Ouattara’s last-gasp equaliser earns Bournemouth point at Fulham
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Dango Ouattara scored an 89th-minute equaliser as Bournemouth snatched a point in a 2-2 draw with Fulham at Craven Cottage. Raúl Jiménez scored his sixth Premier League goal of the season before Evanilson struck early in the second half to level. After Harry Wilson scored his second in as many matches, Ouattara came off the bench to force the stalemate in the final minutes.
The draw extended both clubs’ unbeaten runs to seven matches as Andoni Iraola and Marco Silva’s sides continue their bid for European football. After a nervy opening spell where the Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno was forced into action to deny Ryan Christie, Fulham grew into the match through the explosive Antonee Robinson, who continued his recent fine form.
The left-back was deployed further up the field in possession and the Cottagers were reaping the rewards. A neat one-two in their half resulted in Robinson having space to burst up the field, and his sprint led to a pass to Wilson and a shot straight at the keeper.
Bournemouth relished the physical battle and their aerial superiority paid dividends off a corner when James Hill nodded home past Leno. But the referee’s whistle was blown for a dubious-looking foul on Joachim Andersen which let Fulham off the hook.
Set-pieces became a theme and Fulham converted one of their own to go a goal up. Andreas Pereira whipped in a corner and the well-positioned Jiménez used the pace of the ball to guide his effort into the bottom left-hand corner. Fulham finished the half strongly with a long-range effort by Alex Iwobi which narrowly missed the top corner.
