Newcastle United suffered their first Premier League defeat of the season as Fulham secured all three factors at Craven Cottage.
Two first-half targets put the Cottagers into an early lead, earlier than Harvey Barnes gave the Magpies hope {that a} comeback might be on.
With only a minute left, Reiss Nelson scored Fulham’s third in what was one other disappointing show from Eddie Howe’s aspect.
A number of members of the beginning XI had been removed from adequate to make sure Newcastle got here away from London with all three factors, together with Kieran Trippier.
Kieran Trippier’s sport in numbers vs Fulham
The appropriate-back was making his second begin – and first within the league – of the 2024/25 marketing campaign, however his lack of match motion clearly took its toll in what was a poor efficiency.
The Englishman failed to supply a lot going ahead, making zero key passes, creating no massive possibilities whereas not even finishing a profitable dribble try.
Kieran Trippier’s sport in numbers vs Fulham | |
|---|---|
Assists | 0 |
Key passes | 0 |
Massive possibilities created | 0 |
Possession misplaced | 7 |
Whole duels (gained) | 6 (3) |
Dribble makes an attempt (profitable) | 0 |
Defensively, Trippier gained simply three of his six tried duels, misplaced possession seven occasions and was dribbled previous twice throughout his time on the pitch.
He seems a shadow of his former self and this show could have affected his confidence, little doubt about that, having withdrawn within the closing phases for younger Tino Livramento.
Regardless of this displaying, Anthony Gordon arguably delivered a good worse show, particularly contemplating how good he has been of late.
Anthony Gordon’s efficiency vs Fulham
The winger scored in opposition to Bournemouth a couple of weeks in the past however has gone scoreless since for the Magpies.
Anticipated to trigger the Fulham defence loads of issues alongside Barnes on the other flank, it was the previous Leicester Metropolis participant who delivered the products, as Gordon struggled to get into the sport.
When on the ball, his passing was poor, finishing simply 16 of his 22 makes an attempt, though he did make two key passes throughout the sport. He did ship 4 crosses into the opposition penalty space, however solely two had been correct.
The 44-touch gem did look to take the Fulham defence on, trying three dribbles, but he managed to succeed simply as soon as, displaying how poor he was within the remaining third.
Defensively, Gordon misplaced possession a staggering 16 occasions throughout the sport, together with profitable simply 4 of his ten floor duels, because the Fulham gamers triumphed as a rule of their one-on-one battles with him.
The Chronicle’s Lee Ryder gave him a match score of simply 4/10, whereas stating that it was merely ‘not his day’ as he had ‘no pleasure on both flank’, earlier than being changed by summer time signing William Osula late on.
Howe will likely be hoping this show, not solely from Gordon, will likely be a one-off as they appear to return to the European locations by the top of the season.
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