Fulham vs Manchester United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Fulham FC 0 - 1 Manchester United FC
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:37
The full-time whistle blows at Craven Cottage as a relieved United can celebrate a much-needed three points thanks to Fernandes' late winner. After having a goal disallowed for offside after eight minutes, the Red Devils struggled to create much and Fulham enjoyed a strong second half, going close a couple of times as Onana came to the visitors' rescue on more than one occasion. It appeared the spoils would be shared, but in the 91st minute, Pellistri laid the ball back for Fernandes, before the United captain rifled into the bottom corner to put his team ahead. They would hold on to claim three massive points that take them up to 18 for the season, currently sixth ahead of the other Premier League games this weekend, and United fans will be hoping their team can put a run together and leave those back-to-back 3-0 victories in the rear-view mirror. For Fulham, they remain 14th, and the gap to the bottom three could be as narrow as four points come the end of the weekend. They travel to take on in-form Aston Villa next Sunday, while United's next game is in the Champions League with an away clash against FC Copenhagen on Wednesday. That is all we have from Craven Cottage, so thanks for your company and goodbye!
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:30
FULL-TIME: FULHAM 0-1 MANCHESTER UNITED
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:30
Yellow Card Raúl Alonso Jiménez Rodríguez
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:29
Fulham are rapidly running out of time and just cannot get the ball into the right areas to hurt United. The hosts have played well here, but it looks like they are going to come up short.
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:26
Substitution Alejandro Garnacho Ferreyra Raphaël Xavier Varane
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:25
Assist Facundo Pellistri Rebollo
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:23
Goal Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:23
It is really poor from Wilson as he curls high over the crossbar. A player with his calibre of dead-ball quality will be hugely disappointed with that.
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:22
Substitution Harry Wilson Thomas Cairney
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:22
Substitution Alexander Chuka Iwobi Raúl Alonso Jiménez Rodríguez
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:21
Dalot is cautioned for taking out Wilson. Perhaps more pressing, though, is that Fulham will have a free-kick in a great shooting position and with a player of Wilson's quality standing over it.
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:18
Yellow Card Harry Wilson
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:18
Dalot's cross finds Martial in the middle, but his acrobatic effort goes a couple yards wide of the right post. United have just started to get on top in the last couple of minutes.
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:17
Fernandes' free-kick from 30 yards out is heading towards the bottom corner, but the lack of power on the shot means Leno is able to scramble to his left and beat wide.
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:15
Yellow Card Alexander Chuka Iwobi
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:15
Silva brings on De Cordova-Reid for Pereira, perhaps a surprise with the former United man having created six chances, four more than any other player on the pitch.
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:12
Eriksen is replaced by Mount as Ten Hag tries to find an attacking spark.
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:12
United take a corner short, and the ball sits up nicely for Dalot to hit. His effort is poor, though, and flies well wide of the target. He certainly has that in his locker, but not on this occasion.
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:12
Substitution Rasmus Winther Højlund Anthony Jordan Martial
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:09
Rodrigo is distraught as he makes way for Vinicius. You hope for his sake that the injury is not as bad as he seems to fear.
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:09
Substitution Willian Borges da Silva Saša LukiÄ
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:09
Rodrigo did try to soldier on after going down a few minutes ago, but he is back on the turf and looks in some distress.
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:07
Iwobi goes for the spectacular as he fires goalwards from 30 yards out, but he gets well underneath his effort and the ball loops high into the stands.
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:04
Pellistri tries to make an impact off the bench as he takes the ball past Robinson before letting fly, but his effort lacks power and is easily saved by Leno down to the goalkeeper's left.
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:03
Rodrigo temporarily goes down after twisting awkwardly, but it looks like he will try to battle on.
Fulham vs Manchester United
14:01
Yellow Card Alejandro Garnacho Ferreyra
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:59
Yellow Card Andreas Hugo Hoelgebaum Pereira
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:59
Rodrigo leaps highest to meet Pereira's corner delivery, but his header flies just over the crossbar. United are clinging on at the moment.
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:59
Yellow Card João Maria Lobo Alves Palhares Costa Palhinha Gonçalves
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:57
Substitution Antony Matheus dos Santos Facundo Pellistri Rebollo
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:57
ONANA TO THE RESCUE! The ball bounces nicely for Wilson to strike from outside the box, but Onana makes a superb stop to prevent it flying in. However, moments later Willian plays a neat pass into the path of Palhinha, who blasts at goal, but again Onana makes a vital save to divert behind for a corner. Fulham are well on top at the moment!
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:54
Ahead of the goal-kick following Willian's shot, Maguire again looks to have a problem and he may have to make way.
