Monday, December 30, 2019

Narrow Defeat ...Fulham 1 Stoke City FC 0

Not much difference between the bottom and the top of the Championship.Poorish first half from The Potters,much improved second half toward the end of which we might have salvaged a point.

But it was not to be....London is still a poor hunting ground for us.Shawcross effectively shackled their leading scorer Mitrovic, but Fulham went in front on 26 minutes through Decordova-Reid who tapped home when Jack Butland could only parry a Knockaert ball across the face of his goal.

The home side had  further excellent chances but Butland was equal to all challenges making some fine saves.

Toward the end of the second half Stoke came more into the game and could have snatched a deserved point,Baath heading wide and keeper Rodak coping with a strong McClean volley.The impression that Fulham were hanging on in the end  was confirmed when Rodak was booked for time wasting.

Apart from losing the worst element of this game was the sight at the end of Ryan Shawcross hobbling around with a calf injury,which looks pretty certain to keep him out of the Huddersfield game.

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