Manchester City vs Fulham LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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A stoppage-time penalty from substitute Erling Haaland earned 10-man Manchester City a dramatic 2-1 win over Fulham on Saturday, a victory that sent the champions back to the top of the Premier League.
With leading goalscorer Haaland deemed fit enough only for the bench after missing the previous two City games through injury, Argentinean forward Julian Alvarez fired the home side into a 17th-minute lead.
The champions thought they had quickly doubled their lead through John Stones but Rodri was offside in the build-up, and Fulham capitalised on that reprieve, going straight down the other end and winning a 26th-minute penalty.
City defender Joao Cancelo was given a straight red card for bundling Harry Wilson to the floor, with former Manchester United midfielder Andreas Pereira making no mistake from the spot as Fulham went into the interval level.
City continued to dominate even with a numerical disadvantage. Haaland was brought on and quickly thought he had restored his side’s lead after glancing a header home, but VAR stepped in to rule the Norwegian to be offside.
It seemed City had done all they could until Kevin De Bruyne was brought down and Haaland converted the penalty to send the Etihad Stadium into delirium in the 95th minute, as the champions moved one point clear of Arsenal at the top of the standings. Fulham stayed eighth.
Manchester City vs Fulham
City have made only one change from the side that beat Leicester City last weekend - Ake has replaced Laporte.
Manchester City vs Fulham
FULHAM SUBS: Marek Rodak, Layvin Kurzawa, Tosin Adarabioyo, Shane Duffy, Kevin Mbabu, Tom Cairney, Daniel James, Josh Onomha, Luke Bernard Harris.
Manchester City vs Fulham
FULHAM (4-2-3-1): Bernd Leno; Kenny Tete, Issa Diop, Tim Ream, Antonee Robinson; Harrison Reed, Joao Palhinha; Harry Wilson, Andreas Pereira, Willian; Vinicius.
Manchester City vs Fulham
MANCHESTER CITY SUBS: Stefan Ortega, Rico Lewis, Ruben Dias, Aymeric Laporte, Sergio Gomez, Phil Foden, Cole Palmer, Erling Haaland, Riyad Mahrez.
Manchester City vs Fulham
MANCHESTER CITY (4-3-3): Ederson; John Stones, Manuel Akanji, Nathan Ake, Joao Cancelo; Kevin de Bruyne, Rodri, Ilkay Gundogan; Bernardo Silva, Julian Alvarez, Jack Grealish.
Manchester City vs Fulham
Fulham come into this one seventh in the Premier League having started the season superbly following their promotion. A trip to Etihad Stadium will be a great way of measuring the progress they've made under Marco Silva.
Manchester City vs Fulham
City come into this one second in the Premier League and two points behind Arsenal. If they can beat Fulham today they'll leap-frog the league leaders and sit at the top of the table until the London side lock horns with Chelsea on Sunday.
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