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Tottenham Hotspur Held By West Ham, Everton Hit Back At Newcastle United | Football News
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Tottenham Hotspur Held By West Ham, Everton Hit Back At Newcastle United | Football News

[ad_1] Tottenham missed the chance to move into the Premier League's top four after a 1-1 draw at West Ham, while Newcastle were also held 1-1 by Everton on Tuesday. Spurs have made a habit of recovering from slow starts to win in recent months, but this time they failed to capitalise on scoring after just five minutes. Brennan Johnson was left with the simple task of tapping into an empty net from Timo Werner's cross. West Ham were under pressure to respond after collapsing from 3-1 up to lose 4-3 at Newcastle on Saturday.The Hammers were quickly level as Jarrod Bowen's corner flew in off the back of Kurt Zouma.A draw kept West Ham one point ahead of Newcastle in seventh, but they missed the best chance to take all three points when Michail Antonio fired straight at Guglielmo Vicario.To...
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Tottenham Hotspurs’ Top Four Bid Rocked By Fulham, Luton Draw With Nottingham Forest | Football News
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Tottenham Hotspurs’ Top Four Bid Rocked By Fulham, Luton Draw With Nottingham Forest | Football News

[ad_1] Tottenham wasted a chance to move into the Premier League's top four as they slumped to a shock 3-0 defeat at Fulham, while Luton salvaged a crucial 1-1 draw with relegation rivals Nottingham Forest on Saturday. Ange Postecoglou's side would have climbed above Aston Villa into fourth place with a win, but instead they handed the initiative back to their top-four rivals. Fifth-placed Tottenham were punished for a sloppy performance as the in-form Rodrigo Muniz netted twice either side of Sasa Lukic's first goal for Fulham.A 4-0 win at Villa last weekend was expected to act as Tottenham's springboard to finish above Unai Emery's team in the battle to qualify for next season's Champions League.Instead, the north Londoners crashed to a first league defeat at Craven Cottage since 2008 ...
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Harry Maguire Slams ‘Naive’ Manchester United After Shock Fulham Defeat | Football News
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Harry Maguire Slams ‘Naive’ Manchester United After Shock Fulham Defeat | Football News

[ad_1] Harry Maguire admitted "naive" Manchester United paid the price for being too attacking in the final minutes of their shock 2-1 defeat against Fulham on Saturday. Erik ten Hag's side suffered a major blow to their hopes of a top four finish in the Premier League as Alex Iwobi snatched Fulham's winner seven minutes into stoppage-time. United defender Maguire looked to have rescued a point when his close-range finish in the 89th minute cancelled out Calvin Bassey's 65th minute opener. But United were caught throwing players forward in search of all three points as Iwobi capped a coun...
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Liverpool Fight Back To Take League Cup Semi-Final Lead Over Fulham | Football News
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Liverpool Fight Back To Take League Cup Semi-Final Lead Over Fulham | Football News

[ad_1] Liverpool produced another comeback after conceding first to take a 2-1 lead over Fulham into the second leg of their League Cup semi-final on Wednesday. Willian fired the visitors in front in their first ever League Cup semi-final at Anfield. But two goals in three second-half minutes from Curtis Jones and Cody Gakpo gave the Reds a slender advantage ahead of the second leg at Craven Cottage on January 24. Jurgen Klopp's men have now fallen behind in 14 games this season, but have won seven of those matches and lost just three."It's the mentality in the group, in the club, in the city. Everybody is like this," said Gakpo."Just keep going no matter what happens. We showed it again today. If you've got that mentality, a lot of beautiful things can happen."Liverpool were without Moh...
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Premier League: Arsenal Falter Once More At Fulham, Spurs Close On Top Four | Football News
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Premier League: Arsenal Falter Once More At Fulham, Spurs Close On Top Four | Football News

[ad_1] Arsenal's Premier League title challenge suffered another blow in a 2-1 defeat at Fulham on Sunday, as Tottenham beat Bournemouth 3-1 to close in on their north London rivals. The Gunners' high hopes of a first league title in 20 years have been rocked by two damaging defeats in four days. Mikel Arteta was looking for a response after losing 2-0 at home to West Ham on Thursday and the visitors started brightly at Craven Cottage.Bukayo Saka pounced to tap home his first goal in six games after Bernd Leno parried Gabriel Martinelli's initial effort.But Arsenal failed to build on their early advantage and Fulham hit back to snap a three-game losing run in the Premier League without even scoring a goal.Raul Jimenez was badly missed during his three-game ban for a red card at Newcastle...
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Rebecca Welch Becomes First Female Referee In English Premier League | Football News
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Rebecca Welch Becomes First Female Referee In English Premier League | Football News

