Willian grabbed an injury-time winner from the penalty spot as Fulham beat Wolves in an entertaining Premier League match at Craven Cottage.
With the score at 2-2 referee Michael Salisbury awarded the match’s third penalty when he adjudged Joao Gomes to have fouled Harry Wilson, and Willian hammered the ball into the bottom corner from the spot.
Alex Iwobi had opened the scoring in the seventh minute for the hosts, side-footing Antonee Robinson’s cutback through the legs of Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa.
Matheus Cunha equalised for the visitors after 22 minutes, heading in Jean-Ricner Bellegarde’s cross after the Frenchman skilfully beat Robinson down the right.
Willian restored Fulham’s lead with the first penalty of the game just before the hour mark after Nelson Semedo had caught Tom Cairney on the edge of the box.
But Wolves soon had a spot-kick of their own inside the final 20 minutes when Tim Reem bundled over Hwang Hee-chan and the South Korea winger struck Wolves’ second equaliser from 12 yards.
Fulham rode their luck and benefitted from another late penalty call to sneak all three points.
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Fulham
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Squad number17Player nameLeno
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Squad number21Player nameCastagne
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Squad number3Player nameBassey
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Squad number13Player nameReam
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Squad number33Player nameRobinson
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Squad number6Player nameReed
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Squad number10Player nameCairney
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Squad number22Player nameIwobi
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Squad number18Player nameAndreas Pereira
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Squad number20Player nameWillian
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Squad number7Player nameJiménez
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Squad number4Player nameTosin
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Squad number8Player nameWilson
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Squad number28Player nameLukic
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Squad number30Player nameCarlos VinÃcius
Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Squad number1Player nameJosé Sá
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Squad number4Player nameBueno
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Squad number23Player nameKilman
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Squad number24Player nameToti Gomes
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Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo
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Squad number27Player nameBellegarde
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Squad number5Player nameLemina
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Squad number8Player nameJoão Gomes
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Squad number3Player nameAït-Nouri
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Squad number11Player nameHwang Hee-chan
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Squad number12Player nameMatheus Cunha
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Squad number2Player nameDoherty
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Squad number18Player nameKalajdzic
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Squad number20Player nameDoyle
Line-ups
Fulham
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 17Leno
- 21Castagne
- 3Bassey
- 13ReamBooked at 19mins
- 33Robinson
- 6Reed
- 10CairneySubstituted forLukicat 90+5′minutes
- 22Iwobi
- 18PereiraSubstituted forWilsonat 76′minutes
- 20WillianSubstituted forTosinat 90+5′minutes
- 7JiménezSubstituted forCarlos VinÃciusat 76′minutesBooked at 88mins
Substitutes
- 1Rodák
- 2Tete
- 4Tosin
- 8Wilson
- 12Ballo-Touré
- 14De Cordova-Reid
- 28Lukic
- 30Carlos VinÃcius
- 38Harris
Wolves
Formation 3-5-2
- 1Sá
- 4Bueno
- 23Kilman
- 24Gomes
- 22Nélson Semedo
- 27BellegardeSubstituted forKalajdzicat 62′minutes
- 5LeminaBooked at 84mins
- 8João GomesBooked at 33mins
- 3Aït-NouriSubstituted forDohertyat 19′minutes
- 11Hwang Hee-chan
- 12Matheus CunhaSubstituted forDoyleat 83′minutes
Substitutes
- 2Doherty
- 6Traoré
- 9Fábio Silva
- 17Bueno
- 18Kalajdzic
- 19Otto
- 20Doyle
- 21Sarabia
- 25Bentley
- Referee:
- Michael Salisbury
- Attendance:
- 24,366
Live Text
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Match ends, Fulham 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.
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Second Half ends, Fulham 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.
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Attempt missed. Hwang Hee-Chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Sasa Kalajdzic with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
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Foul by Sasa Lukic (Fulham).
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João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Harry Wilson (Fulham) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
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Substitution, Fulham. Sasa Lukic replaces Tom Cairney.
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Substitution, Fulham. Tosin Adarabioyo replaces Willian.
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Goal! Fulham 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2. Willian (Fulham) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
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VAR Decision: Penalty Fulham.
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Penalty Fulham. Harry Wilson draws a foul in the penalty area.
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Penalty conceded by João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) after a foul in the penalty area.
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Tom Cairney (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
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Carlos VinÃcius (Fulham) is shown the yellow card.
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Carlos VinÃcius (Fulham) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Maximilian Kilman (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
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Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Tom Cairney (Fulham) wins a free kick on the left wing.
