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Sixty minutes in. Zamora comes on for Etuhu. Zamora, just inside the penalty box, lays the ball to Dempsey. Dempsey shoots, he aims it low and into the net. Everton restart. Fulham begin to play as if they could grab another. Was a comeback on the cards?
Nope. Two Everton goals were enough to carry them to their eighteenth home victory in a row against Fulham. Everton’s first goal came from a Leon Osman cross that found the head of an unmarked Seamus Coleman. The closest Fulham player was Carlos Salcido but he was marking Tim Cahill. After the goal was scored Salcido showed a frustration in the lack of marking in the area.
A few minutes after the second half started, Everton got their second. Leighton Baines laid the ball to Louis Saha from a free-kick near the edge of the Fulham box. Saha shot the ball straight through Fulham’s wall. Two-nil and Everton looked comfortable.
But Fulham weren’t going to give up that easily. Mark Hughes threw on attacker after attacker. First Zamora, then Gudjohnsen and finally Kakuta. Fulham moved the ball well after Dempsey’s goal and had a ten minute spell where a second goal looked likely. But the spell faded and Everton began to look hungry for a third – Salcido forced to make a second goal-line clearance, this time from an Osman header.
Fulham’s search for an equaliser returned as they mounted some pressure in the closing stage of the match. In the last of five added minutes Danny Murphy took a corner – maybe a Brede Hangeland header could clinch a comeback, again. Everton cleared from the corner and were happy to hear the final whistle blown. They are now two points off a Europa League spot. Fulham, however, tread close to the relegation zone with three points separating them from Wolves in 18th place. But then four teams are also all level on one point above Wolves. So nothing to worry about, too much. Just to expect a mid-table finish.
Apart from the score, it was a shame to see Louis Saha stretchered off the pitch injured in the 87th minute. He challenged for a header with Hangeland and landed awkwardly. It didn’t look like much but he looked in real pain. Here’s to a quick recovery for him.
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