Fulham squander lead in painful defeat at Villa
Three goals in the space of nine disastrous minutes for relegation-threatened Fulham consigned them to a painful defeat at Villa Park.
Aleksandar Mitrovic’s first Premier League goal in 22 appearances put the Whites within sight of a win which would have taken them out of the relegation zone.
But two goals by Trézéguet followed by an Ollie Watkins tap-in meant Fulham instead remain three points adrift of fellow strugglers Newcastle.
Mitrovic, starting a league game for the first time since early February, pounced on an appalling back-pass by Tyrone Mings, took the ball past keeper Emiliano Martinez and slotted into an empty net.
But Mings atoned by setting up Aston Villa’s 78th-minute equaliser, pulling the ball back from the left for Trézéguet to fire home.
Worse followed for the visitors after a mistake by Tosin.
Keinan Davis robbed the Fulham defender and crossed from the right for Trézéguet to finish from close range.
And former Brentford man Watkins sealed Villa’s win after being teed up by Bertand Traore.
Earlier, Villa thought they had a penalty on the stroke of half-time following a challenge by Mario Lemina on Watkins, but VAR showed Lemina won the ball.
04/04/2021 @ 10:07 pm
we need to stay positive- despite the lead, we didnt deserve to win anyway, and its not the end of the world. 3 pts off, beat leeds and hope for chris wood to bag a few and we’re out of the zone
Most important thing tonight wasnt just the loss- Mitros on fire, and with mitro back in form- we can beat wolves and arsenal
04/04/2021 @ 7:02 pm
We should have brought on Anguissa when we were 1 nil in front not Caveleiro we needed to shore up at the back, Tosin is far too casual and gets robbed to easily it’s not the first time he has done that he takes far to long to release the ball and puts us in trouble. We now look week at the back, well played Mitro.