Jimenez scores twice as Fulham win at Sunderland
Sunderland 1Le Fée (76′)
Fulham 3Jimenez (54′, pen, 61′)
Iwobi (85′)
Raul Jimenez scored twice for Fulham as they won at the Stadium of Light.
The striker opened the scoring early in the second half and his penalty then made it 2-0.
Enzo Le Fée responded for Sunderland, also with a penalty, before Alex Iwobi’s late goal sealed a Whites’ victory that lifted them to 10th in the Premier League table.
On a less positive note for Fulham, record signing Kevin went off during the first half with a worrying-looking injury.
Jimenez headed Marco Silva’s side in front with a header from Iwobi’s left-wing corner.
The goal came a couple of minutes after an astonishing miss by Sunderland’s Romaine Mundle, who fired wide of the target from point-blank range.
It proved to be a costly miss for the Black Cats because Fulham then scored twice in the space of seven minutes.
Jimenez doubled the lead from the spot after Brian Brobbey pulled Calvin Bassey’s shirt in the box and, after a VAR check, referee Craig Pawson awarded the penalty after viewing the pitchside monitor.
Sunderland were given hope with a penalty of their own, fired in by Le Fée after Ryan Sessegnon’s needless foul on Dan Ballard.
But as the hosts pushed forward in search of an equaliser, Fulham hit them on the counter-attack, with Harry Wilson setting up Iwobi, who coolly lifted the ball over keeper Robin Roefs.
Fulham: Leno, Tete (Castagne 88), Andersen, Bassey, Sessegnon (Cuenca 88), Berge, Iwobi (Cairney 88), Wilson, Smith Rowe, Kevin (Bobb 45), Raul (Muniz 65)
Subs not used: Lecomte, Diop, Reed, King,
