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Saturday May 9, 2009 Finished Craven Cottage

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Fulham

  • Murphy 7’ (pen.)
  • Kamara 46’, 60’

Aston Villa

  • Young 15’

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  1. Fulham cruise past Villa

    Fulham cruise past Villa

    Diomansy Kamara inspired Fulham to a comfortable 3-1 win over a listless Aston Villa side at Craven Cottage. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Fulham
    • Aston Villa
    • 90' The ref puts Villa out of their misery, a comfortable win for Fulham thanks in no small part to two great goals by Diomansy Kamara.
    • 88' FULHAM SUB: Dacourt comes on for a limping Etuhu.
    • 86' Etuhu is down injured, wasting a few seconds as Fulham ride this match out.
    • 84' FULHAM SUB: Gray on for Dempsey.
    • 82' FULHAM SUB: Bobby Zamora makes a return to action after injury, on for Erik Nevland.
    • 80' Fulham don't deal with the corner but eventually scramble it clear... still with Villa though, Ashley Young crosses but headed clear, now Milner swings it over and headed down by Davies FOR HESKEY BUT HE PUTS IT OVER!! It came to him quickly but a bad miss.
    • 79' Konchesky puts the ball out for a corner, taken quickly by Milner to Young but he's closed down by Kamara who puts it out again.
    • 78' Fulham come forward now as Nevland has a chance to meet a Dempsey cross but he can't direct the header on target.
    • 77' Heskey has barely had a sniff since coming on. He looks off the pace and lacking in confidence. Roy Hodgson is deep in conversation with Ray Lewington as the Whites look to make a change.
    • 75' Fulham have an attack now but a misunderstanding sees Murphy loft it too far ahead of Kamara.
    • 73' Foolish defending from Villa as Heskey tries to dribble clear, gives it away to Gera who shoots but well over.
    • 71' Villa are putting a lot of pressure on Fulham but they lack a cutting edge, that bit of creativity to match their directness.
    • 69' The corner is swung over by Young, it's cleared to the edge of the box by Hangeland but it drops to Barry who lobs it over!
    • 68' Carew wins a corner for Villa after a good cross from the right....
    • 66' VILLA DOUBLE SUB: An ambitious but risky change by Villa, Shorey and Young are off with Reo-Coker and Heskey on. So Villa switch to a 3-4-3.
    • 64' Villa are running out of ideas here. The rails really have come off their season, they look as ordinary as Sunderland.
    • 62' Villa are piling it on now but leaving space at the back. Some determined defending as Konchesky blocks a Barry shot.
    • 60' Konchesky swings the corner in and Hangeland flicks the header on which comes to Kamara with his back to goal AND HE PUTS THE BALL INTO THE BACK OF THE NET WITH A DELIGHTFUL BACKHEEL! Great improvisation from Kamara, Fulham are coasting.
    • 59' Gera wriggles into the box but Davies slides in to put it out for a corner.
    • 58' Agbonlahor has a crack but well over.
    • 57' Luke Young with a cross from deep but Schwarzer flies to his right to pluck it out of the air.
    • 56' A clear shoulder barge from Agbonlahor floors Pantsil but a throw is given to Villa. Old-fashioned but against the rules these days.
    • 54' Gera feels he was fouled as he shot wide but nothing given. He looks on at the ref but play goes on and he needs to get back to it...
    • 53' A long delay before this free-kick is taken, three white shirts around it and Konchesky sends a low one through the wall but it curls in too much and into the arms of the diving Friedel.
    • 51' Petrov looks at the ref after he brings down Kamara on the edge of the Villa box... Looked a foul to me!
    • 49' Villa are trying to pull it back straight away, a concerted spell of pressure but Milner's cross from the right veers out before dropping back in play.
    • 47' Fulham attack after Villa give it away from the kick-off, played through to Kamara WHO IS IN PAST THE LAST DEFENDER AND HE STROKES IT LOW INTO THE BOTTOM LEFT FOR 2-1! What a start to the half for Fulham!
    • 46' Second half underway!!
    • - The half-time stats show Fulham to have almost 60 per cent of possession and twice as many shots on target as Villa but that discounts the visitors hitting the woodwork, and of course their counter-attacking style. Fulham will feel they should be ahead but Villa have done what is expected of them.
    • 45+2 Half-time, one goal apiece and a fair reflection of the balance of play.
    • 45+1 Free-kick to Villa on the left, Young to swing in right-footed... headed clear by, of course, Hangeland.
    • 45' Kamara could be in on the left but he looks almost lazy as he controls the ball and is dispossessed. Back with Fulham though after good work from Etuhu.
    • 43' Agbonlahor could be in on the left but good covering by Pantsil, who draws a foul to boot.
    • 42' This is a super counter by Villa, Agbonlahor down the right and he puts it in low, it takes a touch off Hangeland and YOUNG MUST SCORE BUT OFF THE POST!
    • 41' Carew heads Konchesky's corner behind for another corner... this one is sent in low and Villa clear, and now they break...
    • 40' Fulham go close after a Murphy free-kick from range is palmed behind for a corner by Friedel!
    • 39' Murphy brings down Agbonlahor and this time he is booked.
