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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.

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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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It was a huge relief to get the win against Wolves. Watching other teams towards the bottom pick up points over the weekend made many Fulham fans nervous going into the game, but that victory eases the pressure a bit.

It was a particularly pleasing win given the fact that Joao Palhinha was suspended for us. We definitely missed him, but we just about coped in midfield. Tom Cairney was a Rolls-Royce in the eight position, and a lot of fans think he should start much more regularly than he does.

It's not been a great start for us but, in reality, Fulham have won most of the games that would have been expected to. We've beaten Luton Town, Sheffield United, Everton and now Wolves. The only side that we've lost to who are currently in the bottom 10 are Brentford - which stings because of the rivalry, but that's an impressive return.

While losing games meekly to teams like Aston Villa is never nice and there is a serious concern about our lack of goals (Monday was better, but it still took two penalties), ultimately we are beating the teams we need to in order to stay in the league.

In the next few weeks we face Nottingham Forest and Burnley at home, with a trip to Bournemouth on Boxing Day. Get at least two wins from those games and we'll be in a very comfortable position come the halfway point of the season.

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We asked for your thoughts on Monday's match between Fulham and Wolves.

Here are some of your comments:

Fulham fans

Rob: Big three points. Good to see us start both halves on the front foot. Tom Cairney gives us a better option on the ball. Ream and Robinson are becoming liabilities. Kick on now and get away from the bottom. Big game again against Forest. Winnable games at home upcoming.

Russell: I thought our second-half performance showed the spirit and togetherness in the team, always going to be a tough game but Tom Cairney was instrumental in midfield. We need to stop giving away silly goals but that was about a much-needed three points. Well done Fulham!

Bertie: I’m a Fulham fan but those penalties were a joke - what has happened to the game I used to love? Players go over in a strong wind these days - disgraceful.

David: Jimenez is nowhere near good enough for this division and persisting with a player who cannot commit to a tackle, pass or a shot at goal needs to be addressed immediately.

Wolves fans

Andrew: A pretty even game on the pitch. Bad defending down our right has led to quite a few goals against us this season and needs to be sorted out fast. But again the football is overshadowed by VAR. Why didn’t they give the referee a chance to look at the monitor for the first penalty? Then send him there for Fulham’s second pen? Both were soft! Unreal!

Murray: Very poor defending for the first goal. Ait-Nouri's injury deprived Wolves of a major attacking outlet but a natural replacement by Bueno was overlooked in favour of Doherty who looked lost on the left. Fulham made a string of defensive errors which went unpunished. Loss of Lemina and Gomes for the Arsenal game through suspension is frightening.

Jon: It's always hard playing against 12, especially away from home, but we fought well and came back twice. Sadly it wasn't enough in the end but I'm happy with the display. It's just a shame we'll miss our first-choice midfield for the next game.

Ad: If VAR had got everything right this season, we would be in the fight for Europe. As it happens, we’re on the edge of the relegation fight. When we set up for the counter and played well enough to come away with at the very least a point, it makes it a lot harder to accept.

Fulham manager Marco Silva, speaking to BBC Sport after Monday's 3-2 win over Wolves: "I believe [Fulham deserved to win]. It was an entertaining game with both teams trying to win the game, but I think overall we were the team that did more to win.

"The players deserved the praise after a tough month for us. The previous two games were back-to-back defeats, we wanted to react and the players have showed a reaction.

"Overall we created more, we were more on the front foot, we got bodies in the box. The first goal is a good example. We have been working to achieve these things."

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• Fulham have now won each of their last 11 Premier League games at Craven Cottage in which they’ve scored the game’s opening goal since a 2-2 draw with Liverpool on the opening day of the 2022-23 campaign.

• Wolves have lost successive away Premier League games for the first time since August.

• This is just the second time in six Premier League games since the start of last season that Fulham have won without João Palhinha, having lost four of the other five before today.

• Willian has now scored all seven of his Premier League penalties, only Yaya Toure (11/11), Dimitar Berbatov (9/9) and Ruben Neves (8/8) have better 100% penalty records in the competition’s history.

• Wolves have scored each of their last 20 penalties in the Premier League, the first side to score at least 20 successive spot kicks since Liverpool in December 2021 (21).

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Fulham's win was controversial, with the Cottagers benefitting from two second-half penalty decisions.

Still, manager Marco Silva was arguing at full-time that his side had "done more" to win the match.

And, on reflection, he has a very strong point.

Alex Iwobi was sent through on goal with the hosts 2-1 up. Had his shot not been superbly saved by Wolves keeper Jose Sa, Fulham may have relaxed a little and ultimately cruised to a 3-1 win.

Instead, the Cottagers' third goal came from the penalty spot and VAR once again stole the headlines.

For Fulham the big news is the London club ending their four-match winless run in the Premier League and recording their first league victory since beating Sheffield United 3-1 on 7 October.

Luck is only something you worry about when it goes against you.