Manchester United vs Fulham LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as Alex Iwobi scores late winner
Erik ten Hag’s side have risen to sixth but are without a key attacker for this fixture
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Fulham break quickly on the counter once more, with Robinson making a surging run down the left. He gets too much on it though, whipping it over the crossbar.
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OFF THE POST! Iwobi debates curling in a cross but instead squares it to the penalty spot for Muniz. He spins away from Lindelof into space before hitting his shot. Onana is static on his line as it smacks the outside of the near post.
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Onana's goal-kick is flicked on by Fernandes, but Garnacho can't open up any space for a shot as he cuts inside. He lays it off to Mainoo instead, but he gets it all wrong, slicing his shot well wide of the far post.
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OFF THE POST! Garnacho manages to switch it out to Dalot on the right just before he's brought down, and the defender has a lot of space on the edge of the box. He takes the shot early, but it skims the outside of the post on its way wide.
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Maguire makes another good interception, and Fernandes doesn't waste any time in playing it forward for Rashford to chase. He gets in between the Fulham centre-backs, but Bassey stretches to cut it out in time.
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BLOCK! Just like their earlier corner, Pereira swings it into Muniz on the left of the box, and he sends another glancing header towards goal. Casemiro is in the way at the near post though, and he bundles it out for another corner.
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OFF THE LINE! Fulham are all over the place from the resulting free-kick as it pinballs through the box. Maguire manages to poke it through to Garnacho, whose curling effort is headed away by Robinson. Maguire gets a chance himself but sends this one over the bar.
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