Liverpool twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with Fulham at Anfield on Saturday afternoon in the Premier League.

The Cottagers got themselves in front in the 11th minute when Andreas Pereira converted from Antonee Robinson's cross, with an effort that was helped into the goal by Andrew Robertson's block. The Scotland international featured heavily in the opening 17 minutes, but his involvement ended when he was sent off for a careless foul on Harry Wilson to deny a goal-scoring opportunity.

Liverpool maintained control of the game despite being down to 10 men, though they only created a single chance of any promise when Dominik Szoboszlai's instinctive cross found Luis Díaz, who couldn't trouble the goalkeeper.

The Reds looked improved after the restart and didn't take long to equalise as Mohamed Salah's cross found Cody Gakpo at the back post, with the Anfield crowd helping Arne Slot's side maintain momentum. Fulham got back in front when Jarell Quansah should have been stronger against Robinson before he was allowed to cut the ball back to Rodrigo Muniz.

Slot responded by introducing Diogo Jota three minutes later, and it was the Portugal international who equalised with a well-placed finish past Bernd Leno. Nine minutes of added time provided a chance for a late winner, but Díaz couldn't secure it by adding the finishing touch to a late promising attack, which was the last big moment of the game.

Positives

Liverpool showed determination after going down twice to get back level, and were the better team despite the numbers disadvantage. A performance that the Reds can take positives from.

Negatives

Chance creation in the first half had to be better, though the red card meant that Slot didn't have time until the break to properly tweak his system.

Manager rating (1-10; 10 = best)

Arne Slot, 9 -- Slot's side never lost control of the game despite going down to 10, and there were clear signs of a game plan in the second half as Liverpool began to create a regular flow of chances. Slot's booking in the 58th minute means he will now serve a touchline ban for the next Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur.

Player ratings

GK Alisson Becker 6 -- Alert to the danger and commanded his area well. There was little Alisson could have done about either goal he conceded.

DF Andrew Robertson 1 -- Seventeen minutes to forget for the Liverpool left-back saw him take a heavy challenge from Issa Diop early on, help Pereira's effort past Alisson, and then get sent off for a foul on Harry Wilson as the last defender.

DF Virgil van Dijk 7 -- Assured at the back and impressed with transitioning the ball into midfield areas to help Liverpool overcome the numbers advantage. Showed impressive awareness when defending counter-attacking phases to limit Fulham's opportunities.

DF Joe Gomez 7 -- A crucial block denied a dangerous Fulham chance with the 27-year-old getting across from left-back. Looked to support attacks by getting forward, but could have been better with his final ball when crossing into the box.

DF Trent Alexander-Arnold 7 -- Forced to work hard with a lot of Fulham counter-attacks coming down his flank and consistently pressed the right angles to deny shooting opportunities. Deployed in a midfield role later on in the match and helped Liverpool maintain control following the introduction of Darwin Núñez saw the Reds change shape.

MF Ryan Gravenberch 7 -- Deployed at centre-back when Liverpool went down to 10 and linked well with Van Dijk to help move past Fulham's initial press. Moved back into midfield and progressed the ball impressively alongside Alexander-Arnold.

MF Curtis Jones 7 -- Worked tirelessly in midfield alongside Dominik Szoboszlai and applied pressure to win back possession. Booked for an overzealous challenge on Alex Iwobi.

MF Dominik Szoboszlai 8 -- A standout for Liverpool on the day, impressing with both his work-rate to assist defensively and decision-making in the final third, where he utilised his pace to break into space before unlocking the game for the forward line.

FW Cody Gakpo 7 -- Got Liverpool back on level terms by connecting with Mohamed Salah's cross, and showed his intelligence during counter-attacks, holding up the ball to bring others into play and choosing the right moments to challenge defenders directly.

FW Luis Díaz 5 -- Booked harshly for an innocuous overhead kick attempt, but faded out of the game when Liverpool went down to 10, outside of a chance with a header that he should have done better with. Struggled to make an impact on the game overall. Should have hit his effort first time in the 94th minute.

FW Mohamed Salah 7 -- Consistently enjoyed the better of the duels against Robinson and was an out ball for Liverpool by keeping wide on the right flank. Played a significant part in getting his side back on level terms with an excellent ball to assist Gakpo for the equaliser.

Substitutes (players introduced after 70 minutes = no rating)

Darwin Núñez (Gakpo, 70") 6 -- Got into some positive central areas and pressed well from the front. Assisted Liverpool's second equaliser with a ball to Jota.

Jarell Quansah (Jones, 70") 3 -- Allowed Robinson to get past him too easily eight minutes after coming on before Fulham's second goal. A crucial error at the wrong time.

