Liverpool keeps pressure

Liverpool beat Fulham 2-0 at Anfield on Saturday, April 11, staying in the Premier League race with a win built on Mohamed Salah’s display. (liverpoolfc.com) Liverpool’s official results page lists the Fulham win as their latest league match after losses to Paris Saint-Germain on April 8 and Manchester City in the Football Association Cup on April 4. (liverpoolfc.com) The Premier League’s Matchweek 32 page framed the afternoon around “Salah’s sensational display against Fulham” and paired Liverpool’s result with Arsenal’s defeat to Bournemouth the same day. (premierleague.com) That combination tightened the table. The league’s standings page showed Arsenal first on 70 points from 31 matches and Liverpool fifth on 49 points from 31 before the rest of the weekend’s games updated. (premierleague.com) The pressure line came from the timing as much as the score. Liverpool had gone into the weekend after a 2-0 Champions League loss at Paris Saint-Germain and a 4-0 Football Association Cup defeat at Manchester City in their previous two matches. (liverpoolfc.com) Liverpool’s league season has swung sharply from week to week. Their recent run before Fulham included a 2-1 loss at Brighton on March 21, a 1-1 draw with Tottenham on March 15, and a 5-2 home win over West Ham on February 28. (liverpoolfc.com) The broader race remains crowded behind Arsenal. The same standings page listed Manchester City on 61 points from 30 matches, Manchester United on 55 from 31, Aston Villa on 54 from 31, and Liverpool just behind on 49 from 31. (premierleague.com) Liverpool’s next league date was already on the schedule. The Premier League fixture list showed Brighton hosting Liverpool in Matchweek 32, another test in a closing stretch where dropped points have been common across the top of the table. (premierleague.com)