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Fulham vs Everton
17:13A smash and grab away performance from Everton sees the Blues leave Craven Cottage with a 3-1 win and all three points. For much of the first half, it was difficult to see where the goals were going to come from for David Moyes' side. That seemed especially accurate as Fulham talisman, Jimenez nodded home on 17 minutes after good work from Smith Rowe down the left. Everton got themselves on level terms with a cruelly deflected effort from Mykolenko, who atoned for his earlier mistake, losing his marker for the first goal. Everton emerged after the break with much more urgency and intent and went ahead through Keane's header after McNeil centred from a corner. Just three minutes later, Everton added a third from the industrious Beto. Leno will certainly feel he should have done better after a right-footed shot was allowed to squirm through the stopper's gloves. Nevertheless, it was agood finish from Everton's top scorer, who moves onto eight goals for the campaign. Fulham boss, Silva will be bitterly disappointed his side were unable to make headway in their quest for European football, today. It looked an ideal opportunity against a struggling Everton outfit, but they failed to press home home advantage. Fulham did have chances, and mustered an xG of 0.97. Everton's was healthier with an xG of 1.05, but they took their chances and take the win. They will now divert their attention to the emotional fixture at Goodison next week. Thank you for joining our live text commentary today and goodbye.
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17:01FULL-TIME: FULHAM 1-3 EVERTON
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17:00The referee waves away the appeal. Not often you see that. The referee sticks with his original decision, much to the pleasure of Moyes.
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16:59There is a check here for a handball inside the Everton area. Traore chips the ball up at Mykolenko's hand. His hand is away from his body, but he can't possibly get out of the way. The on-field official is asked to look at the pitchside monitor.
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16:56Calvert-Lewin makes a well-timed run in behind and looks to chip the onrushing Leno but the flag goes up for offside.
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16:55A lull in the stadium as this contest looks to be all but done. Everton are enjoying leaping into counters as Fulham over-commit.
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16:54Seven minutes are to be added. Still time for Fulham to grab something, but they have to move quickly.
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16:50Substitution Idrissa Gana Gueye Séamus Coleman
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16:50Substitution Norberto Bercique Gomes Betuncal Dominic Nathaniel Calvert-Lewin
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16:50Substitute, Godo raids down the Fulahm left, and cuts the ball back, but the staunch backline resistance from Eerton gets the ball away to safety.
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16:44It was one win in the last 10 attempts for Everton before today. But it has been a near perfect performance from the visitors today. It will delight Moyes, who will now enter the emotional Goodison farewell week in good spirits, should they hold on.
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16:44Substitution Carlos Jonás Alcaraz Durán Timothy Emeka Iroegbunam
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16:43Substitution Sander Gard Bolin Berge Joshua David Steven King
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16:40It is the away support that is in full voice now, and Fulham look shell-shocked. Their European hopes look to be fading very quickly.
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16:35Substitution Andreas Hugo Hoelgebaum Pereira Thomas Cairney
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16:35Substitution Harry Wilson Willian Borges da Silva
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16:34Goal Norberto Bercique Gomes Betuncal
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16:31Assist Dwight James Matthew McNeil
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16:30Goal Michael Vincent Keane
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16:30Alcaraz sends Sessegnon careering into the advertising hoardings with a shoulder charge that prevents the full-back from stopping a corner.
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16:28Beto is continuing to battle hard for the away side. He leaps for a header with Berge but a stray arm catches the Norwegian and a free-kick is conceded. The striker needs more support around him to help knit something together.
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16:26Fulham have gone 15 Premier League matches without a draw. They have won seven and lost eight since drawing 2-2 with Ipswich back in January. They are drawing this one. Can they find a winner?
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16:23Substitution Emile Smith Rowe Adama Traoré Diarra
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16:21Substitution Abdoulaye Doucouré Iliman Cheikh Baroy Ndiaye
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16:21Substitution Jack David Harrison Dwight James Matthew McNeil
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16:21Doucoure gets down the Everton left and looks to feed a blue shirt with a cut-back from the byline, but only Leno and Bassey were in attendance and clear to safety.
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16:19Wilson has his seventh attempt on goal. This time, it is wayward and goes high and wide of the far left post. His Fulham teammates will be disappointed with the selfishness shown there.
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16:17Beto looks to breka down the Everton right channel and is bowled over by Berge. Free-kick which will be catapulted into the Fulham box. Young slings it in towards Beto but as he swings to connect, the ball is hacked away.
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16:16Yellow Card Sander Gard Bolin Berge
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16:15PICKFORD HEROICS SAVE EVERTON AGAIN!! A superbly executed left-foot shot from Wilson has Pickford back-peddling to deny the Welshman. Wilson improvised beautifully as he allowed the ball to drop on the right wing before looping a volley with the outside of his foot that looked to be dropping in the far left corner. Pickford reaches high and tips the ball away from goal as he retreats backwards. Great save from England's number one.
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16:13SHOT FROM SESSEGNON BLOCKED!! Smith Rowe cushions a beautiful volley into the path of Sessegnon on the Fulham left. He feeds Iwobi who takes the ball and diverts it back to the full-back, who shoots from a wide angle. The shot has Pickford spreading his frame and blocking it out. Another shot on target for the home side.
