Newcastle UnitedvsFulham
NEW 0/FUL 2
Things to say
Fulham beat Newcastle 2-0 at Craven Cottage on Sunday.
01
opener
Fulham handed Newcastle a proper paddling at the Cottage, 2-nil. Magpies never really showed up. Clean sheet for Leno, barely had to work for it.
02
key player
Iwobi was everywhere — six shots, constant menace down the left. Fulham's whole attack ran through him.
03
hot take
Newcastle are sleepwalking into the back half of the table. Two shots all match is shambolic for a side with their wage bill.
04
deep cut
Sander Berge quietly stitched together fifty accurate passes from midfield. That's how Fulham strangled the game.
05
exit
Anyway — curious what Newcastle look like next week, can't keep turning in performances like that.
The recap
Fulham gave Newcastle an absolute paddling at Craven Cottage, 2-nil and never really in doubt. Iwobi was the engine all afternoon, six shots and constantly pulling the Magpies' back line out of shape, while Berge ran the midfield with fifty accurate passes.
Nick Pope made four saves and still picked it out of the net twice, which tells you how shambolic things were in front of him. Leno barely had to break a sweat for the clean sheet on the other end.