Harvey Elliott (Szoboszlai, 79") N/R -- Unlucky with a curling effort inside the box that narrowly went past the post.

Diogo Jota (Alexander-Arnold, 79") N/R -- Provided an instant spark to Liverpool's attack and capped his performance with an excellent finish to level the scoring.

LONDON -- Maybe Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and set-pieces are not enough to win the Premier League after all. Arsenal have more about them than that, of course, but much of the frustration over Saturday's 0-0 draw against Everton will likely be channelled toward the club's approach to the January transfer market.

The Gunners were not planning to spend big next month despite the sense of title possibility created by Manchester City's return to Earth. City are making it known they will back Pep Guardiola in the market as they seek to arrest their alarming decline, but Arsenal are presently of the view that only injuries or an exceptional, unexpected opportunity will push them to commit a considerable sum in January.

Mikel Arteta's first stop in this conversation is usually to point to the options he has and the internal improvements they can make. The good news there at least is that there is plenty of room for it.

Odegaard, Saka and Arsenal's set-piece prowess -- marked by a mural of specialist coach Nicolas Jover the distance of a back-post corner away from Emirates Stadium -- have proved a wonderfully potent combination of late. But they have perhaps masked the lack of game-changing options Arteta can turn to in moments like this, where a team sets up to defend and is deeply entrenched in a conservative shape.

Everton had 10 days without a game due to the postponement of last weekend's Merseyside derby and were therefore well-rested and well-drilled compared to Arsenal, who played twice more in the same period. It is an unusual imbalance that no doubt contributed to the result, but while the final 20 minutes were frantic, this was the sort of controlled chaos Arsenal are able to create at their best when chasing a game.

Too often, misplaced passes or the wrong choice in the final third disrupted the sense of momentum that Arsenal usually create to overwhelm opponents in these circumstances.

Arsenal's substitutes didn't help, and that is on both Arteta and the individuals involved. Odegaard and Declan Rice were withdrawn after 62 minutes, a voluntary decision to break up the Odegaard-Saka-Jurriën Timber right-hand side that's been their most consistent route to goal of late.

Arteta confirmed afterwards that Rice "felt something" related to an unspecified injury he has been carrying for a week, but Odegaard's substitution was purely tactical.

"With Martin it was a tactical decision to try to change their rhythm on that side," he said. "I understand. If Ethan comes in and he scores a goal, it's a great goal. If he doesn't, you have taken your captain out. That's football."

Hindsight is of course a wonderful thing, but asking a 17-year-old on his 11th Premier League appearances to replicate or improve upon the creativity of Arsenal's playmaker felt like a big gamble at the time. Seven minutes later, Arteta switched Timber to left-back as part of a double change in which Gabriel Jesus and Thomas Partey were introduced, before Leandro Trossard replaced Gabriel Martinelli in the final move.

The end result was unusually disjointed. Kai Havertz had a quiet afternoon, while Jesus has now not scored in his last 23 league appearances, and just once in 34 matches across all competitions. Trossard was wholly ineffective, while Raheem Sterling did not even get on despite the desperate circumstances.

A physical team defending deep in numbers is not necessarily an obvious problem for someone with Sterling's skillset to solve, but there is a troubling distance forming between the impact many hoped he would have after signing on loan from Chelsea and the ineffective fringe player he is quickly becoming. That is also perhaps a warning of how acting in the market does not always provide effective solutions. Arteta would also no doubt point to the fact Arsenal scored 91 goals last season, the highest number in their Premier League history.

"At the end, you need a spark and you need to be precise," he said. "We had the chances and this could have been 2-0 or 3-0, and [then] nobody is talking about it. "The reality is 0-0 and they are not going to talk about all the incredible things the team did in the game.

"Honestly it's difficult to ask something else from the team. OK, individually can we do things a bit better and with a little bit more quality and deliver that magic moment when it's necessary? Yes. But that is not easy."

Arsenal have delivered so many magic moments in recent months, but equally, Arsenal may soon get to the point where they feel compelled to find more stardust in the market if there are many more lacklustre days like this.

Las Vegas Raiders star Maxx Crosby needs season-ending arthroscopic ankle surgery, he said as part of an Instagram post Saturday.

Crosby initially hurt the ankle in Week 2 in Baltimore, later missing just one game. He said he aggravated it "even worse" last weekend against Tampa Bay, leading to the need for surgery.

