Liverpool play Fulham on Sunday, in a must win game in the Premier League as the Reds are desperate for three points.
Many players have played for both sides of the fixture and The Beautiful Game looks at 11 that have in recent history:
John Arne Riise
The Norwegian joined Liverpool from Monaco in 2001 and became the club’s first-choice left back for seven years, making 224 appearances and famously winning the Champions League in 2005.
Arne Riise signed for Roma in 2008 and then for Fulham in 2011, he played for 3 years and made 87 appearances and was released in 2014, he went on to play in Cyprus, Norway and India before retiring in 2016.
Karl-Heinz Riedle
A German striker, he started his career in his native Germany and came to Liverpool via Borussia Dortmund in 1997 and enjoyed two seasons on Merseyside, playing 60 times and scoring 11 goals.
He transferred directly to Fulham in 1999, he would become caretaker manager for the club at the end of that season when Roy Evans left the post.
He played 34 times for the Cottagers and scored 6 times – he retired when he left Fulham in 2001.
Sheyi Ojo
A Liverpool youth academy player he made his debut for 2015 and has since made 8 appearances in the Premier League for the Reds – most of his time has been out on loan.
The winger joined Fulham on loan for the 2017/18 season and played 22 times and scored four times, winning promotion to the Premier League with the London club.
Danny Murphy
Murphy started his senior career with Crewe Alexandria and moved to his boyhood club Liverpool in 1997 and became a regular starter in Liverpool’s midfield during his time – he turned out 170 times for the Reds, scoring 25 goals.
After spells at Charlton and Spurs he signed for Fulham in 2007, where he played for five years, he netted 17 times in 169 Premier League games – he left in 2012 and had one season at Blackburn before retiring.
Jari Litmanen
An Ajax legend, Litmanen joined the Reds in 2001 after one season at Barcelona, but only played 26 times in one season on Merseyside.
He re-signed for Ajax in 2002 and eventually found his way to Fulham in 2008 but failed to make a single appearance for them and went back to Finland instead.
Paul Konchesky
Konchesky signed for Fulham in 2007 from West Ham and showed good form in London and made over 100 appearances before signing for Liverpool in 2010.
He was brought in as first choice left back for the Reds, but poor form led him to be loaned back to Fulham later that year and then sold the next season to Leicester.
Steve Finnan
Signing for Fulham in 1998, the Irishman became one of the best right backs in England and racked up 172 games in the Premier League before Gerard Houllier brought him to Liverpool in 2003.
He established himself as first choice right-back and a fan favourite, he was part of the squad that won the Champions League in 2005 – he moved to Espanyol in 2008 after 145 games for the Reds.
Stan Collymore
Collymore signed for Liverpool in 1995, for an English record fee of £8.5million from Notts Forest and turned out 64 times for the Reds, scoring 28 times.
His spell with Fulham came as a loan spell from Aston Villa in 1999 but only played six times, failing to score on them occasions.
Peter Beardlsey
He moved to Liverpool in 1987 from Newcastle United and made 131 league appearances and scored 46 goals for the Reds also winning the First Division twice and an FA Cup.
The attacking midfielder joined Fulham for a year in 1998, playing 21 times and scoring 4 games, he returned to his native North East with Hartlepool United and then had a season in Australia before retiring in 1999.
Lazar Markovic
The Serbian winger signed for Liverpool in 2014 from Benfica for £20million but did quite find any form for the Reds and was banished out on loan.
He left permanently in January 2019 when Fulham took a gamble on him for an undisclosed fee, he only appeared once for the Cottagers and he was released at the end of the season.
Markovic now plays for Partizan back in Serbia, where he has rediscovered his form.
Ryan Babel
The Dutch winger came to England with Liverpool in 2007 from Ajax and had some great times in a Red shirt but never quite hit is potential and after 100+ games for Liverpool he signed for Hoffenheim in 2011.
He shown promise for Besiktas and, like Markovic, signed for Fulham in Januaray 2019, he has scored five goals in 16 games for Fulham but they were relegated and he left - signing for Galatasaray.
*A lot of this article, although written by myself was originally published on ReadLiverpoolFC
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