Reds in search of an identity after Reed snatches away win

ARNE SLOT might find that this was a game that encapsulated Liverpool's entire Premier League term.

- By PAUL GORST

Cody Gakpo scores Liverpool's second goal at Fulham

For large portions it was drab, lacking in imagination and a difficult watch.

There was the odd moment of magic and a sucker punch or two.

All perfectly in keeping with the trials and tribulations of 25/26 then.

Liverpool won't concede another goal as sublime this season as the effort from Harrison Reed that earned a point for Marco Silva's side.

And the fact that the substitute had only been on the pitch a matter of seconds and hadn't scored for nearly three years only added to the ridiculousness of the 30-yard effort.

But, deep down, this was no hard-luck story for the Reds, who paid for a tired performance after it looked like Cody Gakpo was sending the away end home in delirium.

Gakpo looked devastated as the whistle blew that it was not his contribution that was the most decisive.

Rather than dwell on that fact, what the Netherlands forward must do is use it to gain confidence to get back to the sort of levels he enjoyed last season.