"Some people will say that I should just take my time and just relax and get ready for next year, I will never be that person," he wrote. "I have a team around me that made it possible for me to come back and still disrupt even though I truly wasn't fully healthy all year. I will stand in the fire no matter what the circumstance because this game is my life. If I got a heartbeat, I expect to play for the fans that spend their hard earned money to watch me perform and wear my jersey every Sunday. I do it because it means everything to me and I will never change my approach to this game."

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Crosby will meet with Dr. Rob Anderson on Monday and undergo the arthroscopic surgery that will determine whether a second surgery is needed and how much damage he has suffered to the ankle, sources told ESPN. Doctors believe the extent of the injury could be worse than initially thought.

The Raiders (2-11) already have been eliminated from postseason contention, and Crosby will begin rehabbing with an eye on the 2025 season. The question will be whether it's for the Raiders.

Multiple teams inquired about Crosby with Las Vegas leading up to or at the NFL trade deadline in November. The Raiders refused to entertain any team's interest, and owner Mark Davis even told ESPN: "We're Not Trading Maxx Crosby. Before Or After the Trade Deadline!!!"

Still, it won't stop other teams from approaching the Raiders again this offseason as they attempt to rebuild their roster around whichever quarterback they draft for the 2025 season.

Crosby will turn 28 in August and is entering the prime of his career, which will be attractive to other teams -- or Las Vegas if it does keep him.

NEW YORK -- Travis Hunter turned every play into prime time -- on both sides of the ball -- and ultimately took home the Heisman Trophy.

Now, he has a leg up on his celebrity coach at Colorado.

The two-way star won college football's most prestigious award Saturday night, punctuating a tireless performance all season by a dynamic player with a unique combination of skills.

"I never thought I would be in this position," said a tearful Hunter, who grabbed the trophy hard with two hands and let loose a happy roar. "It's crazy."

A big-play wide receiver and a lockdown cornerback, Hunter dominated on both sides of the ball for coach Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes, joining the late running back Rashaan Salaam in 1994 as the only Heisman winners in school history.

Hunter received 552 first-place votes and 2,231 points. Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty was the runner-up with 309 first-place votes and 2,017 points, making it the closest margin of victory since 2009, when Mark Ingram edged Toby Gerhart. The previous highest total for a runner-up was 1,871 points by Tua Tagovailoa in 2018, when Kyler Murray won.

Hunter garnered 80.14% of the possible points, the 11th highest in Heisman Trophy history, and joined Michigan cornerback Charles Woodson (1997) as the only full-time defensive players to claim the prize. Woodson also made big plays on offense, but he didn't play nearly as much as Hunter on that side of the ball.

Two quarterbacks -- Oregon's Dillon Gabriel and Miami's Cam Ward -- finished third and fourth, respectively, in balloting for the 90th Heisman Trophy, presented annually since 1935 to the nation's most outstanding player. This year's ceremony was held at Jazz at Lincoln Center in Manhattan, where Sanders was in attendance.

It marked only the fifth time this century that a quarterback didn't win. The last time no signal-caller placed in the top two was 2015, when running backs Derrick Henry of Alabama and Christian McCaffrey of Stanford ran 1-2 in the voting.

Hunter's Heisman capped a week full of awards for him, including The Associated Press Player of the Year, the Walter Camp Award as national player of the year, the Chuck Bednarik Award as the top defensive player and the Fred Biletnikoff Award for best wide receiver.

He helped spark an impressive turnaround at Colorado, from 4-8 in 2023 when he missed 3 games because of injuries to 9-3 this year in Sanders' second season. The 20th-ranked Buffaloes got their first bowl bid in four years, and they will face No. 17 BYU (10-2) in the Alamo Bowl on Dec. 28.

Hunter has pledged to play, rather than skip the game to prepare for the NFL draft -- he is projected to go No. 1 overall, according to ESPN analyst Mel Kiper Jr. -- and prevent any possible injury, as many top prospects do. The 6-foot-1, 185-pound junior from Suwanee, Georgia, plans to pass up his senior season in Boulder.

"He wants to be great at everything," Sanders said. "He wants to have a commitment to excellence in everything he does -- including fishing."

Showcasing his blazing speed and explosive playmaking, Hunter rarely came off the field this year -- making him an every-down throwback to generations gone by and the first full-time, true two-way star in decades.

On offense, he had 92 catches for 1,152 yards and 14 touchdowns, plus a rushing score. On defense, he made four interceptions, 32 tackles, broke up 11 passes and forced a critical fumble that secured an overtime victory against Baylor.

With the Buffaloes winning games and challenging for a Big 12 title, he soared from a long shot underdog in Heisman futures -- his odds reached as long as 75-1 before the season, per ESPN BET -- to a heavy betting favorite this week.