    • 37' Young is still down, O'Neill is furious at that challenge.
    • 36' Murphy with a hack into the back of Ashley Young's legs and that should be a yellow card...
    • 33' The next corner is sent in for Hangeland on the penalty spot but his header under pressure is well over.
    • 32' Fulham have a corner on the right, Konchesky puts it in... again it drops far post where Kamara tries to shoot but blocked and he has another chance, controls and shoots but deflected just over!
    • 31' Dempsey gets the ball on the edge of the D and he tries a curling effort to Friedel's left but he dives across to save and hold on.
    • 30' Schwarzer has the ball and opts to slow it down before releasing long aiming for Kamara, who tumbles rather easily. Gera can get on to it but he puts the ball out for a throw.
    • 28' Ball over the top is chased by Nevland and Davies puts it out under pressure, corner Fulham on the right... Konchesky takes, he swings it far post and it drops to Gera who controls and smashes it on goal but a super save by Friedel! It's still loose but comes off the head of Nevland and out for a goal kick.
    • 27' Almost trouble for Fulham but an acrobatic clearance from Hughes gets the ball away.
    • 26' The ball has gone from left to right but Fulham overplay it and, after a couple of chances to play a through ball are spurned, Villa can counter...
    • 25' Schwarzer plucks it out of the air and launches a long one downfield that causes Villa some problems allowing Fulham to build one of their typically patient passing moves...
    • 24' A promising Villa move breaks down on the edge of the box but Fulham haven't got it clear...
    • 22' Nevland chases Davies down after a long one into the right channel but Davies is strong enough to hold him off and wins a goal kick.
    • 20' Kamara is offside after being played through, he looks quizically at the ref but he was off.
    • 19' More bustling centre-forward play from Carew, out-muscling Hangeland and almost playing Barry in but Schwarzer comes out to claim. Villa looking more lively after the goal.
    • 17' Good pressure from Villa winning a few corners but the ultimate one is put over by Carew, who thinks it got a touch off a Fulham player.
    • 15' Milner on the right sends a weak low ball near post, Carew misses it and so do the Fulham defence and Young is there at the far post to put it top right for 1-1! Terrible defending from the hosts and Villa level, against the run of play.
    • 13' Fulham deal with a couple of testing aerial balls from Villa, the latter chested down to Schwarzer by Konchesky.
    • 12' Fulham with some slick passing on the left, a one-two between Konchesky and Gera and Konchesky is in, and he cuts back past Knight with a superb drag-back but Nevland takes it off him and fires over! Bad miss, should have scored and really should have left it for the left-back, who did brilliantly to fashion the chance.
    • 11' Fulham haven't totally managed to clear their lines but they hold firm... now Milner with a low, driven shot but the whistle had already gone for handball.
    • 10' Milner and Agbonlahor chase a long ball and Pantsil tracking back is forced to head behind. Corner, which is cleared at the far post.
    • 9' Fulham are on the rampage again, Villa really don't look a top six or even top half side at the moment, finally the move breaks down and Villa have it back but instinctively they look long.
    • 7' Kamara fancies it but Eurosport blogger Danny Murphy pulls rank and will take... and he rifles it into the bottom right for 1-0! Friedel went the right way but no keeper would have saved that. Read Danny Murphy's blog here!
    • 6' Fulham knock it about nicely as Dempsey gets the ball on the right, Murphy now, this is great one-touch play on the edge of the box, Nevland in for Dempsey AND KAMARA BUT BROUGHT DOWN BY MILNER! PENALTY!
    • 4' Konchesky gets in space down the left, he gets behind Young and swings over a great ball for NEVLAND FLYING ACROSS THE EDGE OF THE SIX-YARD BOX BUT HIS HEADER IS SAVED BY FRIEDEL! Superb chance, but Nevland directed it pretty much straight at Friedel.
    • 3' Agbonlahor gets in on the left but his driven, left-footed shot into the ground is weak and straight at Schwarzer! Good chance!
    • 2' Kamara pops up on the right but his cross is blocked and back with Friedel.
    • 1' Match underway at the Cottage!
    • - Click here to see what Villa have to do to hold on to fifth. Fulham, meanwhile can still qualify for the Europa League. Premier League standings
    • - Click here for pictures of the day's Premier League action! Premier League: the day in photos
    • - VILLA TEAM NEWS: Martin O'Neill has kept faith with the side that scrapped out a 1-0 win against Hull last weekend, which was their first win in 10 Premier League matches. So that means Emile Heskey stays on the bench and - despite claims of a potential burn-out - Gabriel Agbonlahor starts.
    • - FULHAM TEAM NEWS: The Whites have a striking crisis but Erik Nevland has recovered from a knock picked up in the 3-1 defeat at Chelsea and he starts beside Diomansy Kamara. Bobby Zamora returns to the bench from injury but Andy Johnson is still out.
    • - Villa are desperate to hold on to fifth after their title and then Champions League bids fell by the wayside and they face a tricky trip to Fulham at 15:00 UK time.

