Man City 3 – 2 Fulham

Manchester City were forced to come from behind to beat loss-making Fulham 3-2 at the Etihad Stadium, keeping the pressure on Premier League leaders Liverpool.

Fulham stole the lead when Alex Iwobi kept alive Antonee Robinson's cross, who slotted a pass through to Raul Jimenez, and he played an incredible cutback to Andreas Pereira, catching Manuel Akanji cold.

The delicious disguise fooled everyone in Manchester City's blue, flying over Akanji's head before falling onto the foot of Pereira to poke past Ederson.

City's equalizer was less scripted but just as important, coming shortly after Adama Traore missed a huge chance to give the visitors a 2-0 lead.

Ilkay Gündogan's corner bounced off Traore and landed kindly to Mateo Kovacic, who shot the ball into the goal after a deflection from Joachim Andersen. Two minutes into the second half, City were in the lead and the champions rarely let their lead slip.

Fulham showed Kovacic far too much respect on the edge of their own penalty area and allowed the midfielder to finish beautifully inside Bernd Leno's right post.

The points were secured when second-half substitute Jeremy Doku fired a lovely, curling shot into the top right corner, although Rodrigo Muniz ensured a nervy finish with a late equaliser.

The visitors missed a total of three big chances – two of which went to Traore – and ended up with a larger xG than Pep Guardiola's team.

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