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It is a busy midweek of Premier League action and BBC Radio 5 Live has got you covered.

Here is the list of commentaries for the 10 games being played on Tuesday through to Thursday, with coverage available on 5 Live, Radio 5 Sports Extra and the BBC Sport website (all times GMT):

Tuesday, 5 December

• Wolves v Burnley (19:30) - Conor McNamara and Leon Osman

• Luton v Arsenal (20:15) - Ali Bruce-Ball and Matt Upson

Wednesday, 6 December

• Aston Villa v Manchester City (20:15) - John Murray and Pat Nevin

• Manchester United v Chelsea (20:15) - Lee Blakeman and Paul Robinson

• Sheffield United v Liverpool (19:30) - Tom Gayle and Alex Bruce

• Crystal Palace v Bournemouth (19:30) - Flo Pollock and Matt Jarvis

• Brighton v Brentford (19:30) - Paul Scott and Francis Benali

• Fulham v Nottingham Forest (19:30) - Sheridan Robins and Stephen Kelly

Thursday, 7 December

• Everton v Newcastle (19:30) - Ali Bruce-Ball and James McFadden

• Tottenham v West Ham (20:15) - Jonathan Pearce and Michael Brown

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Fulham manager Marco Silva wants his players to take the positives from Sunday's last-gasp 4-3 defeat at Liverpool.

After squandering a 3-2 lead in the final 10 minutes at Anfield, Silva believes his side showed enough to win the game and hopes his players can show a positive reaction when they face Nottingham Forest on Wednesday.

At his pre-match news conference, Silva said: "We didn't get the points we deserved, but we took the positives from the game. We scored three goals at Anfield. We have had some games where we deserved more. I believe we are more capable to do this now - it is part of the process of the season. We have to do the right steps to be more consistent."

Silva praised the display of left-back Antonee Robinson, who set up Harry Wilson's goal in the first half.

"What a performance from him, he was at a high, high level," said Silva. "I am pleased for him because some games before, he probably wasn't at his best, so it has been good to see him react."

Fulham have just one win in their past six league games before they face Forest, who have only won once in their past 10 games and have had three consecutive defeats.

"We really know how they are feeling," added Silva. "Before the Wolves match, we had back-to-back defeats, not three in a row, but we know how not good results can impact a football team.

"Even if you have quality, even if you know what you are capable to do, even if it's clear what we want to do, the confidence plays always a big part on a performance and results.

"We know that we can take some confidence from them, but at the same time it can give them the will and the desire to react and to show a reaction."

Fulham have no new injury concerns, but Issa Diop, Rodrigo Muniz, Tyrese Francois and Adama Traore all remain sidelined.

• Fulham have won seven of their past nine league games against Nottingham Forest (L2), winning both Premier League meetings with them last season.

• Nottingham Forest have earned four points from their four Premier League games in London so far this season (W1 D1 L2). It is double the amount they earned in the capital last season (D2 L5).

• Fulham have alternated between defeat and victory in all six of their Premier League home games this season, beating Wolves 3-2 last time out. They have failed to score in all three defeats, while keeping just one clean sheet in these six games.

• Nottingham Forest have won just one of their past 17 Premier League away games (D4 L12), beating Chelsea 1-0 in September. All four of their away points so far this season have come in London (also a 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace).

• Willian has scored three goals in his past three Premier League home games, while he also put Fulham 1-0 ahead against Nottingham Forest in this fixture last season.

• Anthony Elanga has been involved in 50% of Nottingham Forest’s Premier League away goals this season (3/6 - 2 goals, 1 assist).

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Two days on from Fulham's rip-roarer against Liverpool, I still cannot work out how to feel about it. On one hand there is immense pride that we went to Anfield, played incredibly and scored three goals, but also it is hard not to be disappointed when you concede two late goals to lose the game.

In fairness to the team though, Liverpool scored four of the best goals I have ever seen, so it is really hard to lay blame with anyone. We will just have to chalk it down as one of those games.

But the past two matches have shown that Fulham's goalscoring touch is back. None of our six goals in two games have been scored by strikers, but the rest of the team are starting to contribute. Raul Jimenez is at least starting to create chances for others up front, if not putting them away himself.

Fulham now have two massive home games in which we need to pick up some points. Wednesday's game against a struggling Nottingham Forest feels like a must-win and while Sunday's fixture against West Ham is more difficult, it is certainly winnable too.

I would take four points, but I see no reason why we cannot grab six. If we could get ourselves to that 20-point mark by the end of the weekend, that would give us a lot of breathing space from the clubs below us.

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We asked for your thoughts on Sunday's game between Liverpool and Fulham.

Here are some of your comments:

Liverpool fans

Yusuf: What a game. Trent Alexander-Arnold has had the week of his life - his first goal was a stunner and Alexis Mac Allister's was equally good, if not better. Credit to Fulham after they took the game to Liverpool and were unlucky in the end. The win shows our resilience this season. Something special may be happening - certainly feel that!

