Goals: 30. Alex Iwobi, 34. Raúl Jiménez, 54. Raúl Jiménez, 74. Alex Iwobi, 86. Tom Cairney
Fulham were thrashed 5-0 at home to Nottingham in the Premier League Round 15, confirming their fine scoring form of recent matches, scoring nine times in their previous three meetings. In a duel with a popular opponent, whom he defeated twice last season, the “Chalupářů”‘s brilliant five-minute shot decided after about half an hour of play. First, after an assist from Willian, the first Brazilian with 300 starts in the English top flight, Alex Iwobi, the author of two goals, opened the net, and shortly afterwards, Raúl Jiménez, who also scored two goals, added a precise strike.
Last weekend, Fulham threw off the label of a team that does not work offensively and put three goals against the famous Liverpool. Unfortunately for the Cottagers, however, the Reds managed a fantastic turnaround at Anfield and took the win with two late goals. The Londoners have so far alternated between victories and defeats in front of their own fans with iron regularity, which gave Nottingham confidence, because the visitors’ success was on the line. But they entered the match after more than a month of waiting for a point gain.
Forest players made themselves known for the first time. After a quarter of an hour of play, Divock Origi had nothing to worry about and tried to shoot from a distance, but his shot narrowly missed the right post. Andreas Pereira came even closer to the goal in the 26th minute on the other side of the field, when he sent a shot from a free kick exactly into the left part of the goal structure of the visiting goalkeeper.
After half an hour, The Whites could celebrate their first successful strike. Willian sent a millimeter cross from the left side, which Iwobi neatly cleared from the edge of the small area. A few minutes later, after a great pass from Pereira, Jiménez appeared alone behind the defense and added his team’s second goal.
The goal from the first half was followed up by Jiménez shortly after the start of the second half when, after overcoming several defenders and the goalkeeper, he finished with a foot into the empty net. The home team did not let up and kept pushing forward. The result was a second strike by Iwobi, who managed to beat Odysseus Vlachodimos in the 74th minute with a shot to the left post.
At the end of the match, Tom Cairney got into another dangerous situation after hesitating in the play-off, his shooting finish from the edge of the penalty spot was another intractable one for the visiting goalkeeper, and thanks to this he could celebrate his first goal of the season.
Like the two previous meetings between them in the Premier League, this one ended in a win for Fulham. The latter will welcome West Ham in the next round on December 10, Nottingham will play a day earlier in Wolverhampton.
2023-12-06 22:20:48
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