FULHAM 1 STOKE CITY FC 0
Stoke approached this game with a
degree of caution,but looked good for at least a point against a
lacklustre Fulham side,until 8 seconds before half time. Inside our
penalty box Robert Huth's defensive header out lacked distance,but
nine times out of ten it would have been more than adequate.
This,however, was the one in ten day,a
day when a master striker, a man who has tormented us during our
Premiership days,was in the right place at the right time. Fulham's
star turn, Berbatov,met the attempted clearance with a vicious
volley,which was unstoppable,past Begovic in a flash,tight in the
angle between post and bar. A goal of the highest quality, and as the
cliché goes, worthy of winning any match.
We should have been back in the hunt
shortly after half time, from either of two chances.First Peter
Crouch got past Senderos, but Schwarzer saved the defender
embarassmentbby managing to deflect the ball away from goal.Then a
Brek Shea flick,a Fulham handling offence,gave us the penalty route
back into the game. Jon Walters stepped up for the kick, keeper
Schwarzer gambled,dived to his right,and pulled off a save. Certainly
the ball was heading inside the post, but with insufficient venom to
beat him.
Stoke's switch to 4-4-2,and some
personnel changes gave us much more threat as we chased the game, but
there were really no more chances to get back on terms.
Amazingly still 10th in the
table....we seem to have been there for ever this season.
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