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Match Report Fulham (0) 1-3 (2) Coventry City Championship Match Day 40 21/22 at Craven Cottage Sunday 10 April 2022    KO: 15:00 Referee: Darren Bond (Lancashire) Live on Sky Sports Red Button

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Runaway Championship leaders Fulham's promotion push was halted as Coventry won 3-1 at Craven Cottage.

Victory for the Cottagers would have left them needing one more win to secure an immediate return to the Premier League.

But goals from Michael Rose and Viktor Gyokeres put Coventry 2-0 ahead at the break and, despite Fulham substitute Bobby Decordova-Reid pulling one back with eight minutes to go, Callum O'Hare netted a third in added time. Coventry, 14th at kick-off but not entirely out of the play-off picture, were rewarded for showing plenty of attacking ambition, especially in the first half.

Fulham goalkeeper Marek Rodak was forced into the first save of the match when Rose met Gustavo Hamer's free kick with a firm header.

Then Sky Blues captain Dominic Hyam nodded over the bar from another set-play, taken this time by Ian Maatsen.

So it was no surprise when the visitors went ahead after 20 minutes, with Rose's glancing header from Hamer's corner on the left appearing to take a touch off Fulham left-back Antonee Robinson on its way into the net.

Match Stats	Fulham	Coventry City
Goals	(0) 1	3 (2)
Scorers	De Cordova-Reid 82	Rose 20
	-	Gyokeres 24
	-	O'Hare 93
Goal attempts	28	18
On target	7	5
Shooting Accuracy	25%	28%
Possession	65%	35%
Passes	549	295
Passes Success	85%	71%
Crosses	25	17
Crosses Success	44%	18%
Corners	6	10
Tackles	16	11
Tackles Success	69%	73%
Saves	1	6
Fouls	10	12
Offsides	1	0
Yellows	1	4
Reds	0	0
source: SkySports

And Craven Cottage was stunned as Coventry doubled their lead four minutes later.

Gyokeres, whose powerful running kept the Fulham defence at full stretch, cut inside Tosin Adarabioyo and shot hard and low but straight at Rodak.

However, the keeper completely misjudged the bounce of the ball as it kicked off the turf in front of him and he could only help it into the net.

Coventry goalkeeper Simon Moore had to sprawl to his left to keep out a header from Aleksandr Mitrovic as Fulham looked to hit back.

But he was helpless as Neeskens Kebano hit the crossbar with a flying volley from a cross by Neco Williams.

Yet Fulham could count themselves lucky not to concede a third before half-time when Rodak failed to gather another corner and Ben Sheaf saw his shot charged down by Williams.

Fulham manager Marco Silva sent on Decordova-Reid at the break and almost immediately his cross was skewed inches past the post by Mitrovic.

Then Fabio Carvalho found space 10 yards out but glanced his header wide from Harry Wilson's cross before Williams chanced his arm from 25 yards, only for Moore to claw the ball to safety.

Coventry were not finished as an attacking force and Maatsen's shot was deflected over the bar by Williams, but it was Fulham who scored the third goal after 82 minutes.

Decordova-Reid started and finished it, sending fellow substitute Josh Onomah clear on the left and meeting his low cross with a first-time shot across Moore to score.

Now the Cottage found its voice, but the Coventry defence, excellent throughout, held firm, and in added time Hamer robbed Tim Ream and crossed for O'Hare to tap in the third.

There was still time for Carvalho to rattle the crossbar but even a goal then would have been no consolation.

Fulham: Rodak, Williams (Onomah 75), Antonee Robinson, Ream, Adarabioyo, Kebano (Muniz 74), Reed, Wilson, Chalobah (De Cordova-Reid 45), Carvalho, Mitrovic

Unused substitutes: Gazzaniga, Seri, Hector, Bryan,

Goals:
Bobby De Cordova-Reid 82 (left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Josh Onomah.)

Booked: Wilson (81,f)

Coventry City: Moore, Rose, Bidwell, Hyam, Dabo, Hamer, Sheaf, Allen, Maatsen, Gyokeres, O'Hare

Unused substitutes: Tyler, Howley, Wilson, Tavares, Waghorn, Bapaga, Kane

Goals:
Rose 20 (header from the left side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Gustavo Hamer with a cross following a corner.)

Gyokeres 24 (right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Callum O'Hare.)

O'Hare 90+3 (right footed shot from very close range.)

Booked: Dabo (42,f), Sheaf (61,f), Moore(65), Hamer (80,f),

Referee: Darren Bond (Lancashire)

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