  • Team Stats

    Fulham Stats Aston Villa
    50% Possession 49%
    18 Shots 11
    9 Shots on target 3
    1 Saves 4
    7 Corners 6
    10 Fouls 11
    0 Offsides 2
    1 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    20 Tackles 20
    326 Accurate passes 301
    46 Bad passes 64

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Fulham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Mark Schwarzer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
      3 Paul Konchesky 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 37 11 2
      4 John Paintsil 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 28 1 1
      5 Brede Hangeland 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 22 2 2
      18 Aaron Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 1
      11 Zoltan Gera 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 31 2 3
      23 Clint Dempsey 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 40 9 1
      13 Danny Murphy 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 56 2 2
      20 Dickson Etuhu 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 37 5 3
      10 Erik Nevland 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 16 5 2
      15 Diomansy Kamara 2 4 2 3 3 0 0 31 7 3
      37 Chris Smalling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Pascal Zuberbühler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Julian Gray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      16 Olivier Dacourt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      34 Chris Baird 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Bobby Zamora 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 6 0 0
      22 Fredrik Stoor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Aston Villa
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Brad Friedel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0
      21 Nicky Shorey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 14 0
      2 Luke Young 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 3
      15 Curtis Davies 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 4 6
      16 Zatyiah Knight 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 24 0 2
      8 James Milner 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 43 5 0
      7 Ashley Young 1 2 1 0 3 1 0 15 4 1
      19 Stilian Petrov 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 44 7 1
      6 Gareth Barry 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 33 13 3
      10 John Carew 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 28 6 1
      11 Gabriel Agbonlahor 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 21 8 0
      4 Steve Sidwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Brad Guzan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Nigel Reo-Coker 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 2
      18 Emile Heskey 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
      47 Ciaran Clark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Nathan Delfouneso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Craig Gardner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 80' Fulham don't deal with the corner but eventually scramble it clear... still with Villa though, Ashley Young crosses but headed clear, now Milner swings it over and headed down by Davies FOR HESKEY BUT HE PUTS IT OVER!! It came to him quickly but a bad miss.
    • 60' Konchesky swings the corner in and Hangeland flicks the header on which comes to Kamara with his back to goal AND HE PUTS THE BALL INTO THE BACK OF THE NET WITH A DELIGHTFUL BACKHEEL! Great improvisation from Kamara, Fulham are coasting.
    • 47' Fulham attack after Villa give it away from the kick-off, played through to Kamara WHO IS IN PAST THE LAST DEFENDER AND HE STROKES IT LOW INTO THE BOTTOM LEFT FOR 2-1! What a start to the half for Fulham!
