Man City survive remarkable second-half Fulham fightback
Baku, December 3, AZERTAC
Man City needed Josko Gvardiol's goal-line clearance in injury-time to survive a remarkable second-half Fulham fightback and edge a nine-goal thriller at Craven Cottage, Sky Sports reported.
Having trailed 5-1, Fulham fought back superbly with three unanswered goals, and nearly completed what would have been a scarcely-believable comeback in the 97th minute only for Gvardiol to hook Josh King's effort off the line.
It all seemed routine for City, who are now just two points behind league leaders Arsenal. Erling Haaland netted his 100th Premier League goal to open the floodgates. Tijjani Reijnders added a second soon after, before Phil Foden made it three as half-time beckoned. However, Emile Smith-Rowe gave Fulham a glimmer of hope in added time of the first half.
City picked it back up after the break when Foden scored his second, three minutes after the restart, to seemingly burst Fulham's bubble. When Jeremy Doku's deflected strike went in off Sander Berge the game appeared far beyond doubt in the 54th minute.
However, when Alex Iwobi fired in from the edge of the box, the atmosphere in west London changed.
Fulham smelled blood, knowing City gave away a two-goal lead against Leeds on Saturday before Foden's late winner. Half-time substitute Samuel Chukwueze rifled in a third for Fulham and within six minutes, the Nigeria international had another.
A lengthy VAR check gave the game its only breather as six minutes were needed to assess whether there was an offside before Chukwueze's second sensational effort.
Despite a valiant Fulham effort though and eight minutes of injury time added on, City held on and now move within touching distance of Arsenal.
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