Fulham boss says side deserved win after latest goal on record at Manchester United

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ALEX Iwobi scored the latest Premier League goal on record by a visiting team to Old Trafford as Fulham stunned Manchester United 2-1 on Saturday.

Iwobi struck on 96 minutes four seconds to seal victory for Marco Silva’s side.

Erik Ten Hag’s United thought they had salvaged something from the game when Harry Maguire equalised in the 89th minute after Calvin Bassey’s 65th-minute opener.

Adama Traore raced clear of Maguire from inside the Cottagers’ half before reaching the edge of the D and teeing up Iwobi who had tracked the move from the left wing for a low finish from sixteen yards inside the static Andre Onana’s near post.

“Definitely, it is clear in my opinion the better team on the pitch won the game,” Silva said: “We are the team that created the most chances, that played better and tried to win most of the moments of the game.

“We created a very good number of chances in the first half. They had two or three very good moments as well but the way we started the second half, the first 30 minutes, the way we controlled the game against Man Utd at Old Trafford, that is not easy to do.

“We scored and after came the normal reaction from Man Utd, the crowd played a big part in their reaction, and we conceded a bit of an unlucky goal.

“In that moment we showed a strong mentality. It was first a moment for us not to concede the second as Old Trafford was on fire but we showed a strong mentality and even before the 2-1 we had a strong chance from Rodri [Muniz].

“It was a really well-deserved three points and the best team won.”

United had won their previous four games.

Ten Hag said: “We have gone lately very good but now we have some setbacks.

“We could have won this game. We should have won this game as the team showed great character.

“We had two slow starts in both halves, definitely. It was a big loss to lose Casemiro [to injury], we lost some stability in the team and conceded a goal that is very avoidable, but then fought back in the game.

“I have to credit the team – they showed great character. We went for the win but by the end we let them slip away.

“But after one defeat you have to see the bigger picture and the bigger picture looks very good.

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