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Published : 10 May 2025, 11:05 PM
Fulham's hopes of European football next season are fading fast after they slipped to a fourth Premier League defeat in five games with a 3-1 loss to Everton at Craven Cottage on Saturday as the visitors came from behind to win.
Fulham stay 11th in the table with 51 points from their 36 games, four points behind eighth-placed Brentford, while Everton climb one spot to 13th with 42.
Raul Jimenez gave Fulham a deserved lead in the first half with a powerful header before Vitaliy Mykolenko’s deflected shot from the edge of the box levelled the score on the stroke of halftime.
Two goals in three minutes from Michael Keane and Beto, who profited from an error by goalkeeper Bernd Leno, turned the game in Everton's favour and dealt their host's European dreams a heavy blow.
The hosts took the lead with Jimenez's first goal in eight games as Emile Smith Rowe crossed from the left and the striker rose above Mykolenko to head past keeper Jordan Pickford.
Harry Wilson flashed a shot just wide for Fulham, while at the other end Jack Harrison fired straight at Leno with a good chance from the edge of the area.
Wilson forced another good save from Pickford low to his left, but Everton drew level on the stroke of halftime.
Leno's punch from a corner was weak and Mykolenko's shot from the edge of the box took a wicked deflection off Andreas Pereira and flew into the net.
The visitors went ahead after 70 minutes when Dwight McNeil’s deep corner was headed home at the back post by Keane.
Leno’s howler then allowed Everton to score a third three minutes later.
Carlos Alcaraz led a quick counter-attack for the away side and after he slipped a pass to Beto, the striker’s first-time shot was tame but went through Leno's hands.
Fulham then had a penalty appeal waved away in the dying seconds for a Mykolenko handball. Referee Darren England was called over to the pitch-side screen but stuck with his original decision.
