Arne Slot is delighted with Liverpool’s performance in the draw against Fulham

Four days ago, Liverpool head coach Arne Slot was unhappy with a narrow Champions League win in Girona, but on Saturday the Dutchman was pleased with his resilience in a 2-2 draw with Fulham after his 10-man team twice came from behind.

Cody Gakpo and Diogo Jota scored for Liverpool, who remain top of the Premier League with 36 points from 15 games, five points ahead of Chelsea. Jota equalized in the 86th minute.

“I think it’s exactly the opposite of the game against Girona, where I was happy with the result (1-0) but not with the performance,” Slot said. “Now I’m very, very, very happy with the performance. You couldn’t have asked for more.”

“Of course not with the result because when you lose points in a home game against Fulham that’s definitely not what you expect and want, but when you’re behind twice there are so many things going against you, except for one thing. “ “These are our players and our fans, they played outstandingly today.”

Liverpool were reduced to 10 men in the 17th minute after Andy Robertson’s clumsy tackle on Harry Wilson prevented a goal-scoring chance. There was a lengthy VAR review to confirm the red card and determine that Wilson was in an offside position.

Slot said Robertson was still feeling the effects of an early blow to his knee, which contributed to the red card.

“I think what the team showed today, the character they showed, Robbo showed that too, and sometimes when you get a kick like that, two studs on your knee, it can hurt for a few minutes, and then if you…” Just keep running and it will get better and better, and that’s what we hope.

“I (also) only had one defender on the bench who wasn’t a left full-back either. So we were hoping he (Robertson) would manage to get through, but then I realized he wasn’t quite able to do it. “His self was the only time (Fulham) got the ball behind and started running. He was just able to head it back to (goalkeeper Alisson).

“But I felt like, okay, let’s see how it goes.” And I think it was pretty quick when he got the red card. He showed character that he wanted to keep going because he got a pretty hard blow on the knee and it was a deserved red card.”

The sending off ended an already tough afternoon for Robertson, who played a role in Fulham’s opening game. Andreas Pereira’s shot deflected off the Scot’s thigh and found the net after 11 minutes.