All the while, he struck the Heisman pose with teammates to celebrate big plays as it became more and more clear Hunter was the man to beat.

He played 669 defensive snaps and 687 on offense -- a total of 1,356, which was 434 more than any other FBS player. He was on the field for 84% of his team's total snaps; no other FBS player accounted for more than 56%.

It would seem an overly exhausting workload for any player these days, both mentally and physically, but not Hunter.

"I think I laid the ground for more people to come in and go two ways," he said Friday. "It starts with your mindset. If you believe you can do it, then you'll be able to do it. And also, I do a lot of treatment. I keep up with my body. I get a lot of recovery."

Rated the country's top recruit in the 2022 class, Hunter stunned many when he committed to Sanders at Jackson State, a historically Black university that plays in the lower-level FCS, with the promise of playing both offense and defense.

After one campaign there, Hunter followed Sanders to Colorado and was a consensus All-America selection as an all-purpose player last season despite sitting out three games with a lacerated liver caused by a late hit.

Following his recovery, a healthy Hunter finished strong in 2023 then really took off this season, catching passes from Shedeur Sanders, the coach's son, and becoming Colorado's first Heisman Trophy finalist in 30 years.

Hunter, who plans to get married in May, is the first Heisman winner to play in the FCS.

Deion Sanders, nicknamed "Prime Time" during his playing days -- seemingly by himself -- was a two-time All-American defensive back at Florida State and finished eighth in the 1988 Heisman voting.

An electrifying kick returner -- who also played major league baseball by the way -- "Neon Deion" went on to a Hall of Fame career as an NFL cornerback but mostly just dabbled on offense, aside from a 36-catch season with the 1996 Dallas Cowboys.

Nothing quite like Hunter, who now has Heisman bragging rights on Coach Prime forever.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

The Golden State Warriors have agreed on a deal to acquire Brooklyn Nets point guard Dennis Schroder for De'Anthony Melton, sources told ESPN on Saturday.

The Warriors are also receiving one second-round pick from the Nets and sending three second-round picks to Brooklyn in the deal, sources said.

Schroder has been one of the best guards in the NBA this year, pushing the Nets into play-in contention in the Eastern Conference early in the season.

In his first full season in Brooklyn since being traded from the Raptors last year, Schroder is averaging 18.4 points and a career-high 6.6 assists in 33.6 minutes. He has taken strides as an outside shooter as well, attempting a career-high 6.5 3-pointers per game on nearly 39% shooting.

The Nets entered the weekend in 10th place in the conference and four losses back of the No. 6 seed.

Melton, signed to a one-year deal this offseason, went down with a torn ACL last month and is out for the remainder of the season. The Warriors have struggled without him; after a hot start to the year, Golden State has lost seven of their past nine games.

Schroder fills several needs for the Warriors, including a much-needed additional point guard who can handle the ball, potentially help the second unit get organized, make outside shots and provide Steve Kerr with another veteran.

The Warriors coach said prior to the trade being reported on Saturday afternoon that the loss of Melton sent his rotation into flux. Kerr has been searching for the right combinations to play on a nightly basis. Melton was seen as a perfect fit alongside Stephen Curry with his two-way skillset and ability to handle the ball.

"[It] changed everything," Kerr said on early Saturday afternoon after Warriors practice. "De'Anthony was a guy who could help get us organized offensively as a secondary ball handler, pick-and-roll guy, but also be an on-ball defender, spot-up shooter. We're mixing and matching around his absence for sure.

"But I love the guys on this team, on this roster. I think we have a lot of depth and yes, we're mixing and matching, but that's what is required right now and that's what we're going to continue to do."

Schroder, 31, is on an expiring contract worth $13 million.

ESPN's Ohm Youngmisuk contributed to this report.

An already disappointing season for the Philadelphia 76ers took yet another hit Saturday when the team announced that rookie guard Jared McCain -- one of its few bright spots -- will undergo surgery on a lateral meniscus tear and is out indefinitely.

McCain, 20, has been arguably the top rookie in this year's class, averaging 15.3 points -- tops among rookies -- while shooting 46% from the field and 38.3% from 3-point range. He also leads all rookies in 3-pointers made (51) and has scored at least 25 points in four games.

The No. 16 pick out of Duke is one of three Philadelphia players (Kelly Oubre Jr., Guerschon Yabusele) to have played in all 23 games for the 76ers, whose injury woes have been the defining story of their season.

Stars Joel Embiid, Paul George and Tyrese Maxey have played together in just three games and finished only one -- Sunday's win in Chicago -- with all of them on the floor.