    • 42' This is a super counter by Villa, Agbonlahor down the right and he puts it in low, it takes a touch off Hangeland and YOUNG MUST SCORE BUT OFF THE POST!
    • 40' Fulham go close after a Murphy free-kick from range is palmed behind for a corner by Friedel!
    • 32' Fulham have a corner on the right, Konchesky puts it in... again it drops far post where Kamara tries to shoot but blocked and he has another chance, controls and shoots but deflected just over!
    • 28' Ball over the top is chased by Nevland and Davies puts it out under pressure, corner Fulham on the right... Konchesky takes, he swings it far post and it drops to Gera who controls and smashes it on goal but a super save by Friedel! It's still loose but comes off the head of Nevland and out for a goal kick.
    • 15' Milner on the right sends a weak low ball near post, Carew misses it and so do the Fulham defence and Young is there at the far post to put it top right for 1-1! Terrible defending from the hosts and Villa level, against the run of play.
    • 12' Fulham with some slick passing on the left, a one-two between Konchesky and Gera and Konchesky is in, and he cuts back past Knight with a superb drag-back but Nevland takes it off him and fires over! Bad miss, should have scored and really should have left it for the left-back, who did brilliantly to fashion the chance.
    • 7' Kamara fancies it but Eurosport blogger Danny Murphy pulls rank and will take... and he rifles it into the bottom right for 1-0! Friedel went the right way but no keeper would have saved that. Read Danny Murphy's blog here!
    • 6' Fulham knock it about nicely as Dempsey gets the ball on the right, Murphy now, this is great one-touch play on the edge of the box, Nevland in for Dempsey AND KAMARA BUT BROUGHT DOWN BY MILNER! PENALTY!
    • 4' Konchesky gets in space down the left, he gets behind Young and swings over a great ball for NEVLAND FLYING ACROSS THE EDGE OF THE SIX-YARD BOX BUT HIS HEADER IS SAVED BY FRIEDEL! Superb chance, but Nevland directed it pretty much straight at Friedel.
    • - Villa are desperate to hold on to fifth after their title and then Champions League bids fell by the wayside and they face a tricky trip to Fulham at 15:00 UK time.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mark Halsey

  • Fulham

    Manager: Roy Hodgson

    Captain: Danny Murphy

    Starting line-up

    • M. Schwarzer
    • J. Paintsil
    • B. Hangeland
    • A. Hughes
    • P. Konchesky
    • D. Etuhu Substitution Out (87′)
    • D. Murphy Yellow Card
    • C. Dempsey Substitution Out (84′)
    • E. Nevland
    • D. Kamara Goals×2
    • Z. Gera

    Subs

    • P. Zuberbuehler
    • O. Dacourt Substitution In87′
    • J. Gray Substitution In84′
    • B. Zamora
    • C. Baird
    • F. Stoor
    • C. Smalling

    Injured

    • S. Davies
    • A. Johnson
    • G. Barnes

    Suspended

    None

  • Aston Villa

    Manager: Martin O'Neill

    Captain: Gareth Barry

    Starting line-up

    • B. Friedel
    • L. Young Substitution Out (66′)
    • C. Davies
    • Z. Knight
    • N. Shorey Substitution Out (66′)
    • J. Milner
    • S. Petrov
    • G. Barry
    • A. Young Goal
    • J. Carew
    • G. Agbonlahor

    Subs

    • E. Heskey Substitution In66′
    • S. Sidwell
    • N. Reo-Coker Substitution In66′
    • C. Gardner
    • B. Guzan
    • N. Delfouneso
    • C. Clarke

    Injured

    • M. Laursen
    • W. Bouma

    Suspended

    None

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  1. not looking forward to this one as a Villa fan
    tough­ place to go and Fulham have done amazing this season to­ be where they are
    would take a draw here

    From sam.andrews91, on Tue 21 Apr 6:53PM
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