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Spurs Crash Out Of English League Cup, Manager Ange Postecoglou Defends Team Selection | Football News
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Spurs Crash Out Of English League Cup, Manager Ange Postecoglou Defends Team Selection | Football News

[ad_1] Ange Postecoglou defended his team selection after suffering his first defeat as Tottenham boss after Fulham won 5-3 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in the League Cup second round on Tuesday. Postecoglou had masterminded an encouraging start to his first season in charge of Tottenham, with successive Premier League wins against Manchester United and Bournemouth following a draw against Brentford. But the former Celtic boss paid the price for making nine changes to his starting line-up at Craven Cottage.Postecoglou handed a full debut to Manor Solomon, while Giovani Lo Celso and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg started despite speculation over their futures.Fulham boss Marco Silva made six changes himself, but it was Tottenham's understudies who struggled.Micky van de Ven's 19th-minute own ...
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Man Utd Rally To Beat Nottingham Forest, Arsenal Held By 10-man Fulham | Football News
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Man Utd Rally To Beat Nottingham Forest, Arsenal Held By 10-man Fulham | Football News

[ad_1] Manchester United hit back from conceding twice in the first four minutes to beat Nottingham Forest 3-2 on Saturday as Arsenal dropped points for the first time this season in a 2-2 draw with 10-man Fulham. The Gunners slip up allowed north London rivals Tottenham to remain top of the table on goal difference after they won 2-0 at Bournemouth. United were looking to kickstart their season after losing 2-0 to Tottenham last weekend, but could not have got off to a worse start at Old Trafford. Taiwo Awoniyi burst clear from a United corner to score for the seventh consecutive Premier League game after 90 seconds.There were just three minutes and 45 seconds on the clock when Willy Boly then found the net from Morgan Gibbs-White's free-kick.United escaped with a 1-0 win over Wolves in...
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Everton, Forest Rise Out Of Relegation Zone, Leicester Slide In 21-Goal Monday | Football News
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Everton, Forest Rise Out Of Relegation Zone, Leicester Slide In 21-Goal Monday | Football News

[ad_1] Everton moved out of the Premier League relegation zone with a ruthless 5-1 win at Brighton on Monday, while Leicester's hopes of survival are hanging by a thread after a 5-3 defeat at Fulham. Nottingham Forest also pulled themselves clear of the bottom three as they beat fellow strugglers Southampton 4-3. Brighton are in the hunt to qualify for Europe for the first time in the club's history, but a heavy schedule appeared to have taken its toll on Roberto De Zerbi's men as they were torn apart by an Everton side that had not won away since October.The Toffees had the dream start as Abdoulaye Doucoure opened the scoring after just 34 seconds.Doucoure's brilliant volley from Dwight McNeil's cross doubled Everton's lead before Brighton goalkeeper Jason Steele deflected McNeil's cros...
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Man City Go Top As Haaland Breaks 92-Year Goal Landmark | Football News
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Man City Go Top As Haaland Breaks 92-Year Goal Landmark | Football News

[ad_1] Manchester City moved to the top of the Premier League on Sunday as Erling Haaland shattered a 92-year goal landmark while Julian Alvarez scored a stunner to clinch a 2-1 win at Fulham. Norway striker Haaland converted a third-minute penalty at Craven Cottage to become the first top-flight player to score 50 goals in all competitions since 1931. "Before Winston Churchill was Prime Minister? Wow. Sounds a long time ago. Congratulations to Erling. The best goal to help us achieve what we want is still there," City boss Pep Guardiola said.Haaland also moved level with Alan Shearer and Andy Cole's single-season Premier League record total.Shearer scored 34 for Blackburn in 1995 and Cole hit the same tally for Newcastle in 1994.Carlos Vinicius equalised for Fulham but Alvarez's first g...
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Aston Villa Up To Fifth In Premier League As Leicester City Hold Leeds United | Football News
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Aston Villa Up To Fifth In Premier League As Leicester City Hold Leeds United | Football News

[ad_1] Aston Villa moved up to fifth in the Premier League with a 1-0 win over Fulham on Tuesday, as Leeds and Leicester played out a 1-1 draw in the battle to beat the drop. Villa are now unbeaten in 10 games as they make a late push for Europe thanks to a remarkable turnaround since Unai Emery took charge. Tyrone Mings scored the only goal at Villa Park as the England international headed in John McGinn's corner after 21 minutes. Emery's men did not reach the heights they have in recent weeks, but did enough to edge above Tottenham and to climb within five points of the top four, albeit having played more games than Newcastle and Manchester United in the battle for a place in next season's Champions League."We are in the Europa (League) position. It is still difficult to achieve but af...
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Aleksandar Mitrovic Handed Eight-Game Ban For Pushing Referee | Football News
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Aleksandar Mitrovic Handed Eight-Game Ban For Pushing Referee | Football News

