Fulham 2-1 Chelsea, Premier League
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All you need to know about Fulham v Middlesbrough in the FA Cup, including TV details, radio coverage and kick-off time.
That’s back-to-back good games for Delap, who’s struggled to adjust, settle, and perform at the club since arriving in the summer. Injuries haven’t helped, but he looks fully fit and fully motivated. And now he’s off the mark in the Premier League for us, too!
Chelsea have won just two Premier League games since the November international break, however, and will be tested by the in-form Cottagers. Fulham’s weekend draw with Liverpool extended their unbeaten league run to five matches and ensured they remain just three points off their upcoming visitors.
A ‘BlueCo Out’ flag was being held up in the away end before kick-off, but the real audible disquiet from Chelsea’s fans came in the second half. With their team trailing 1-0, the away end was consistently ringing with anti-ownership chants, and that continued after Liam Delap’s equaliser.
Liverpool thought they had won it in the 94th minute through Cody Gakpo but Harrison Reed scored a stunner in the 97th minute to make it 2-2 and grab a point or Fulham. With the draw Fulham have 28 points, while Liverpool move on to 34 points.
Liverpool has certainly had a roller coaster season thus far. The team had one of the hottest starts in the EPL, but a terrible skid led them to stumble down the table. However, the Reds, despite the Mohamed Salah debacle, have shown the championship pedigree as of late, slowly climbing back up the standings.
Fulham will go level on points with Chelsea if they beat their west London neighbours on Wednesday (19:30 GMT). BBC Sport examines some of the key themes before the match. In-form Wilson shining for Cottagers Fulham's 2-2 draw against Liverpool extended their unbeaten run to five games,
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This will surely be Kim Hellberg's message to his Middlesbrough players ahead of Fulham trip
This was in 2022 when Boro won 3-2 at Field Mill against League Two side Mansfield Town thanks to goals from Uche Ikpeazu, Caolan Boyd-Munce and Isaiah Jones, whose shot was deflected into his own net by John-Joe O’Toole. Fulham, of course, are now an established Premier League side having held on to a top flight place since 2022.
Liverpool had come from behind themselves, levelling through Florian Wirtz in the second half. The German had initially looked offside when he scored after the break but, after lengthy deliberation, VAR deemed otherwise, giving Liverpool a lifeline in a match where their struggles to carve out clear chances continued.
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