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16:11A succession of Everton corners gives Fulham a bit of defending to do. Not much in the way of joined up attacks, but at least a bit of pressure now mounting.
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16:10Another long, direct ball from Branthwaite finds its home; the head of Harrison. A neat one-two ends up with a deflection from a Fulham player. A corner for Everton and a chance for a bit of pressure.
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16:09A lovely straight ball from Sessegnon momentarily allows Jimenez to drift between Branthwaite and Keane. He pokes it away from both players, but is forced too wide and the attack ends.
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16:06Fulham's Harry Wilson had five shots in that first half. As many as Everton managed throughout their whole team.
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16:05Fulham get us back under way at Craven Cottage.
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16:01Everton would have been looking towards their bench to change the game before that moment in injury time. They have struggled with scoring goals this season, but they do have some firepower on the bench, with Calvert-Lewin, McNeil and Ndiaye poised to make an impact. For Fulham, they haven't done too much wrong, but conceding so late in the first half will have irked Marco Silva. The plus point of that half, was seeing Jimenez break his slight barron spell by getting his 13th goal in all competitions.
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15:58Everton will be delighted to go in 1-1 after Fulham looked in control for much of that first half. Fulham's early dominance saw a couple of warning shots fired by Wilson and Iwobi before they got their noses in front with the poaching instincts of Jimenez ensuring he got in ahead of Mykolenko at the far post. The Ukranian managed to make amends just before half-time though as Everton tried to press higher up the pitch. They got their reward in injury time as the full-back hit a shot that was diverted in by Pereira. Everton got on the scoresheet inspite of only managing an xG of 0.22 in that first period. Fulham managed a marginally better xG of 0.52.
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15:53HALF-TIME: FULHAM 1-1 EVERTON
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15:50Assist Abdoulaye Doucouré
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15:49Goal Vitalii Mykolenko
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15:49SHOT ON GOAL FROM ALCARAZ!! Alcarez gambled on a loose ball that Fulham failed to clear and angled an acute drive that Leno was equal to.
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15:47Three minutes will be added on at the end of this first period.
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15:46TIPPED AROUND THE POST FROM PICKFORD!! After Pereira robs an Everton player deep in his own territory, Jimenez backheels to Wilson who drifts across the Everton penalty area from the Fulham right. He feints to shoot three times before finally unleashing a shot that was creeping into the bottom right corner before Pickford tips around the post.
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15:44The Everton corner comes to nothing as a poor header ends up in the clutches of Leno who immedaitely looks forward to mount a counter.
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15:43Bassey storms out of defence jinking past challenges to wows of the Fulham crowd. But then he loses it, and Everton try to play the ball down the channel where Bassey should be. Beto fights hard with no support and eventually, the visitors earn a corner.
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15:41JUST OVER FROM IWOBI!! Fulham break quickly, catching Everton out of position. Jimenez feeds Wilson on the left edge of the area. The Welshman shoots, but it is blocked and arrives at the feet of Jimenez, who pokes across the box for Iwobi to take a shot. The Nigerian tries to caress a delicate right-footed effort into the far right corner, but it drifts over. He gets too much on it and lifts his shirt over his head in annoyance.
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15:38That looks a painful one for Branthwaite as Jimenez prepared to leap and used the centre-back's foot as a platform to jump from. Free-kick for Everton, with Pickford to take it well outside his area.
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15:37Fulham fans urge Pereira to shoot from around 30 yards out. They instantly realise why it doesn't happen very often as the midfielder skies his effort way, way over the crossbar.
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15:36Already, there is quite a disparity between both teams' passes in the opposition half. Everton have just 57 passes in the Fulham half, whilst the London side have 123 in the Toffees' half.
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15:34Alcaraz shoves Pereira on the touchline. He thinks it was a fair shoulder charge but the referee thinks otherwise. A bit of frustration creeping in from those players in blue who aren't getting any of the ball.
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15:32Young shows a bit of tenacity as he tries to get out of the full-back position down the Everton right. No Everton player has received more cards than Young this season. The former Man Utd and Villa man has six yellows and one red card.
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15:30A long cross-field pass from the heart of the Everton defence is taken on the chest well from Mykolenko. Wilson, tracking back, smashes into a challenge, but at the expense of a corner on the Everton left.
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15:28Fulham are hunting high in the Everton half, making it difficult for Moyes' charges to play through them. Harrison makes a foray down the Everton right and as he slings in a cross, it is deflected up in the air. A slight comedic moemnt follows as neither player catch flight of the ball. Another Fulham defender sweeps up before it goes for a corner.
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15:26A rare effort from Everton's Harrison does nothing to alter the momentum of this game. The away side can not get any rhythm going and Fulham press once again. That goal has incidentally moved Fulham up to 10th spot in the league ladder.
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15:24SO CLOSE FROM WILSON AGAIN!! Iwobi ran down the left and with Wilson loitering in space just outside the box, he was found by the former Arsenal man. Wilson looked up once and whipped his left foot around the ball, but it bounces just clear of the far right post.
