Fulham 1-2 Chelsea: Gonzalo Higuain and Jorginho boost Blues' top four hopes
Fulham 1-2 Chelsea: The Cottagers put in a positive display under caretaker Scott Parker but could not pick up any points
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Your support makes all the difference.Chelsea were 2-1 winners at Craven Cottage in a game where all the goals came in the first half.
Gonzalo Higuain gave the visitors a 20th minute lead, which was cancelled out eight minutes later by Calum Chambers.
However, Jorginho’s 31st minute goal won it for the visitors – but there was late drama as Kepa Arrizabalaga saved an Aleksandar Mitrovic header, before Fulham’s Ryan Sessegnon saw a late effort disallowed.
The win takes Maurizio Sarri’s side to within two points of the top four.
A win with their game in hand, against Brighton, will lift them above fourth placed Man United.
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69 min: Fulham 1-2 Chelsea
Change for Chelsea as Kovacic comes on for Jorginho
71 min: Fulham 1-2 Chelsea
Bit of an ugly altercation there when the ball was not in play, as Bryan cmakes a challenge on Willian, and the Brazilian has to be calmed down by his teammates.
There's a change for the hosts as well shortly after, as Ayite replaces Babel, before Bryan forces another good save from Kepa.
74 min: Fulham 1-2 Chelsea
That's it for Eden Hazard today, as he goes off to be replaced by Pedro.
78 min: Fulham 1-2 Chelsea
Chelsea have been hanging on a tad at times in this half but Fulham will need their subs to have some sort of an impact as the sting seems to have died a little from their forward play.
On the other side, Ruben Loftus-Cheek will hope he can settle the game for the Blues as he comes on for Ross Barkley.
81 min: Fulham 1-2 Chelsea
Final change for the hosts, as Luciano Vietto replaces captain Tom Cairney, who hands the armband to Mitrovic for the final nine minutes.
86 min: Fulham 1-2 Chelsea
Four minutes to go and both teams seem to have run a bit out of ideas, but Loftus-Cheek is proving to be a big threat.
Who will have the final say?
89 min: Fulham 1-2 Chelsea
CHANCE! SAVE!
That could have been the equaliser, but Kepa pulls out an excellent stop to prevent Mitrovic, who heads Ayite's clever pass goalwards.
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