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:52
The ball comes out to Willian in acres of space to shoot from outside the box, but he does not catch it as sweetly as he would have liked and his effort bounces wide of the left post.
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:51
CHANCE! Eriksen gives the ball away and Fulham catch United on the counter. The visitors look all at sea at the back as Wilson lays it to his left for Willian, but the winger's cutback is blocked by a combination of Maguire and Wan-Bissaka. That was a let-off for Ten Hag's men.
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:50
A decent spell of United pressure comes to an end as Maguire overhits a lofted throughball for Dalot, sending it skipping off the turf and out for a goal-kick. The idea was right, but the execution was not.
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:46
United have lost each of their last five Premier League away games in which they have failed to score in the first half, going on to lose those games by an aggregate score of 13-0.
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:45
Garnacho shows a great burst of pace to take him past Castagne, but his cross is tipped over by Leno. The winger has given his side a much-needed injection of energy since the interval.
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:45
After Wilson is fouled by Garnacho, Pereira floats a free-kick delivery into the United box. However, the lack of power on the cross gives Maguire the chance to leap and head clear.
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:41
Garnacho cuts onto his right foot before unleashing at goal, though Iwobi's block takes the sting out of the effort and Leno makes the save.
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:39
Silva's men get the ball rolling again for the second half. Can they kick on and pull off the upset?
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:28
After their terrible week, United needed a big performance, but we are yet to see that with Ten Hag's men looking lacklustre again. Their big stars are yet to make an impact, and Fulham have more than matched them despite their inferior resources, creating 0.33 xG to United's 0.24.
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:24
The referee blows his whistle to bring a low-key first half to an end with the scoreline 0-0 at Craven Cottage. United thought they were ahead with eight minutes on the clock when McTominay prodded home after Fernandes' free-kick had been diverted back across goal by Garnacho, but a lengthy VAR review adjudged Maguire to be offside in the build-up. Both teams struggled to create much after that, combining for just the one shot on target, and the teams head back to the changing rooms goalless.
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:23
HALF-TIME: FULHAM 0-0 MANCHESTER UNITED
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:21
A chance for Fernandes to get the ball into the Fulham box is wasted as he scoops the ball into the stands. That just about sums up United's attacking efforts so far.
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:19
We are well into five minutes of additional time at the end of this first half. The majority of that will be from the VAR review for McTominay's disallowed goal.
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:18
Willian cuts onto his right foot before curling towards the far corner, though his effort does not quite have the bend he wants on it and the ball flies past the right post.
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:16
The hosts win a couple of corners in quick succession as they look to get their noses in front before the interval, though United deal with both relatively comfortably.
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:14
Since the start of last season, the only defenders booked more times in the Premier League than Robinson (11) are Nelson Semedo (16) and Aaron Hickey (12).
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:13
A corner is headed out by the Fulham defence, though Dalot is waiting outside the box to let fly with a volley. His effort is wild, though, and flies into the stands.
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:12
Iwobi picks up the ball in his own half and dribbles deep into United territory. It is a great run, but he loses composure at the crucial moment and blazes wide of the target.
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:09
With just under 10 minutes to go until the break, we remain goalless at Craven Cottage. The teams have combined for just 0.35 xG (expected goals), with neither able to get into their full attacking flow.
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:07
The ball sits up nicely for Fernandes to hit from just outside the Fulham penalty area. He goes for placement rather than power, but Leno is able to leap to his left and catch the Portugal international's effort.
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:04
A Fernandes corner from the left is cleared, but only to Evans. He goes for the acrobatic volley, but looks every bit the centre-back as he lashes high over the crossbar.
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:03
Robinson wipes out Antony with a poor challenge and picks up the first yellow card of the game.
Fulham vs Manchester United
13:00
Willian arrows a cross towards the back post where it looks for all the world like Wilson will fire home, until Dalot bails out his team with a superb defensive intervention, intercepting at the vital moment.
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:59
United have won their last six Premier League away games against Fulham – only at West Bromwich Albion (eight between 1984 and 2011) have they won more consecutively at an opponent in their league history.
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:57
United are yet to have a shot in this game, and the likes of Fernandes and Hojlund have just not been a factor to this point. They will need to get their key attacking players more involved.
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:55
Palhinha catches the United defence out with a quick free-kick, setting Willian away down the left. The winger takes the ball right into the heart of the United penalty area, but Wan-Bissaka does well to get back into position and block the shot.
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:52
There are some tame appeals for a penalty as Fernandes goes down under Bassey's challenge, though the protests were half-hearted at best and the referee waves play on.
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:51
Antony sloppily loses the ball and Fulham look to catch United out on the counter, with plenty of white shirts flying forward. However, Robinson's cross towards the back post is dealt with by Dalot, who nods the ball away from danger.