[ad_1] Rebecca Welch during Premier League match between Fulham and Burnley on December 23, 2023.© AFPRebecca Welch became the first woman to referee an English Premier League football match when she blew the whistle on Fulham's game against Burnley at Craven Cottage on Saturday. Welch, a 40-year-old from Washington in northeast England, was working for the National Health Service when she began her refereeing career in 2010. She rose through the officiating ranks and, in 2021, became the first woman appointed to referee a match in the English Football League when she took charge of the fourth-tier fixture between Harrogate and Port Vale.Welch was also the first female official to referee matches in the Championship and third round of the FA Cup.Last month she became the first woman to a...
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Liverpool Dominate West Ham To Reach League Cup Semis | Football News
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Liverpool Dominate West Ham To Reach League Cup Semis | Football News

[ad_1] Liverpool destroyed West Ham 5-1 on Wednesday to set up a League Cup semi-final against Fulham, easing the frustration of their weekend Premier League stalemate against Manchester United. Curtis Jones scored twice and Dominik Szoboszlai, Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah were also on the scoresheet for Jurgen Klopp's dominant team, who were trophyless last season. No team have won more League Cups than Liverpool, who lifted the trophy for the ninth time in the 2021/22 season.The Reds had 34 shots against United in Sunday's Premier League match without finding the net, failing to win at home for the first time this season to their intense frustration.Manager Jurgen Klopp said he was delighted with his team's "joyful football" as they once again clicked in front of goal against West Ham....
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Wolves Boss Gary O’Neil Rages Against VAR After Fulham Defeat | Football News
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Wolves Boss Gary O’Neil Rages Against VAR After Fulham Defeat | Football News

[ad_1] Furious Wolves boss Gary O'Neil said bad refereeing decisions were hurting his reputation and "people's livelihoods" after his team were on the wrong end of more VAR controversy in their 3-2 Premier League defeat at Fulham on Monday. Willian scored two penalties -- including a stoppage-time winner -- while Alex Iwobi's early strike for Fulham was cancelled out by Matheus Cunha and Wolves' Hwang Hee-chan also netted from the spot.But VAR was once again the talking point after an engrossing match at Craven Cottage.Fulham started the match brightly and took a deserved lead in the seventh minute with a nicely worked goal down the left, finished by Iwobi.The visitors were level midway through the first half when Cunha headed home after sparkling wing play on the right by Jean-Ricner Be...
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Son, Maddison Star As Spurs Go Top Of Premier League | Football News
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Son, Maddison Star As Spurs Go Top Of Premier League | Football News

[ad_1] Tottenham surged to the top of the Premier League as Son Heung-min and James Maddison sealed a 2-0 win against Fulham on Monday. Ange Postecoglou's side extended their unbeaten start to nine league games thanks to Son's opener and Maddison's first goal at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium since his close-season move from Leicester. Tottenham leapfrogged Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool to go two points clear at the top of the table.Fulham are the only team to beat Tottenham this season, knocking them out of the League Cup on penalties in August.But they avenged that loss by recording a third successive league victory to strengthen their unexpected title challenge.Saluting Son and Maddison, Postecoglou said: "They are both quality players. They are both leaders at the club."They ...
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Premier League: Chelsea Stun Fulham With Quickfire Double | Football News
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Premier League: Chelsea Stun Fulham With Quickfire Double | Football News

[ad_1] Goal-shy Chelsea finally found their cutting edge on Monday, striking twice in 82 seconds to earn a morale-boosting 2-0 win against Fulham as Mykhailo Mudryk finally got off the mark. Mauricio Pochettino's injury-ravaged team travelled to the home of their near-neighbours just two points above the relegation zone and with only five goals to their name. Wasted early opportunities hinted at familiar failings but Ukrainian winger Mudryk scored his first goal in a Chelsea shirt in the 18th minute and Armando Broja doubled the lead in the blink of an eye.The win lifts Chelsea to mid-table and eases the pressure on beleaguered new manager Pochettino, whose team had failed to score in their previous three Premier League games.The former Tottenham and Paris Saint-Germain boss had pleaded ...
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