Everton Stuns Fulham, dealt blow to European Hopes with Keane’s Potential Swan Song
In a thrilling encounter at Craven Cottage, Everton dealt a major blow to Fulham’s European hopes by securing a 3-2 victory, with Michael Keane potentially scoring his last goal for the club.
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Match Summary
Fulham started brightly, taking a 17th-minute lead through Raúl Jiménez’s header. However, Everton leveled just before the break thanks to Vitalii Mykolenko’s strike, which took a fortunate deflection off Andreas Pereira. Michael Keane put Everton ahead in the 70th minute, and an error from Bernd Leno allowed Beto to make it three in quick succession. Despite late penalty appeals, Fulham was unable to find an equalizer, suffering a disappointing defeat.
David Moyes Praises Keane
"Michael Keane, who has had some difficult times, played so well… He’s a great boy and showed his professionalism… He’s been immense for the goal off the corner."
The Everton manager heaped praise on the 32-year-old defender, whose contract expires this summer, suggesting this could be his last goal for the club.
Marco Silva Disappointed
"We have to blame ourselves… In the first 30 minutes we were dominant, scored a great goal and we built our attacking situations. But after the 30th minute and our goal and some chances from Alex Iwobi, you need to be ruthless and clinical and we weren’t."
Fulham’s manager lamented his side’s lack of ruthlessness in front of goal, with the loss opening the door for Brentford and Brighton to close in on Europe.
FAQs
Fulham remains in eighth place with 54 points, but Brighton and Brentford have closed the gap.
Everton faces a crucial match against Crystal Palace at Goodison Park next Sunday.
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