Manchester Metropolis piled the stress on the Premier League leaders.
Manchester Metropolis moved to inside three factors of Arsenal within the Premier League title race as they eased to a 3-0 win over Fulham.
Having come by way of an acid check at Anfield by claiming a late 2-1 win over Liverpool, Metropolis had a considerably simpler time of it in opposition to Fulham, who noticed one other loss added to their depressing file on this fixture.
Metropolis went into the sport having gained their earlier 19 conferences with Fulham in all competitions, the longest profitable run one facet has had in opposition to one other in English soccer historical past.
That file being stretched to twenty video games was primarily all however confirmed by half-time as Antoine Semenyo opened the scoring earlier than Nico O’Reilly and Erling Haaland gave Metropolis full management.
Fulham had fought again from 3-0 down within the reverse fixture in December, which resulted in a 5-4 Metropolis win, however the prospect of a repeat was by no means on the playing cards.
The main focus now switches to Arsenal, who will hope to re-establish a six-point benefit once they make the brief journey to Brentford on Thursday.
Manchester Metropolis proceed Fulham dominance
Metropolis have been in management from the off, with Phil Foden seeing a volley deflected over after which capturing straight at Bernd Leno after the hosts discovered pleasure down the precise.
Matheus Nunes was thwarted on the far put up by Leno, however there was nothing the German may do to stop Semenyo prodding in a Twenty fourth-minute opener from point-blank vary after Sander Berge had inadvertently headed a right-wing cross into his path. Semenyo’s purpose marked his sixth in opposition to Fulham in his Premier League profession.
Gianluigi Donnarumma was pressured to supply a robust save to stop Harry Wilson from rapidly restoring parity, however a swift and free-flowing transfer from Metropolis noticed them double their benefit as Semenyo performed by way of O’Reilly to beat Leno with an outstanding lofted end.
And Haaland gave Fulham a mountain to climb along with his eighth purpose in as many Premier League video games in opposition to the Cottagers, his unerring end into the bottom-right nook leaving Marco Silva’s males with the identical job they confronted at Craven Cottage.
Regardless of Raul Jimenez seeing two probabilities go begging and Emile Smith Rowe narrowly lacking out on getting a telling contact on a ball throughout the face of purpose, a fightback all the time appeared past Fulham.
Certainly, probabilities have been few and much between in a second half by which Metropolis took their foot off the gasoline having withdrawn Haaland at half-time. Whereas Metropolis did not win by a extra emphatic scoreline and surpass Arsenal when it comes to purpose distinction, they are going to be grateful for a low-key second half on the again of their appreciable exertions at Anfield.