Embiid, who has played in only six games this season, left Friday's loss to the Indiana Pacers with a sinus fracture. His status will be reevaluated at some point this weekend ahead of Monday's game in Charlotte.

Philadelphia is 7-16 on the season, good for 12th place in the Eastern Conference. It is two games behind the Brooklyn Nets -- who are finalizing a deal with the Golden State Warriors to send guard Dennis Schroder to the Bay, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania on Saturday -- for the 10th and final spot in the East's play-in picture.

LAS VEGAS -- Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 32 points and finished an assist shy of a triple-double, but it was his "winning plays" down the stretch that helped will the Milwaukee Bucks to a 110-102 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday to clinch a spot in the NBA Cup championship game.

Antetokounmpo added 14 rebounds, 9 assists and 4 blocks, including a spectacular rejection of an alley-oop dunk from Clint Capela at the rim with 2:35 remaining in the game, preserving what was then a five-point Bucks lead. Antetokounmpo also drew praise from his teammates and coaching staff for diving on a loose ball to secure a steal and prevent the ball from going out of bounds with about 6:30 remaining in the fourth.

"Winning plays," Bucks coach Doc Rivers said after the game. "You can't script any of that stuff before the game, but you just got to keep teaching that it just takes what it takes every night."

Milwaukee advances to the championship game on Tuesday night, avenging a loss in last season's semifinals in Las Vegas to the Pacers. The Bucks are 11-1 all time in NBA Cup games and will face the winner of Houston/Oklahoma City.

"I'll do whatever it takes to win a game," Antetokounmpo said after the game. "I'm happy that I did, because I feel like it translated to the whole team. You got to do whatever is necessary to close this one out. I'm just proud of my teammates. The way we started the game, we kind of set the tone that we were here to compete."

Several Bucks players said the team arrived to Las Vegas more focused this season, ready to settle what Antetokounmpo called "unfinished business" from last season, but also to take care of business in an atmosphere that would simulate a playoff game.

"We probably looked a little sharper this time around," said Bucks star Damian Lillard, who added 25 points and seven assists. "This time we came into it remembering our last experience. We came correct. We knew it wasn't going to be easy playing against a good team, but we prepared, and it just felt familiar."

The Hawks actually had the lead heading into the fourth quarter, thanks to a masterful performance from Trae Young, who had 14 points in the third period. But Milwaukee outscored Atlanta 12-3 during clutch time to seal the win. Young finished with 35 points, 10 assists and 7 rebounds, and although the Hawks were preparing to go home after the loss, Young said he was proud of what the team had accomplished by making a run to the Cup semifinals.

"What we have done in this Cup was really, really special, really good," Young said. "We've really found the way we want to play and figured out the tempo we want to play at.

"It's been good. I feel like this Cup was really good for us. For a young team to go as far as we did, we can really use this as hopefully momentum going into the rest of the season."

Making it to the championship was also an accomplishment for the Bucks, especially considering they started the season with a 2-8 record through their first 10 games. But also Rivers made it clear for weeks that the Bucks were taking aim at the NBA Cup and planned on winning it.

"It's a competition, man, and you want your team to be competitive," Rivers said. "You want them to accept the challenge, that's all I've been talking about.... That's what I'm proud of for our guys.

Even in the aftermath of their victory Saturday, Antetokounmpo offered his team a reminder that they still had one more game to win and take home the championship, invoking another late NBA legend: Kobe Bryant when he said "the job's not finished."

"The only thing that matters right here is to get a win, and that's the message within our team right now," Antetokounmpo said. "Everybody got to stay locked in. Everybody got to stay locked in; the job's not done."

LAS VEGAS -- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 20 of his 32 points in the second half, and the Oklahoma City Thunder pulled away late Saturday night to defeat the Houston Rockets 111-96 and advance to the NBA Cup championship.

The Thunder take a five-game winning streak into Tuesday night's final against the Bucks. Milwaukee defeated the Atlanta Hawks 110-102 in the Eastern Conference semifinal. The title game does not count in the league standings.

Saturday night's semifinal pitted two of the top three defenses in the league against each other and both offenses struggled in the first half. However the Thunder, led by Gilgeous-Alexander, found their groove in the second frame, scoring 70 points to pull away after trailing 42-41 at halftime.

Isaiah Hartenstein added 21 points for the Thunder, Jalen Williams scored 20 and Luguentz Dort finished with 19 points and nine rebounds.

Amen Thompson led Houston with 19 points, one of six Rockets in double figures, and Alperen Sengun had 13 points and 11 rebounds.

The Rockets and Thunder have two of the three best records in the Western Conference, making Saturday's second semifinal a potential playoff preview.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.