Liverpool vs Fulham live score, result, updates, highlights & lineups from Carabao Cup semifinal first leg

Liverpool host Fulham in the first leg of the Carabao Cup semifinal at Anfield as Jurgen Klopp looks to keep his side fighting for all four trophies available to him this season.

Klopp's men are top of the Premier League, into the next round of the FA Cup after beating Arsenal at the weekend, in the semifinals of the Carabao Cup and into the knockout stages of the Europa League.

Fulham, on the other hand, will be looking to keep it a tight affair as they seek to use the home-field advantage in the second leg in two weeks. They led 3-2 at Anfield in a league meeting in December heading into the final 10 minutes of the contest, only to lose the match 4-3.

In the other semifinal, Middlesbrough have one foot in the Wembley final as they secured a first-leg win over Chelsea, claiming a 1-0 victory at the Riverside Stadium on Tuesday evening.

The Sporting News is following the match live and providing score updates, commentary.

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25th minute: Van Dijk now receives a yellow card as Pereira goes down after a face to the mouth, that one looked slightly sore.  

19th minute: GOAL! 0-1 FULHAM! It's a huge error from Virgil van Dijk as the former Man United man Andreas Pereira picks his pocket and cuts the ball back to Willian who gets the better of Kelleher. What a start for the visitors. 

16th minute: It's Liverpool who generate the first real chance as Mac Allister wins the ball with a terrific challenge and works it well wide to Elliott. The former Fulham man finds Jota down the right and his low-driven effort is right across the face of goal. 

10th minute: Jones has been the shining light for Liverpool so far and Elliott is being booed by the travelling Fulham fans.

5th minute: Liverpool