well City's unbeaten start to the new season continued with an impressive win in the Champions League at slovan Bratislava on Tuesday but two draws in a row has seen them lose the early leadership of the Premier League table today they face a fullen side who could overtake them with a win at the etti Hat stadium that said you have to go back 13 years for the last time City failed to beat the Cottages well they've given the ball away and cyia trying to pounce and it reaches gundan who puts it wide of the post a
left foot drive that only missed by about a foot or [Applause] so City coming forward again harland's lay off to fod and back it goes to Harland Haren across the face of the goal and wide the same distance wide as gundan shot beyond that that far post both have had chances because Fulham have lost the ball building out vardal back inside to aangi aangi on the edge of the area finds Bernardo Silva Bernardo Silva dinks in a ball and it's chested down by iobi and then hooked out for a corner and City's third corner of
the afternoon as gundan plays in the latest corner and burn Leno emerges with the ball he bows it straight straight out looking for Jimenez Jimenez down towards Adat trayor the chase is on and Lewis is beaten and tror hits the shot and an Edison save well the first chance of the match for the visitors trior outpaced and out mused Lewis and Edison with his legs kept it at nil nil lukic Midway inside the city half darts towards the left side plays it to trayor on to Robinson cross comes in up towards Jimenez the layoff was
M time but he still managed to find iobi hobi Clips it into Jimenez Jimenez on the turn it's not a bad ball it's a brilliant ball and Fulham score through Pereira and City Trail one nil well I said Fulham look good coming forward they've just proved it lovely ball into the box and Andreas Pereira on the volley has slid full him up 1 n on towards foden foden on to gardel gardiel on the edge of the area finds greish greish up against OVI back it goes oh Jimenez picks it up FH and fancy this Pereira
come forward now he crosses the halfway line hov's busting a gut to get up with him trayor is on the far side across it comes to iobi iobi helps it on trayor Over the Bar golden opportunity for Fulham to make it 2-n and in true trayor shouldn't really have scooped it over yeah he came charging out Edison and forced trior to go too high pachic helps it wide to Bernardo Silva up against Robinson berardo Silva looks up and it goes to kovic and then to foden and back to kovic City fans know that they really
do have to engage in this game this is going to be anything but a formality greish wide on the left hand side up against T still greish in a tight area yes he fouled yes he was fre kick no it's a corner either way it's the city ball they're trailing One n IL Kai Gan will whip this one in headed back to kovic one one kovic hit it took a deflection goes into the net wrong foots burnt Leno City a level and my goodness Andy they needed to get level quickly and right there the importance
of set plays need a little bit of luck I think it takes a Ricochet and then goes into the the top of the net but the import set [Applause] plays 34th minute Bernardo Silva gets Beyond Robinson Robinson's back at him again though still with Bernardo Silva plays it back to foden foden on the edge it's blocked Lewis on the edge it's blocked two shots in a row both of them cannoning off a fullen Defender City win it back bodden backwards to kovic all in around the final third Bernardo Silva now can he find a way
through back towards kovic shot was blocked paral picks it up his shots blocked by Leno goes out for a corner great BL real good intensity now we got a real head of steam up and I think the crowd have played a big part in that alley over the last 15 minutes [Applause] 35 me from goal kovic helps it on to gardio gardio to greish greish up against he wobi gets the better of him Clips it in deep and the Bernardo Silva cushioned header wide of the far post well I don't think he thought it was
going to reach him and when it did he had to react quickly but cushioned his head a wide City last failed to win a game against back in September 2011 foden puts in a cross into the area Bernardo Silva traps it kovic is onto it and scores brilliantly matio kovic two3 away to a hatrick that was a Sumptuous finish he took the ball on the edge of the area and he just guided it with a little bit of power into the corner of bent Leno's net city2 Fallen one a double for matio kovic It's A
Wonderful ball from Phil foden just lud Robinson at the far post great first touch from Bernardo but kovic first touch with his left foot is just magnificent what a touch which then creates the opportunity to little Shuffle the feet brilliant finish Ki looks up plays it to foden foden oh he's fouled fouled by lukic free kick to the blues Midway inside the Fulham har City free kick gundan and foden hovering over the delivery dcu's come on down the left Walker of course down the right the announce swinger from gundan headed away Lewis on the edge
of the area hits the volley oh my goodness that didn't miss by much it was a controlled volley on the edge of the area from Rico Lewis and it missed by maybe a meter or so Harland kic now to foden foden on to Lewis Lewis on the edge of the area towards Harem cleared up towards trior through the legs to gimenez and the Sprints on and C Walker and tror and trior got the better of him and trayor threw on goal and another brilliant save from ederson well it was a foot race between Walker and
trayor and trayor won it ral's been forced backwards so he guides it to Edison whose involvement today can't be underestimated little ball forward to Harland played it into Lewis Lewis drives across the center circle plays it out wide to dku dku now can take on castania comes inside dku hits the shot into the net Jeremy dku what a fabulous fabulous goal from the Belgian he came in off the line moved it inside hit across the ball it had wobble on it and a goalkeeper as experience as burn Leno couldn't get anywhere near it it's city3
full of one Jeremy dku dku tremendous drop of the shoulder to the left comes inside and then it's just a wonderful finish wonderful finish on it goes to Cary cany into Smith row Smith row onto ree Nelson up towards Rodrigo monice it's in Fulmer back in the game I said they weren't done Rodrigo monice has put them right back in the hunt at 3-2 Fulham have it down in the their own final third they need the ball forward from their perspective City with just a little bit more game management and they've done it they've got
this victory over the line by no means of formality they've created a bit of History they've beaten Fulham 17 times in a row no Club in English football have ever won that many games against the same opponents but I tell you what this was one of the trickiest afternoons that City have had in this and indeed many a season but in the end City have got over the line they beat and followed by three goals to two [Music]
