Alex Iwobi scored and also provided an assist as Fulham came from 1-0 down to beat Brentford 3-1 in the Premier League at Craven Cottage on Saturday.
It was Iwobi’s first goal and second assist in five Premier League games this season.
Aside Iwobi, who was replaced in the 80th minute, Calvin Bassey Fulham was also in action and played for 90 minutes.
Brentford Nigerian international Frank Onyeka was an unused substitute in the encounter.
Mikkel Damsgaard opened the scoring for Brentford in the 20th minute but Iwobi equalised for Fulham on 38 minutes.
Iwobi then turned provider as he set up Harry Wilson whose strike made it 2-1 in favour of Fulham with five minutes left in the first half.
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In the 50th minute an own goal by Ethan Pinnock put Fulham 3-1 ahead.
Nine minutes after Fulham got their third goal Rodrigo Muniz thought he had added the fourth goal for the London club but his effort was ruled out after consultation with VAR.
Fulham climb up to seventh place on eight points and Brentford are 17th on four points on the log.
By James Agberebi
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…..and someone who calls himself a coach will bring this kid to the Super Eagles and play in closer to Troost Ekong than to our strikers.
The last real coach we had in the SE was Gernot Rohr, all the rest we’ve had after him to date are mere choir masters
The only real AM we have currently in the SE. And we wonder why our strikers have been struggling to score goals when there’s no one to feed them or give those defence-splitting passes.
Yes, only Rohr properly deployed Iwobi and he created or scored a lot of goals under him. The other coaches were using him as a DM and some fans would try to demonize him for not tackling and defending.
That’s not his job or natural role. He helps strikers score or scores himself like a false 9, just like Okocha, Bruno Fernandez, Jude, Cole Palmer, Musiala etc.
Fulham clearly knows how to deploy Iwobi and they’re reaping the rewards.
Yuh pipo are fools. Foolstop
There is no need to be even trying to educate you fools because it’s a wasted effort- anybodi whu stii thinks Iwobi is useful in playing for the SE instead of the complete liability he is a big fool – its no wonder Nigreain have been regressing in football when there are Nigreain thinking like yuh pipo on dis useless thread
SHIIOR!
Uzuor, tell me the creative midfielder or AMF in the Super Eagles today. Name one.
Tell me who in the current Super Eagles can give the kind of threaded pass that was made to the SA winger which he then squared into our 18 yard box and forced Eking to score an own goal.
Who is the current Super Eagles can do that??? Iwobi used to do that for Ighalo under Rohr cos Rohr used to play him as a creative midfielder. You’re just zero in football. You don’t know nothing. Zilch.
Today’s Super Eagles just pass ball sideways in the midfield and wait for Aina and Simon to do the pull outs. Ndidi would just be passing ball sideways while opponents dribble him 90% of the time. He cannot thread any pass and he cannot score. Pure minus one everytime.
Even Yakubu has said he cannot score in today’s Super Eagles cos no creative midfielders, which makes Osimhen overwork and other strikers like Boniface, Dessers, and Awoniyi toothless cos no passes. Midfielders just pass ball sideways, then someone will loop the ball to the 18 yard box and hope Dessers or Arokodare can trap it. We cannot even make 5 successful passes or retain possession for 2 minutes without losing it. It was not so with Rohr
So again I ask you, NAME 2 CREATIVE MFs WE HAVE TODAY OR ONE ONLY. Not DM. Iwobi is not a DM. He’s an AMF.
That’s the most frustrating and annoying thing about Chelle@ Dr Drey.
He simply misuse our boys. Playing them out of position and in unfavorable roles that wouldn’t let them flourish as they do in their clubs.
You can either play Iwobi as an freelance AMF or from both sides of the attacking wings ( preferably on the left side) and watch him thrive.
It’s going to be difficult playing all three of Iwobi, Lookman and Simon at the same time cause it means one or two will be playing out of position thereby causing a disservice to that player and at the long run the team.
For me, Lookman, Iwobi and Chukwueze should normally be the trio that starts closest to the striker.
Lookman can play as left wing attacker, Iwobi as the AMF and Samu in the right wing of the attack. And let them switch roles as the games proceeds .
I just don’t get why Onyedika can’t get game time.
Why is Chrisantus Uche been pushed to the midfield like he is a CMF.
Sometimes I don’t get these coaches.
The answer to your problem is striking you in the face get you chose to ignore.
Yuh knows noting about football mr man – stop talking shit – iwobi is nota footballer dat Nigraien needed. foolstop. Let hin stayed at Fulham even if he liked let hin scored 10000 goals, he is useless for Nigraein SE, if you need hin, buy hin for yur own team and go and marry hin sef but leave dis man away fron Nigraeins team. Nunsense!
Ghanaian A TO Z , same same mONKEY POST, junior Brother Yaboah Ashanti Poor Man Name in Ghana, we have seen your handwork at Ashanti Kotoko