Liverpool returned to winning ways in the Premier League with a 2-0 victory over Sheffield United at Bramall Lane.
Curtis Jones and a Kean Bryan own goal ended the Reds’ run of four successive league defeats and heaped more misery on the bottom-placed Blades.
Bryan’s own goal, which was originally credited to Roberto Firmino, was Liverpool’s 7,000th goal in top-flight football and secured a win which moves Jurgen Klopp’s champions within two points of fourth-placed West Ham.
The result meant Chelsea missed the chance to climb back into the top four.In the early kick-off, relegation-battling Fulham extended their unbeaten run to five matches but were left to reflect on what might have been after a stalemate at Crystal Palace.
The visitors created the better opportunities at Selhurst Park with the majority falling to centre-back Joachim Andersen, although Josh Maja was brilliantly denied by Vicente Guaita from close range in the second half.
