Manchester United successfully defeated Fulham with a score of 1-0 in the 2024/2025 Premier League week 23 match held at Craven Cottage, Sunday (26/1/2025).
Manchester United’s only winning goal at Fulham’s headquarters was created in the second half through Lisandro Martinez’s long-range shot which hit Sasa Lukic.
Thanks to this result, Man United is entitled to move up to 12th place in the standings with 29 points. Meanwhile, Fulham is in 10th place with 33 points.
The match was relatively balanced from the start. However, Fulham played more aggressively, while Man United preferred to appear reactive and peek at opportunities through counterattacks.
Fulham’s best chance came in the 19th minute. Alex Iwobi fired a hard shot which unfortunately was still well anticipated by Andre Onana.
Overall, Fulham created five chances throughout the first half, compared to only one created by Man United. The score 0-0 was the temporary result entering the halftime break.
Back from the locker room, the tension of the game was still not much different from the first half. Both Fulham and Man United were still struggling to create dangerous opportunities.
Man United was finally able to break the deadlock in the 78th minute. Martinez’s hard shot from outside the penalty box hit Sasa Lukic’s leg and failed to be anticipated by Bernd Leno.
Fulham almost equalized the score in the 88th minute. Unfortunately, Joachim Andersen’s header was still blocked by Toby Collyer before the ball crossed the goal line.
Amad Diallo had scored a goal in injury time. However, VAr annulled this goal because it was offside first. The final score of this match was 1-0 for Manchester United’s victory.
Lisandro Martinez was named the best player in Manchester United’s 1-0 win over Fulham.
Martinez became the hero of Man United’s victory at Fulham’s home. His decision to speculate on a shot from long range proved to be very correct.
Martinez’s hard shot hit Sasa Lukic’s leg and made it difficult for Bernd Leno to anticipate it. The goal was scored for Man United in the 78th minute which was a crucial period of this match.
Not only did Martinez score the winning goal, but he also appeared solid in the back line by making one sweep, two tackles, and winning six duels.