[ad_1] Aleksandar Mitrovic suspended for 8 games© AFPFulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic has been handed an eight-game ban after he barged a referee during his side's FA Cup quarter-final defeat to Manchester United last month. The Serbian international was shown a straight red card for pushing Chris Kavanagh after the official awarded a penalty and dismissed Fulham's Willian for deliberate handball on the line. Fulham manager Marco Silva was also shown a red card at the time and will serve a two-game ban.Silva's men were leading 1-0 at the time of the red cards, but went on to lose 3-1 at Old Trafford.On top of an automatic three-match ban, Mitrovic was handed another three games for violent conduct towards a match official and further two for using language that was "improper, abusive, ...
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Fulham Get Three Red Cards In Crazy FA Cup Clash Against Manchester United. Watch | Football News
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Fulham Get Three Red Cards In Crazy FA Cup Clash Against Manchester United. Watch | Football News

[ad_1] Aleksandar Mitrovic was one of 2 Fulham players to be sent-off© AFPIn a never-seen-before incident, a total of three Fulham players were sent off by the referee after getting straight reds in the FA Cup clash against Manchester United. With Fulham leading at the 72nd-minute mark, it was Brazilian winger Willian who first received the marching order after the referee reviewed his hand-ball incident through VAR. Just moments later, Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic was given the marching orders for pushing the referee over the decision. Fulham manager Marco Silva left his coaching area and was sent off by the referee too. He had to be sent off by the referee for approaching the official near the VAR monitor.Fulham had taken the lead in the second half through Mitrovic before a Burn...
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Man Utd Capitalise On Fulham Red Mist To Reach FA Cup Semi-Finals | Football News
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Man Utd Capitalise On Fulham Red Mist To Reach FA Cup Semi-Finals | Football News

[ad_1] Manchester United set up a FA Cup semi-final against Brighton in remarkable fashion as Fulham captain Aleksandar Mitrovic was sent off for pushing the referee in a 3-1 defeat at Old Trafford on Sunday. Mitrovic was shown one of three Fulham red cards in a matter of seconds as he barged into Chris Kavanagh for awarding United a penalty after a VAR review for Willian's handball on the line. The Brazilian was also dismissed, along with Fulham manager Marco Silva on the touchline. United took advantage as two goals from Bruno Fernandes and Marcel Sabitzer's first for the club kept Erik ten Hag's men on course for a treble of cup competitions."Mitro should control his emotions a bit," said Silva. "If he wants to give me the red card I have to accept it because he didn't listen to me at...
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Super-Sub Manor Solomon Scores Again As Fulham Rescue Wolverhampton Draw | Football News
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Super-Sub Manor Solomon Scores Again As Fulham Rescue Wolverhampton Draw | Football News

[ad_1] Manor Solomon extended his hot streak as the Fulham forward came off the bench to rescue a 1-1 draw against Wolves in Friday's Premier League clash. Marco Silva's side trailed to Pablo Sarabia's first goal in five appearances for Wolves since his January move from Paris Saint Germain. But Israel international Solomon netted after half-time to stretch Fulham's unbeaten run in the league to four matches. Solomon made a quiet start after joining Fulham on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk last year, but the 23-year-old now has three goals in his last three appearances.Solomon is the first Israeli player to score in three consecutive Premier League appearances since Liverpool's Ronny Rosenthal in 1992."It's not for sure that he will start next time. He doesn't have 90 minutes in his legs yet...
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Arsenal Regain Top Spot As Manchester City Stumble In Title Race | Football News
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Arsenal Regain Top Spot As Manchester City Stumble In Title Race | Football News

[ad_1] Arsenal regained pole position in the Premier League title race on Saturday as the Gunners fought back for a thrilling 4-2 victory at Aston Villa, while Manchester City were held to a damaging 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest. Just three days after surrendering first place with a 3-1 defeat against City, Arsenal bounced back in impressive style to move two points clear of the champions. With just minutes left at Villa Park, Mikel Arteta's side were in danger of slipping up again in their bid to win the title for the first time since 2004.Arsenal twice trailed to goals from Ollie Watkins and Philippe Coutinho, only for Bukayo Saka and then Oleksandr Zinchenko to haul them level.Deep into second half stoppage-time, Arsenal received a helping hand from their former keeper as Emiliano Ma...
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