers) and Cesc Fabregas (17 years and 113 days, vs. Blackburn) have began and scored a objective in a Premier League sport at a youthful age than Ngmoha.
Liverpool completed with an Anticipated Targets (xG) of 1.81 on 18 photographs, whereas Fulham considerably elevated that quantity within the second half with 1.07xG on 19 photographs.
