Fulham firing on all cylinders now
THEY’VE HIT 22 GOALS IN FOUR GAMES
FABIO CARVALHO says Fulham have the firepower to out-gun any side after their 3-2 win at Stoke.
Even without ill 27-goal striker Aleksandar Mitrovic, the Championship leaders held off a fierce challenge from the Potters to go eight points clear.
Influential Harry Wilson was also ill, though manager Marco Silva refused to confirm whether or not it was with Covid.
So to fight back from a goal down inside a minute backs up Carvalho’s claim.
The winger said: “The times where we have conceded goals, we have shown great character.
“With the goals we are scoring, the team spirit is so high.”
Fulham have belted in 22 goals in their past four games.
Brazilian Rodrigo Muniz, 19, had started only one previous game since a £6.7million move from Flamengo in August, though he has scord four times off the bench. Muniz levelled a minute after D’Margio Wright-Phillips’ opener for Stoke, then Carvalho gave Fulham the lead with a 33rd-minute drive. Lewis Baker equalised for Stoke but Bobby Decordova-Reid settled it after Muniz hit the bar with a header.
Stoke have a budding star of their own in Ian Wright’s grandson Wright-Phillips, 20.
Potters boss Michael O’Neill said: “I have told the players if they can keep playing like that, we will finish in the top six.” Scott Parker has sent out
a transfer SOS to keep Bournemouth’s promotion dream on track. The Cherries are clinging on to second place on goal difference after Ryan Longman’s late winner gave Hull a 1-0 win at the Vitality Stadium.
Parker said: “We need help. We are a young squad and we’ve done incredibly well to put ourselves in the position we’re in.” Tom Lawrence is a target, with Derby desperate for funds to survive, though Rams administrators are hopeful of offloading the club within days.
Defender Curtis Davies, 36, said: “If we’re likely to lose three or four players this week, who knows what we can do?
“If we lose some players and the club survives I’m happy.”
Wayne Rooney’s side are still just eight points from safety after losing 2-1 at East Midlands rivals Nottingham Forest, who won goals by Lewis Grabban and Brennan Johnson.
Lawrence’s late penalty was not enough before Ravel Morrison was dismissed for a late lunge.
Albert Adomah thinks
QPR have what it takes to earn him a hat-trick of promotions to the Premier League. The winger, 34, headed the winner in a 2-1 win at Coventry to secure Rangers’ fourth straight league victory.
Adomah, promoted with Aston Villa and Middlesbrough, said: “I believe we could get promotion because of the players we have.”