Raul Jimenez scored twice and Alex Iwobi added a third as Fulham defeated Sunderland 3-1 to move into the Premier League’s top ten.
Fulham ended a three-game losing skid with a clinical 3-1 victory over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.
Raul Jimenez led the charge, capitalizing on “uncharacteristic mistakes” to score a header and a VAR-awarded penalty.
Despite a late penalty from Enzo Le Fée for the hosts, Alex Iwobi’s breakaway strike secured the points, marking a rare away win against the newly-promoted side.
The result lifts Marco Silva’s men into the top half of the table, leapfrogging Newcastle into tenth place.
Sunderland, while comfortable in twelfth, suffered their second consecutive home loss after previously enjoying a “defiant 12-game unbeaten run” on Wearside.
Iwobi’s goal and assist performance capped a “swift counter” engineered by Harry Wilson, cementing a deserved result for the visitors
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