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15:23Jimenez hadn't scored in his last eight appearances, he will have enjoyed that one. Fulham are in the ascendency now.
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15:19Assist Emile Smith Rowe
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15:18Goal Raúl Alonso Jiménez Rodríguez
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15:18Marco Silva watches on from a high vantage point as his Fulham side attack. The Cottagers boss is serving a touchline ban.
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15:18It is Keane's first league start for Everton since November. It will be interesting to see how he copes against this vibrant Fulham forward line.
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15:16A LOVELY MOVE BY EVERTON THWARTED BY BASSEY! That was a nicely orchestrated move from the Blues. Mykolenko gets high up the pitch before controlling a long, searching ball and laying off for Garner to deliver a curling ball to the back post. Beto nodded back across the six-yard box, but Bassey intercepts before an Everton body can connect.
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15:14A rare break for Everton sees Beto just about get in front of his marker before getting buffeted in the back and earning a free-kick.
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15:13ANOTHER EFFORT ON TARGET FROM FULHAM! This time Iwobi lines one up as he approaches the left edge of the Everton area before arrowing a shot low but close enough to Pickford for Everton fans to rest easy. Everton will not want to continue to allow shots on goal though.
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15:11Cultured defending from Branthwaite who lets a diagonal Fulham ball from Bassey drift across his chest and away from Jimenez before clearing.
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15:10A brief break in play as Tete nurses his face after blocking Mykolenko's cross with it. He is back up now and ready to continue.
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15:09All six of Wilson's goal contributions this season have come in the last 22 minutes of matches.
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15:08SHOT FROM WILSON BUT STRAIGHT AT PICKFORD!! First effort on target in this game sees Wilson line up a left-footed shot from just outside the area. It was straight at the keeper and was always too close to Pickford who took the sting out of it with his palms before picking up cleanly.
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15:06Bassey in the Fulham defence slows play down and looks to establish a bit of order. A bit of possession football ends up with Leno slipping a ball to Berge who strides purposefully throught the middle before earning a free-kick.
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15:03Neat interplay from Iwobi, Smith Rowe and Pereira finish up with a ball being clipped into the area by Iwobi on the left is blocked. Hopeful Fulham shouts of handball are ignored by the referee.
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15:02An early driven ball from Branthwaite in the Everton defence is intercepted and headed out for a throw-in.
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15:01Everton get us under way!
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14:57The players walk out from the corner of Craven Cottage. The fans are drenched in sunshine, eagerly awaiting the start of this match.
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14:31David Moyes makes a plethora of changes to the eleven that started in the 2-2 draw against Ipswich. Four changes in personnel with Keane and Young replacing O'Brien and Patterson in defence. Whilst Ndiaye (Everton's joint top scorer) and McNeil (eight goal contributions) make way for Doucoure and Harrison further up the pitch. Calvert-Lewin is once again made to wait for his opportunity with Beto favoured in the lone striker role.
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14:31Fulham boss, Marco Silva, makes two changes from the side that lost to Villa. In comes Pereira, who shakes off a knock to replace Lukic and take his place in midfield alongside Berge. Robinson drops to the bench to accommodate Sessegnon, who moves into the left-back slot, with Smith Rowe coming into the side.
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14:31SUBS: Joao Virginia, Seamus Coleman, Dwight McNeil, Nathan Patterson, Tim Iroegbunam, Youssef Chermiti, Armando Broja, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Iliman Ndiaye.
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14:30EVERTON (4-2-3-1): Jordan Pickford; Ashley Young, Michael Keane, Jarrad Branthwaite, Vitalii Mykolenko; Idrissa Gana Gueye, James Garner; Jack Harrison, Abdoulaye Doucoure, Carlos Alcaraz; Beto.
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14:30SUBS: Steven-Andreas Benda, Issa Diop, Jorge Cuenca, Joshua King, Tom Cairney, Adama Traore, Carlos Vinicius, Martial Godo, Willian.
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14:30FULHAM (4-2-3-1): Bernd Leno; Kenny Tete, Joachim Andersen, Calvin Bassey, Ryan Sessegnon; Sander Berge, Andreas Pereira; Harry Wilson, Emile Smith Rowe, Alex Iwobi; Raul Jimenez.
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14:30From an Everton point of view, the focus (understandably) is being heavily placed on the emotional events of next week when they wave goodbye to Goodison Park-one of English football’s most iconic venues-and prepare to welcome in the new era at the state-of-the-art Everton Stadium. That said, David Moyes is far too pragmatic to allow sentiment to obstruct the task in hand, which is to prepare his Blues to face former Toffees boss Marco Silva and his Fulham team, who sit three places and 12 points in front of them.
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14:30Fulham are stuttering and stalling their way to the Premier League finish line as they desperately cling to fading hopes of gaining a European spot. Marco Silva’s side have just one Premier League win from their last four attempts through April and May. Their plight has probably not been helped by mounting speculation regarding the future of the Cottagers boss. The latest tabloid columns had suggested that Saudi club, Al-Hilal were interested in securing his services, but Silva was quick to quell any concern in his pre-match press conference, insisting, “My future is in Fulham next season.”
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