Charlie: We should be better at beating opposition of this calibre. Fulham are good, but we are contenders for the title, or should be! Too leaky at the back, which has been an issue for two seasons now and isn't acceptable. Trent is brilliant. Keep it up.

Shane: Far from good enough overall. Our performance had too many mediocre displays, but we take the win and drive on. We need to up our game and be more consistent and put games like this to bed.

Tom: Lethargic and lazy. They should win it in the first half and not be hoping that they will win it at the end. I've seen this situation before, we're always behind Manchester City.

Fulham fans

Rob: A good performance against difficult opponents. But will anyone even mention the foul on Bobby De Cordova-Reid that should have disallowed their winner? We want the Gary O’Neil treatment too.

Kara: For a side that has hardly scored a goal all season, Fulham played really well. Imagine what they would be like with a striker or two, who could score regularly!

Colin: Unfortunately there were too many defensive mistakes which led to us gifting Liverpool two goals.

James: I think it was a little bit silly how we gave our lead away. However, it shows that we can still perform against a good side. We were unlucky.

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Former Premier League midfielder Jermaine Jenas told Match of the Day 2 that Fulham defender Antonee Robinson was "brilliant" against Liverpool.

He said: "Robinson was brilliant throughout the game I thought, along with Alex Iwobi.

"When Salah was quiet it was down to a lot of what Robinson did on the ball. It’s going to be one of those games where Fulham and Marco Silva look back and think ‘how has this happened’.

"You can’t underestimate how well they played, even if they came out of this with a loss.

"Robinson was very unlucky to be on the losing team, down that left hand side the drive that he had, the determination to try and get behind Liverpool’s defence and the link ups with Iwobi were great.

"They just didn’t quite make the right decisions at the right times when they got into spaces. The energy that Robinson has got, still making runs late to get shots on target, he stood out like a sore thumb.

"In the first half in particular, when Fulham were at their best, you saw all of their attacks going down that left hand side."

Catch up with MOTD 2 on BBC iPlayer

Mark Chapman introduces highlights and analysis of Sunday's five Premier League fixtures.

If you missed Match of the Day 2, you can catch up on the action on BBC iPlayer here.

And Match of the Day brings you a round-up of Saturday's five games here.

Listen to Sunday's commentaries here:

Liverpool 4-3 Fulham

Manchester City 3-3 Tottenham

Listen to Saturday's commentaries on BBC Sounds:

Arsenal 2-1 Wolves

Nottingham Forest 0-1 Everton

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Fulham do not traditionally do well at Liverpool. The Cottagers had won just two of their past 36 visits coming into Sunday's fixture and had never before scored more than once in the Premier League at Anfield.

Yet they were three minutes plus stoppage time away from a brilliant victory.

"We didn't deserve the result, definitely in my opinion," said Fulham manager Marco Silva who pointed out that all four of Liverpool's goals came from superb individual strikes.

"It was great, great goals every time," Silva added on BBC Match of the Day. "Normally that doesn't happen. They scored four great goals from long distance."

Silva also suggested Liverpool's late winner in the 88th minute should have been ruled out.

"When the cross comes in from Darwin [Nunez], Bobby [De Cordova-Reid] challenges the ball in the air and [Konstantinos] Tsimikas, there is a fall on him," he said.

"The referee should see it. We didn't deserve the fourth goal against us."

Fulham face out-of-form Nottingham Forest at home in their next match.

The result may have gone against them at Anfield, but if the Cottagers put in a similar performance on Wednesday they should to return to winning ways.

Fulham manager Marco Silva speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "I'm really proud of them, definitely. The way we played, the way we matched Liverpool, the way we showed the spirit.

"It was great. Great goals every time. Normally that doesn't happen. They scored four great goals from long distance, but it was the way we reacted every time from those situations, even we were able to lead the score 3-2 for part of the second half.

"We didn't deserve the result, definitely in my opinion. Even if you look to the first half of course, we were much more controlled and won the ball from Liverpool. They didn't create many chances in the first half. Apart from the great goals they scored, I don't remember one clear chance from them.

"We didn't deserve the fourth goal against us. When the cross comes in from Darwin [Nunez], Bobby [De Cordova-Reid] challenges the ball in the air and [Konstantinos] Tsimikas falls on him. The referee should see, but I don't want to go in this direction. I really want to talk about the positives from the game.

"We are taking many [positives] but unfortunately no points, but this is something we will take into the future.

"This is our image as a team. We want to play in a certain way and build something in this football club. We have to express ourselves on the pitch and the way we did it was really good.

"Unfortunately for us we deserved more, but we didn't take."

• Liverpool have won each of their opening seven home matches of a top-flight season for a seventh time, and for the third time in the Premier League era, after 2019-20 (first 17) and 2020-21 (7).

• Fulham went ahead 3-2 through Bobby De Cordova-Reid in the 80th minute, the latest Liverpool have ever fallen behind in a Premier League match that they went on to win.

• Fulham are winless in seven Premier League away games (D3 L4), losing back-to-back games on the road in the league for the first time since April/May last season.

