Julius Okorie
Super Eagles and Fulham star Alex Iwobi was on target for the Cottagers at the weekend against visiting Wolves, but the strike was not enough to stop what turned out to be a whitewash for Fulham.
Iwobi shot his side into the lead in the 20th minute raising hopes of impressive outing for the homers, but the jubilation was cut short as Matheus Cunha levelled up for the visitors 11 minutes later.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelThe encounter ended 1-1 apiece at half time. On resumption of hostilities, it became apparent that Fulham were in for a bad day. Three additional goals from João Gomes, Matheus Cunha who ensured he ended the encounter with a brace and added time goal by Gonçalo Guedes sealed victory for the visitors with Iwobi and his teammates left to sing lamentation songs.
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Compatriot and teammate both for club and country Calvin Bassey was equally in action for full 90 minutes bagging a yellow card in the heavy defeat. The second home defeat for Fulham in the last five matches.
Meanwhile, Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, suffered the most significant loss of his coaching career after the Citizens and reigning league champions, Manchester City, were taken to the cleaners by visting Tottenham Hotspur.
Man City entered the weekend’s match having already suffered four consecutive defeats before facing the North London club who further inflicted a merciless 4-0 defeat.
James Maddison netted two goals in the first half, paving the way for Spurs’ remarkable victory. Pedro Porro added a third goal, and Brennan Johnson capped off the scoring late in the match. The loss leaves City in second place with 23 points, trailing Liverpool by eight points.
A disappointed Guardiola will be hoping to return to winning ways when he leads his squad to Anfield in search points on Sunday November 1.
Julius Okorie is Chief Sports and Entertainment Correspondent for Prime Business Africa. He began his journalism career with the Champion Newspaper and Sporting Champion and later moved on to Daily Independent and the Nation Newspapers. Okorie joined Prime Business Africa in 2024 bringing on board 20 years of experience in writing investigative news on Sports and Entertainment. His well researched and highly informative articles on Sports Business and general entertainment are followed by a wide range of audience.
