#FT: Fulham 3-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Venue: Craven Cottage
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Fulham
Bernd Leno, Tim Ream, Calvin Bassey, Antonee Robinson, Timothy Castagne, Andreas Pereira (Harry Wilson), Tom Cairney (Saša Lukić), Harrison Reed, Raúl Jiménez (Carlos Vinicius), Willian (Tosin Adarabioyo), Alex Iwobi.
Subs: Kenny Tete, Fodé Ballo-Touré, Marek Rodak, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Luke Harris.
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Wolverhampton Wanderers
José Sá, Max Kilman, Toti , Santiago Bueno, João Gomes, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Sasa Kalajdzic), Mario Lemina, Rayan Aït-Nouri (Matt Doherty), Nélson Semedo, Matheus Cunha (Tommy Doyle), Hwang Hee-Chan.
Subs: Jonny , Hugo Bueno, Boubacar Traoré, Daniel Bentley, Pablo Sarabia, Fábio Silva.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
7’ Goal! Fulham 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0. Alex Iwobi (Fulham) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Antonee Robinson.
19’ Tim Ream (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
19’ Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Matt Doherty replaces Rayan Aït-Nouri because of an injury.
22’ Goal! Fulham 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jean-Ricner Bellegarde with a cross.
33’ João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
59’ Goal! Fulham 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. Willian (Fulham) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
62’ Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Sasa Kalajdzic replaces Jean-Ricner Bellegarde.
75’ Goal! Fulham 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2. Hwang Hee-Chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
76’ Substitution, Fulham. Carlos Vinícius replaces Raúl Jiménez.
76’ Substitution, Fulham. Harry Wilson replaces Andreas Pereira.
83’ Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Tommy Doyle replaces Matheus Cunha.
84’ Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
88’ Carlos Vinícius (Fulham) is shown the yellow card.
90’+4’ Goal! Fulham 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2. Willian (Fulham) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
90’+5’ Substitution, Fulham. Tosin Adarabioyo replaces Willian.
90’+5’ Substitution, Fulham. Sasa Lukic replaces Tom Cairney.
What has changed with Hwang? The kid has become a legit threat in the EPL after subpar and inconsistent club performances in the Bundesliga and EPL the past 3 years.
1st penalty given after that one angle conclusively shows that he touched the ball and didn’t step on or trip Cairney. Hilarious stuff
Honest question, what is the relevance to him touching the ball? Romero clearly touched the ball and got sent off against Chelsea…
Is it just the force of Romero’s kick? Because just touching the ball clearly didn’t cancel his foul
Lol
Touching the ball is usually the biggest factor in a tackle being fair or foul. In this instance, he touched the ball and made little to no contact with the player. That’s just a clean tackle. Romero caught the player high on the follow-through with his other foot, if I remember correctly. Reckless and forceful is always asking for trouble. Getting a touch on the ball doesn’t give you licence to take everything anymore.
Can’t wait to never hear all 5 seconds of that var check on the headbutt
Let’s run this down shall we?
1st pen: Given despite no contact. 2nd pen (Hwang): weird to see a pen from a yellow kit, cool. But that’s a second yellow and Ream should be off. 3rd pen: yes, a pen. Unfortunate as Gomes wasn’t even looking, but whatever. The egregious mistake is that Fulham shouldn’t be on this side of the pitch because Vini should be off on a red.
So, to keep score: that’s two goals that should happen and two players that should be off the pitch.
Gross.
one more thing to add is if the first Fulham pen isn’t clear and obvious enough for the monitor, then how is the second? I’m happy in a world where there’s no var checks, or the var checks at least consistently give the ref a chance to go to the monitor. if you’re so confident in your referees to make the right decisions then let them have all the facts.
Penalty takers are allowed to stop during their run up
Mr Var, I don’t feel so good
I stopped watching NFL a few years ago as I got tired of officials single handedly deciding the outcome of games. I’m wayyyyy past that now.
I don’t need the anger or the frustration or the negativity in my life. I just don’t.
I reckon they are testing the waters on how my much they can get away with until everyone goes crazy and they back off. Then in the future they get payments under the table for bigger games and bets.
Wolves fans ready to join us in our protest at the Premier League being corrupt?
Brighton want in. RDZ will lead the parade
I just want to watch a match and be happy or angry based on how we played rather than what VAR did.
Wolves robbed again. O’Neil needs to come out and say something
Playing devils advocate here a bit.
I actually thought all 3 penalty’s were penalties. First one Semedo touches the bar but does follow through on to Cairneys foot, it’s soft enough but I’ve seen worse given. Third one i thought Wilson got taken out
Vinicius definitely should have been sent off. Other than that im not sure if the throwing the corruption word around is fully warranted.
You’re not getting a red card for Vinicius there. You’re just not. The contact is negligible. It’s a yellow card and that’s it.
If you’ve seen the replay of the first, you cannot believe it was a penalty.
I forgot the rules say it’s okay to trip someone as long as get a toe on the ball yourself.
Nah this is ridiculous, Wolves has been absolutely shafted yet again by VAR, it’s cost them so so many points, and I feel awful for O’Neill, he’s done a much better job than the table would suggest and even then wolves are in a good spot, he should go scorched earth, he’s got the decisions against him to back it up
This is what it looks like when the PGMOL decides that they’re going to make you lose your job.
The refs getting payback for Wolves beating City earlier in the season /s
I already said this weeks ago but there’s almost certainly something the officials have against Wolves. I’m not one for conspiracies but come on, this is outrageous.
I’d be on suicide watch if I were a Wolves fan. They get fucked by the refs every single week it seems.
We’d be fucking sixth in the league if all these decisions we’re getting apologies for had gone the correct way