Championship roundup: Fulham quick off mark to sink Millwall
Fulham maintained a strong start to the season under their new manager, Marco Silva, after surviving a late scare against Millwall.
Goals from Aleksandar Mitrovic and the 18-year-old Fabio Carvalho gave the visitors a comfortable 2-0 lead at the Den inside eight minutes, only for the former Arsenal and Bournemouth striker Benik Afobe to set up a nervous finish when his first goal for Millwall pulled one back with only three minutes to play.
Jake Cooper came closest to grabbing an equaliser but Fulham hung on to ensure they remain unbeaten at the top of the table after thrashing Huddersfield 5-1 at the weekend. The Millwall manager Gary Rowett, later refused to condemn home supporters who had booed players taking the knee before kick-off.
“We need to find a better way to unify people,” he told Sky. “I don’t want to comment on individuals’ decisions to do that but we just need to find a way to unify people and at the moment 20 seconds, 30 seconds in a game is causing such a rift and divide amongst football. In my opinion football is a great spectacle and we’re all privileged to be part of it but it has the power to help communities. We need help to find a more positive way of making some form of action.”
Stoke also have seven points after their 3-1 victory at Swansea, with Nick Powell, Sam Clucas and Leo Ostigard on target. Joel Piroe scored a late consolation for Swansea, who have just one point from their first three league matches under their new manager, Russell Martin.
Elsewhere, Cardiff came back from 2-0 down against Peterborough thanks to two goals from the defender Aden Flint to remain unbeaten this season. Harrison Burrows and Siriki Dembele had given Peterborough the lead after a goalless first half before Flint scored
twice in the final seven minutes to snatch a point.
Viktor Gyokeres scored the only goal of the game in first-half stoppage time as Coventry won at Blackpool, while Huddersfield edged a victory against the bottom side Preston thanks to a Sepp van den Berg own goal in the second half.
Amari Bell’s early goal for Luton proved to be enough to beat Barnsley as Nathan Jones’s side moved into third spot. Reading almost produced a comeback against Bristol City but Liam Moore’s late goal was not enough to peg back two goals from Andreas Weimann as they went down 3-2.