English Premier League

FT Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Manchester City WWLLW 5
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Fulham WWLWW 4
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MNC325
FUL134
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Match Report

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Manchester City hold off Fulham rally in nine-goal thriller

Erling Haaland brought up his century of Premier League goals as Manchester City survived a remarkable Fulham comeback in a madcap 5-4 win.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
2
Corner Kicks
7
1
Saves
0
42.8
Possession
57.2
11
SHOTS
12
4
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
392
Accurate Passes
538
467
Passes
612
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
5
7
Crosses
21
0.6
Cross %
0.2
51
Long Balls
40
23
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
4
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
11
16
Tackles
18
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
16
Interceptions
11
27
Effective Clearances
19
27
Clearances
19

Highlights

01:45 Moreno: Man City not title contenders after nine-goal thriller vs. Fulham Watch on ESPN 01:40 Guardiola on Man City's nine-goal thriller: 'I lost my hair!' Watch on ESPN 01:03 How Erling Haaland became fastest player to reach 100 PL goals Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

MNC leads series 5-0

Lineups

FUL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bernd LenoG
  2. 3Calvin BasseyCD-L
  3. 5Joachim AndersenCD-R
  4. 30Ryan SessegnonLB
  5. 2Kenny TeteRB
  6. 32Emile Smith RoweAM
  7. 16Sander BergeLM
  8. 20Sasa LukicRM
  9. 7Raúl JiménezF
  10. 17Alex IwobiAM-L
  11. 8Harry WilsonAM-R

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 25Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 24Josko GvardiolCD-L
  3. 3Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 33Nico O'ReillyLB
  5. 27Matheus NunesRB
  6. 14Nico GonzálezCM
  7. 4Tijjani ReijndersLM
  8. 20Bernardo SilvaRM
  9. 9Erling HaalandF
  10. 11Jérémy DokuLF
  11. 47Phil FodenRF

Timeline

  1. 17' Goal! Fulham 0, Manchester City 1. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Jérémy Doku with a cross.
  2. 37' Goal! Fulham 0, Manchester City 2. Tijjani Reijnders (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Erling Haaland with a through ball.
  3. 44' Goal! Fulham 0, Manchester City 3. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner following a corner.
  4. 45'+2' Goal! Fulham 1, Manchester City 3. Emile Smith Rowe (Fulham) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Harry Wilson with a cross following a corner.
  5. 45' Substitution, Fulham. Timothy Castagne replaces Kenny Tete.
  6. 45' Substitution, Fulham. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Sasa Lukic.
  7. 48' Goal! Fulham 1, Manchester City 4. Phil Foden (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Erling Haaland following a fast break.
  8. 54' Own Goal by Sander Berge, Fulham. Fulham 1, Manchester City 5.
  9. 57' Goal! Fulham 2, Manchester City 5. Alex Iwobi (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  10. 64' Substitution, Manchester City. Savinho replaces Jérémy Doku.
  11. 64' Substitution, Manchester City. John Stones replaces Nico González.
  12. 72' Goal! Fulham 3, Manchester City 5. Samuel Chukwueze (Fulham) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  13. 73' Substitution, Fulham. Jonah Kusi-Asare replaces Raúl Jiménez.
  14. 74' Substitution, Fulham. Josh King replaces Emile Smith Rowe.
  15. 78' Goal! Fulham 4, Manchester City 5. Samuel Chukwueze (Fulham) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  16. 82' Substitution, Fulham. Kevin replaces Harry Wilson.
  17. 82' Substitution, Manchester City. Rayan Cherki replaces Tijjani Reijnders.
  18. 90'+5' Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  19. 90'+7' Substitution, Manchester City. Nathan Aké replaces Phil Foden.

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