• In his 210th Premier League appearance for Liverpool, Trent Alexander-Arnold scored in back-to-back games in the competition for the very first time.

• Mo Salah has either scored (17 goals) or assisted (4 assists) a goal in each of his last 16 Premier League appearances at Anfield for Liverpool.

• Harry Wilson, who scored with Fulham’s very first shot of the match, netted his 10th Premier League goal, with seven of these coming away from home (70%).

Trent Alexander-Arnold scored an 88th-minute winner as Liverpool mounted a stunning late comeback to beat Fulham in a seven-goal thriller at Anfield.

Trailing 3-2 in the 87th minute, Liverpool equalised as Wataru Endo scored his first Premier League goal and seconds later Alexander-Arnold completed the turnaround.

Trent Alexander-Arnold had helped Liverpool open the scoring in the 20th minute when his free-kick ricocheted off the crossbar and in off Fulham keeper Bernd Leno.

Former Red Harry Wilson equalised four minutes later before Alexis Mac Allister restored Liverpool's lead after 38 minutes with a stunning long-range strike.

Kenny Tete netted Fulham's second equaliser in first-half injury time and Bobby De Cordova-Reid headed the Cottagers into the lead in the 80th minute.

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Fulham have been drawn to face either Rotherham at Craven Cottage in the FA Cup third round.

The game will take place on the weekend of 6-7 January.

Read the full draw here

There are five games being played out in the Premier League on Sunday and we will bring you every moment.

Follow all of the action and reaction here

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Liverpool v Fulham - BBC Radio 5 Live

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Chris Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League matches again this season, against a variety of guests.

This week, he takes on All Elite Wrestling (AEW) star Claudio Castagnoli.

Sutton's prediction: 3-0

Fulham got a good win against Wolves on Monday, helped by a couple of big decisions going their way. They will need some more good fortune to get anything at Anfield, and I really don't see that happening.

Liverpool picked up an important point at Etihad Stadium last weekend, but all three are needed here.

The Reds are without goalkeeper Alisson and Diogo Jota, but they should be able to cope without them. I fancy Mohamed Salah to score, and Jurgen Klopp's side to win comfortably.

Claudio's prediction: 0-1

Read the rest of their predictions here

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All Premier League and Championship clubs will enter the hat for the FA Cup third-round draw on Sunday, 3 December.

The draw will take place from around 12.55pm GMT, prior to kick-off between Eastleigh and Reading.

The third-round matches are set to be played on the weekend of 6 and 7 January.

Fulham manager Marco Silva has been speaking to the media ahead of Sunday's Premier League trip to face Liverpool.

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Silva said Issa Diop is "still recovering but making steps forward" while the injuries to Adama Traore, Rodrigo Muniz and Tyrese Francois are "still the same".

• On the returning Joao Palhinha: "Firstly to mention, he’s so important. Since he arrived, he’s started all the matches. But we showed we can win without Joao, or any player. With all the players available, we are stronger - all teams are. I wanted to show we can win without him. He’s ready to go."

• On Monday's win over Wolves: "It was an important one and a good one from ourselves. The reaction that we wanted to see was there from the first minute."

• When asked if he has "sympathy" for Wolves boss Gary O'Neil after controversial decisions in the game: "I had sympathy with him as I expect sympathy for us against Brentford (Tim Ream red card), and the offside goal against Manchester City. It’s not just others, but Fulham as well."

• Silva said Tom Cairney is "really important" for him and that he does not think the team's captain always has to start: "He gave the team what I wanted [against Wolves]. He's really important for me, from the bench or not. He's always been ready to help the team."

• On Liverpool: "They have been perfect at home until now, they have been winning all the games. It's a tough task for us but we go there to play our game and do our best."

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• Since a 1-0 defeat to Fulham at Anfield in March 2021, which was the sixth consecutive league defeat suffered by the Reds on home soil, Liverpool have lost just one of their last 48 Premier League matches at Anfield (W37 D10) – a 2-1 loss to Leeds United in October 2022.

• Fulham have won none of their last six away Premier League games (D3 L3) - although their last win was on Merseyside in August, a 1-0 win at Everton. Fulham have won four of their last five away league games against Everton and Liverpool (L1), having previously only won one of their first 55 such visits in league football.

• Liverpool have conceded just three goals in the second half of Premier League games this season, failing to win any of the three times they let a goal in after half-time (D2 L1). Meanwhile, eight of Fulham’s last nine Premier League goals have come in the second half.

• Only Arsenal’s Premier League games - with seven, six for the Gunners -have seen more penalties scored than Fulham’s so far this season - two for the Cottgers, four against. Only Wolves (five) have conceded more penalty goals than Fulham in the division so far, while no team has scored more from the spot without conceding one than Liverpool (3).

• Trent Alexander-Arnold scored his 13th Premier League goal for Liverpool in their 1-1 draw at Man City in last weekend’s match. All 13 of those goals have been scored with his right-foot, with only Luka Milivojevic (28), Jorginho (21) and Xabi Alonso (14) scoring more goals in Premier League history exclusively right-footed.

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