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fulham Survived by a powerful fear to overtake the past Wycombe 5-4 on penalties to progress Carabao Cup Quarter-finals after a 1–1 draw at Adams Park.
josh king He scored his first goal in senior football and equalized for the Premier League side early in the second half when Cole Woodrow scored in the fourth minute against his former club.
The League One side were then excluded from marco silvaThe team subjected them to waves of pressure, saving a heart-stopping moment in extra time when Anders Hegelskjaer cleared Kevin’s strike off the line.
Fulham twice missed the chance to win in the shoot-out that followed. Ryan Sessegnon And Jonah Kusi-Asare was denied by goalkeeper Will Norris.
But the hosts could not take advantage and Donnell McNally’s kick was saved. Issa Diop Knocked out the winner.
Fulham suffered their fifth consecutive defeat in all competitions A poor performance in the Premier League saw them slip to 17th place.
By contrast, Wycombe had lost only once in six games in the league since Michael Duff replaced Mike Dodds in September and had surprised their opponents early despite Woodrow.
When Luton Looney picked up the ball 25 yards from goal, it seemed little, but Fulham, expecting an attempted through-ball, stood up, giving Woodrow time to take out a corner and find him with an unmarked strike that went past Benjamin Lecomte.
Norris needed smart reflexes to keep out Raul Jimenez’s strong header in the Wycombe goal, then Tom Kearney A powerful effort with his left foot bent the wrong side of the post.
Club record-signing Kevin had earlier tried to engineer something coming in from the right and fired a shot wide of the far post timothy castagne Fulham’s best chance of the half was canceled out when he failed to make proper contact on a cross which bounced off his head.
Fulham equalized after three minutes of the second half. Kevin’s corner near the post was met by King who got in front of his man to flick the ball in with his right foot.
Cairney then took a powerful fingertip strike from Norris onto the crossbar and Jimenez volleyed from a good position, turning the game in Fulham’s favour.
Kevin twice came close to giving Silva’s side the lead, first with a well-struck shot from range which Norris tipped over and then deflected off target from inside the box.
King missed a golden opportunity to win it in the 89th minute, turning the ball brilliantly and wasting the opening with a misdirected shot, before Fulham went into the shoot-out.
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