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:48
Fulham break and Willian shows some neat footwork to make the space for a shot, though Wan-Bissaka makes an important block before Wilson is caught offside.
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:46
Since winning back-to-back Premier League games against United in March/December 2009, Fulham are now winless in their last 15 against them (three draws, 12 defeats).
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:45
NO GOAL!!! Maguire is deemed to be offside and impacting the play, and McTominay's goal is wiped out! That is a big let-off for Fulham. How will United respond?
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:44
This is a very lengthy check, and Maguire is the player in question despite not touching the ball. He is offside and appears to go for the ball, so it will be interesting to see what the verdict is...
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:44
GOAL!!! MCTOMINAY PUTS UNITED AHEAD!!! Eriksen floats the free-kick towards the back post, where Garnacho is waiting to divert the ball back across the face of goal. McTominay is on his toes in the middle and pokes home to put the visitors 1-0 up! That is the start they needed, though there is a VAR check to ascertain whether there was an offside in the build-up...
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:40
Assist Alejandro Garnacho Ferreyra
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:40
Palhinha perhaps a little fortunate not to receive a yellow card for bringing down Fernandes with a sliding challenge.
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:39
It will be interesting to see how United cope without Rashford, though they have done well without him previously. Since the start of 2021-22, in the Premier League United have a higher win percentage (10/16 - 62.5 per cent) and ppg (2.1) without Rashford than with him (34/70 - 48.6 per cent) and 1.6 ppg.
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:37
Maguire is going to try and soldier on having received some treatment. That is one to keep an eye on, for sure.
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:36
Just moments before going down, Maguire and Rodrigo clashed and the United man's head seemed to come off the forward's shoulder. He looks a little dazed.
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:34
United may have a problem here very early on as Maguire puts the ball out under seemingly no pressure before dropping to his haunches.
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:32
The visitors kick us off, and we are underway!
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:32
The two teams enter the pitch at Craven Cottage, and kick-off is now just moments away!
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:27
The big news for United is that Marcus Rashford is absent from the squad altogether. The official line is he has failed a fitness test, though Rashford has been criticised by some for celebrating his birthday hours after the derby defeat last weekend, including his own boss, who described his actions as "unacceptable". Ten Hag makes six changes from the Newcastle defeat, with Hojlund and Fernandes in for Martial and Hannibal in attack while McTominay and Eriksen come into the midfield, replacing the benched Mount and the injured Casemiro, who will be out for several weeks. Wan-Bissaka made his return against the Magpies and will start at right-back, while Evans replaces Lindelof. Varane remains on the bench.
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:24
Marco Silva rung the changes for the cup win at Portman Road in midweek, and a lot of his key players return as Leno replaces Rodak between the sticks while Ream and Robinson come into the back four. Iwobi and Willian are preferred to De Cordova-Reid and Cairney, while star midfielder Palhinha will hold in midfield.
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:20
SUBS: Anthony Martial, Sofyan Amrabat, Mason Mount, Sergio Reguilon, Altay Bayindir, Hannibal Mejbri, Facundo Pellistri, Raphael Varane, Kobbie Mainoo.
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:16
MANCHESTER UNITED (4-2-3-1): Andre Onana; Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Harry Maguire, Jonny Evans, Diogo Dalot; Christian Eriksen, Scott McTominay; Antony, Bruno Fernandes, Alejandro Garnacho; Rasmus Hojlund.
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:16
SUBS: Luc de Fougerolles, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Raul Jimenez, Harrison Reed, Marek Rodak, Sasa Lukic, Fode Ballo-Toure, Tom Cairney, Carlos Vinicius.
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:11
FULHAM (4-2-3-1): Bernd Leno; Timothy Castagne, Calvin Bassey, Tim Ream, Antonee Robinson; Harry Wilson, Joao Palhinha; Alex Iwobi, Andreas Pereira, Willian; Rodrigo Muniz.
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:07
In contrast to their hosts, United's week has been a tough one, suffering back-to-back 3-0 defeats at Old Trafford, firstly against rivals Manchester City in the Premier League and then Newcastle United to crash out of the EFL Cup. Erik ten Hag is a man under pressure, though his team have been better on the road this season, picking up nine points from a possible 15, and that away form could give the Red Devils a much-needed confidence boost heading into this one.
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:03
It has been a solid week for the Cottagers, picking up a decent point on the road at Brighton last weekend in the Premier League before easing past Championship side Ipswich Town on Wednesday to reach the EFL Cup quarter-finals for the first time since the 2004-05 campaign. All in all, it has been a reasonable start to Fulham's second season back in the top-flight, currently 14th and seven points above the bottom three.
Fulham vs Manchester United
12:03
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Fulham vs Manchester United
11:30
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