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Liverpool staged a second-half turnaround to beat Fulham 2-1 at Anfield in the first leg of their League Cup semi-final.
The visitors had taken the lead in the first half when Willian showed great control inside the area to slot in.
It was no less than Fulham deserved after an impressive first half, but Liverpool stepped it up after the break and fought back with two goals in three minutes.
First, Curtis Jones equalised when his 68th-minute strike from distance took a big deflection off Tosin Adarabioyo to wrong-foot Bernd Leno in the Fulham goal.
Substitute Cody Gakpo then drove in a Darwin Nunez pull-back to send the home crowd wild.
It was the second time in just over a month that Liverpool had denied Fulham success at Anfield.
Marco Silva's side had led 3-2 in the final 10 minutes of their Premier League clash on 3 December but lost 4-3.
The two sides will meet again in the second leg at Craven Cottage later this month with Jurgen Klopp's side now in the driving seat as they look to keep alive their hopes of a record-extending 10th League Cup win.
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