Fulham vs Ipswich Town LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Raul Jimenez scored twice from the spot as Fulham held Ipswich Town to a 2-2 draw in the Premier League on Sunday, extending the hosts’ unbeaten streak to eight league matches.
Both teams converted penalties within two minutes as Jimenez cancelled out Sammie Szmodics’ first-half strike in the 69th minute, before Liam Delap restored the visitors’ lead after Timothy Castagne brought him down.
But Jimenez got a second crack at restoring parity when Leif Davis fouled him in the 90th minute, denying 18th-placed Ipswich a chance to climb out of the relegation zone for the first time since November.
Fulham, who are unbeaten since November, remained ninth with 30 points while Ipswich moved to 16, equal with 17th-placed Wolverhampton Wanderers who have played a game less.
Fulham vs Ipswich Town
EXCELLENT SAVE!! Walton had to be equal to that effort on goal from Jimenez. The attacker hung in the air and connected well with a header from the centre of the goal after a good ball from the left by Cairney. Walton flung himself to his right and got a strong hand to push the effort away.
Fulham vs Ipswich Town
Fulham free kick on the right. Some jostling in the box. Lukic swirls one in, Woolfenden and then O'Shea clear.
Fulham vs Ipswich Town
It is very flat at the moment, we have seen just one attempt in the game. Surely it will burst into life before too long?
Fulham vs Ipswich Town
Robinson nearly gets on the end of an incisive pass through the middle with the American drifting infield, but the ball is interrcepted by the well orchestrated Ipswich back line.
Fulham vs Ipswich Town
From a promising break, with Delap running into the Fulham half, Ipswich proceed to go all the way back to defence to keep the ball. They are nearly robbed in possession in their own defensive third, but Lukic's tackle was deemed a little overzealous.
Fulham vs Ipswich Town
Castagne sends a tempting ball in from the right, but the ball is deflected behind for a corner. The corner is taken, and the ball lands on the edge of the box where Lukic swings wildly on the volley. It goes up in the air and somehow finds its way to Bassey on the left edge of the box. He is eventually crowded out and the Fulham attack is thwarted.
Fulham vs Ipswich Town
A little wasteful there from Ipswich. They carefully try to play out from the back until O'Shea decides to send a long curling ball into the right channel. But it is nowhere near Delap who cuts an isolated figure in the Fulham half.
Fulham vs Ipswich Town
If Delap can replicate the bullish display he turned in against Chelsea, the Fulham back line can look forward to a busy afternoon.
Fulham vs Ipswich Town
Delap leads the Fulham defence on a merry dance, with a pirouette that causes a foul just outside the Fulham box around 25 yards out. Morsy elects to clip the free kick to the far post where Davis slings a left leg out to divert it back into a dangerous area, but Fulham clear.
Fulham vs Ipswich Town
Bassey goes on a marauding run from the back and glides past Szmodics on his way into the Ipswich half. He passes to Cairney on the left touchline and continues his run. Cairney loops a high ball that causes Walton to back pedal. It landed on the roof of the net and presumably was a wayward cross.
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