This meeting between Fulham and Manchester City will remain as one of the highlight moments of this season in England. After 44 minutes of play, however, nothing suggested such a clash. Manchester City led 3-0 thanks to Haaland’s 100th goal (17th) in the Premier League, Reijnders (37th) and Foden (44th), who finally scored a double after returning from the locker room (48th). In the meantime, Smith-Rowe had reduced the score (45th + 2) for a semblance of suspense in the second half.
The Skyblues even led 5-1 with Berge’s own goal (54th) and were heading towards a big success. Except that the magic of football worked and offered an absolutely crazy finish. Iwobi (57th) then a double from Chukwueze (72nd, 78th) allowed the Cottagers to come back to within a very small goal of their evening opponent with still a good quarter of an hour to play with added time. Despite this, and a few small situations, Fulham never came back and lost 5-4 on this 14th day. 2nd, City is two short lengths behind Arsenal. At the same time, Everton won at Bournemouth 1-0 thanks to a goal from Grealish (73rd).
The results of the 8:30 p.m. matches:
Bournemouth 0 – 1 Everton : Grealish (73rd)
Fulham 4 – 5 Manchester City : Smith-Rowe (45th+2), Iwobi (57th), Chukwueze (72nd, 78th); Haaland (17th), Reijnders (37th), Foden (44th, 48th), Berge (csc 54th)
