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Fulham claimed a third win of the season and their first in three matches as they beat bottom side Sheffield United 3-1.
The home side dominated the opening stages but suffered familiar problems in front of goal with Fulham having only scored five times going into the match.
Bobby De Cordova-Reid almost found the opener but good defending from Aaron Trusty prevented him from converting Antonee Robinson’s cross. Then Sheff Utd goalkeeper Wes Foderingham did well to deny Willian from close range.
Sheff Utd suffered a big blow when captain Chris Basham had to go off midway through the first half with a serious-looking ankle injury.
Oliver McBurnie headed straight at Bernd Leno from a corner after half-time and the Blades were made to pay for missing that chance as De Cordova-Reid opened the scoring in the 53rd minute.
Fulham broke from the back and a sweeping move was finished off by De Cordova-Reid for his first goal since the opening weekend.
However Sheff Utd soon pulled level, as Robinson diverted Yasser Larouci’s cross into his own net.
Fulham retook the lead in bizarre fashion. They won the ball in midfield and Tom Cairney slipped as he shot and the ball struck his standing foot and looped over Foderingham to hit the bar before going in off the back of the Sheff Utd goalkeeper.
A stoppage time strike from Willian sealed Marco Silva’s 50th win in charge of Fulham.
Fulham climb to 12th with 11 points, while Sheff Utd remain bottom with only one point.
Club reports
Fulham report | Sheff Utd report
Match officials
Referee: Sam Barrott. Assistants: Simon Bennett, Dan Robathan. Fourth official: Anthony Taylor. VAR: Paul Tierney. Assistant VAR: Scott Ledger.
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