Tremendous Eagles duo Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey returned to successful methods on Saturday as Fulham ended a four-game shedding streak with an emphatic 3-0 victory over struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers at Craven Cottage.
Each Nigerians performed essential roles within the much-needed win, with Bassey that includes for the whole 90 minutes whereas Iwobi was substituted within the 89th minute after one other industrious show in midfield.
Samuel Chukwueze additionally featured within the recreation; coming in as a 77th minute substitute.
Fulham made a flying begin via Ryan Sessegnon, who opened the scoring within the ninth minute.
Wolves’ job grew even tougher when Emmanuel Agbadou was proven a straight pink card within the thirty sixth minute for a reckless problem.
With the guests lowered to 10 males, Fulham dominated proceedings and prolonged their benefit within the 62nd minute via Harry Wilson’s exact end.
Tolu Arokodare who scored towards Chelsea within the Carabao Cup a number of days in the past was introduced in to rescue the state of affairs however he couldn’t cease the rampaging hosts.
The competition was successfully over when Yerson Mosquera turned the ball into his personal web late on within the seventy fifth minute, sealing a cushty 3-0 consequence for Marco Silva’s facet.
The victory lifted Fulham to 14th place on the Premier League desk, whereas Wolves stay rooted to the underside with no single win after 10 matches.
Worryingly, Wolves have now develop into the primary membership in Premier League historical past to start out consecutive seasons with no win of their opening ten video games.
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At Selhurst Park, fellow Nigerians Chrisantus Uche and Frank Onyeka had been unused substitutes as Crystal Palace claimed a 2-0 win over Brentford.
Jean-Philippe Mateta scored and the Eagles additionally benefited from Nathan Collins’ personal objective as they climbed to eighth with 16 factors. Brentford, in the meantime, dropped to twelfth on 13 factors.
Elsewhere, Arsenal maintained their excellent kind, stretching their lead on the high of the desk to seven factors with knowledgeable 2-0 victory over Burnley at Turf Moor. First-half headers from Viktor Gyokeres and Declan Rice ensured Mikel Arteta’s males recorded their ninth consecutive win in all competitions.
The Gunners have now saved seven straight clear sheets and conceded simply three targets all season, additional underlining their defensive power.
The consequence retains alive hopes of ending their 21-year look ahead to a Premier League title.
On the Metropolis Floor, Manchester United prolonged their unbeaten run underneath Ruben Amorim to 4 video games following a hard-fought 2-2 draw with Nottingham Forest. Casemiro’s header gave United the lead, however Forest turned the sport round with quickfire targets from Morgan Gibbs-White and Nicolo Savona. United had been rescued late on by Amad Diallo, whose thunderous volley earned the guests a share of the spoils.
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Taiwo Awoniyi got here on as a second half substitute however he was unable to get on the scorers’ sheet.
In the meantime, Brighton additionally loved a dominant afternoon on the Amex Stadium, cruising to a 3-0 win over Leeds United.
Danny Welbeck opened the scoring earlier than Diego Gomez added a brace within the second half to finish the rout.
In North London, Chelsea edged Tottenham Hotspur 1-0, courtesy of a first-half strike from Jao Pedro.
Remarkably, Chelsea have now received extra Premier League matches on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium than some other away workforce for the reason that venue opened in 2019.
Liverpool defeated Aston Villa 2-0 at Anfield within the day’s final Premier League contest because the champions returned to successful methods after 4 consecutive losses.
