Fulham well beaten by title-chasing City
Man City 3Semenyo (24′)
O’Reilly (30′)
Haaland (39′)
Fulham 0Fulham were no match for title-chasing Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.
Three goals in the space of 15 first-half minutes, scored by Antoine Semenyo, Nico O’Reilly and Erling Haaland, put the hosts in complete control.
Semenyo scored the opener by firing home the loose ball after Matheus Nunes’ cross had hit Fulham midfielder Sander Berge.
O’Reilly doubled City’s lead, laying the ball off to Semenyo, collecting the return pass and dinking the ball over keeper Bernd Leno.
Haaland then found the bottom corner with a left-footed strike from near the edge of the penalty area.
Fulham were better in the second half and City keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma made a number of saves.
Those included one to deny Rodrigo Muniz after the striker had been set up by Kevin, and another in stoppage time to tip over an effort from Josh King.
Fulham: Leno, Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Sessegnon, Berge (Reed 80) Iwobi, Smith Rowe (King 60), Wilson (Bobb 72), Chukwueze (Kevin 60), Jimenez (Muniz 60).
Subs not used: Lecomte, Castagne, Cuenca, Robinson.
