FULHAM held on for a famous point at Anfield after an impressive rearguard action from Roy Hodgson's men.

In what may well have been a dress rehearsal for the Europa League final on May 12 in Hamburg, Fulham frustrated the Kop with number one Mark Schwarzer making a string of stops.

However, it was hardly backs to the wall for the Cottagers as Liverpool struggled to create chances against Fulham's massed defence.

With no Fernando Torres to provide a cutting edge up front, Liverpool laboured.

The Spaniard's replacement, David Ngog, had one of only a few chances in the first half when he dragged wide.

Fulham's defence nullified the Liverpool threat effectively in the first-half though and the hosts were restricted to long range efforts with Javier Mascherano's blast well saved by Schwarzer.

Liverpool upped the pace in the second-half and Schwarzer had to be at his best to just tip over an Alberto Aquilani strike from the edge of the area.

Schwarzer was showing the kind of form that has made him one of the most consistent goalkeepers in the Premier League and he denied Ryan Babel at his near post.

But he had few other saves to make in the final stages as Fulham held firm and only a Sotirios Kyrgiakos header over the bar threatened to win it for Liverpool.