Fulham beat Newcastle 3-1 to hand Magpies first defeat of season

Updated: Sep 21, 2024, 12:07 pm

Fulham's Raul Jimenez, Emile Smith Rowe and Reiss Nelson all scored in a 3-1 victory over Newcastle United at Craven Cottage on Saturday, sending Eddie Howe's team to their first defeat of the Premier League season.

Newcastle, whose solid start to the campaign came to a screeching halt, are fifth in the table on 10 points after five games. Marco Silva's Fulham are ninth with eight points after their second victory this season.

Newcastle briefly celebrated what they thought was an early lead through Joelinton but his goal was ruled offside. Fulham capitalized on the visitors' error with a goal less than a minute later when Adama Traore found Jimenez inside the box and the Mexican fired home.

Smith Rowe extended Fulham's lead in the 22nd minute when Alex Iwobi threaded a pass to the former Arsenal midfielder, whose shot hit the hand of keeper Nick Pope before trickling over the line.

Shortly after the restart Newcastle's Harvey Barnes latched onto a through ball from Jacob Murphy and finished with a low shot to the far corner. But Nelson put the game to bed in injury time, pouncing on Newcastle's defensive blunder to fire home from close range.