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Willian grabbed an injury-time winner from the penalty spot as Fulham beat Wolves in an entertaining Premier League match at Craven Cottage.
With the score at 2-2 referee Michael Salisbury awarded the match's third penalty when he adjudged Joao Gomes to have fouled Harry Wilson, and Willian hammered the ball into the bottom corner from the spot.
Alex Iwobi had opened the scoring in the seventh minute for the hosts, side-footing Antonee Robinson's cutback through the legs of Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa.
Matheus Cunha equalised for the visitors after 22 minutes, heading in Jean-Ricner Bellegarde's cross after the Frenchman skilfully beat Robinson down the right.
Willian restored Fulham's lead with the first penalty of the game just before the hour mark after Nelson Semedo had caught Tom Cairney on the edge of the box.
But Wolves soon had a spot-kick of their own inside the final 20 minutes when Tim Reem bundled over Hwang Hee-chan and the South Korea winger struck Wolves' second equaliser from 12 yards.
Fulham rode their luck and benefitted from another late penalty call to sneak all three points.
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Fulham
Squad number17Player nameLeno
Squad number21Player nameCastagne
Squad number3Player nameBassey
Squad number13Player nameReam
Squad number33Player nameRobinson
Squad number6Player nameReed
Squad number10Player nameCairney
Squad number22Player nameIwobi
Squad number18Player nameAndreas Pereira
Squad number20Player nameWillian
Squad number7Player nameJiménez
Squad number4Player nameTosin
Squad number8Player nameWilson
Squad number28Player nameLukic
Squad number30Player nameCarlos Vinícius
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Squad number1Player nameJosé Sá
Squad number4Player nameBueno
Squad number23Player nameKilman
Squad number24Player nameToti Gomes
Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo
Squad number27Player nameBellegarde
Squad number5Player nameLemina
Squad number8Player nameJoão Gomes
Squad number3Player nameAït-Nouri
Squad number11Player nameHwang Hee-chan
Squad number12Player nameMatheus Cunha
Squad number2Player nameDoherty
Squad number18Player nameKalajdzic
Squad number20Player nameDoyle
Line-ups
Fulham
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 17Leno
- 21Castagne
- 3Bassey
- 13ReamBooked at 19mins
- 33Robinson
- 6Reed
- 10CairneySubstituted forLukicat 90+5'minutes
- 22Iwobi
- 18PereiraSubstituted forWilsonat 76'minutes
- 20WillianSubstituted forTosinat 90+5'minutes
- 7JiménezSubstituted forCarlos Viníciusat 76'minutesBooked at 88mins
Substitutes
- 1Rodák
- 2Tete
- 4Tosin
- 8Wilson
- 12Ballo-Touré
- 14De Cordova-Reid
- 28Lukic
- 30Carlos Vinícius
- 38Harris
Wolves
Formation 3-5-2
- 1Sá
- 4Bueno
- 23Kilman
- 24Gomes
- 22Nélson Semedo
- 27BellegardeSubstituted forKalajdzicat 62'minutes
- 5LeminaBooked at 84mins
- 8João GomesBooked at 33mins
- 3Aït-NouriSubstituted forDohertyat 19'minutes
- 11Hwang Hee-chan
- 12Matheus CunhaSubstituted forDoyleat 83'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Doherty
- 6Traoré
- 9Fábio Silva
- 17Bueno
- 18Kalajdzic
- 19Otto
- 20Doyle
- 21Sarabia
- 25Bentley
Referee:Michael Salisbury
Attendance:24,366
Live Text
Match ends, Fulham 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.
Second Half ends, Fulham 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.
Attempt missed. Hwang Hee-Chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Sasa Kalajdzic with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
Foul by Sasa Lukic (Fulham).
João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Harry Wilson (Fulham) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Substitution, Fulham. Sasa Lukic replaces Tom Cairney.
Substitution, Fulham. Tosin Adarabioyo replaces Willian.
Goal! Fulham 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2. Willian (Fulham) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
VAR Decision: Penalty Fulham.
Penalty Fulham. Harry Wilson draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) after a foul in the penalty area.
Tom Cairney (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Carlos Vinícius (Fulham) is shown the yellow card.
Carlos Vinícius (Fulham) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Maximilian Kilman (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Tom Cairney (Fulham) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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