Fulham 0
Liverpool 2
Pennant 17 Crouch 70
Fulham 0 Liverpool 2 April 19 2008
Fulham's survival hopes were virtually finished off by goals from Jermaine Pennant and Peter Crouch as Liverpool won 2-0 at Craven Cottage.
Rafael Benitez risked the wrath of the Cottagers' relegation rivals by fielding another weakened team in West London - a gift which the hosts snapped up almost a year ago with a 1-0 win.
This time the Spaniard made eight changes but once the Reds had seen off Fulham's inevitable early flurry and taken a 16th-minute lead through a cracking finish by Pennant they always looked likely to justify their manager's decision.
Andriy Voronin's pass provided the perfect lay-off for Pennant to drill a right-footed shot high inside goalkeeper Kasey Keller's post.
Clint Dempsey's header finished just wide on 70 minutes, but seconds later Crouch sealed the points with a low finish which Keller should have saved.