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| Carlos Vinicius of Fulham FC scoring goal during the Premier League match between Fulham FC and Leicester City at Craven Cottage on May 8, 2023 in London, United Kingdom. |
Leicester City's Premier League survival hopes
suffered a blow as they were beaten 5-3 by Fulham at Craven Cottage.
The hosts opened the scoring through a Willian
free-kick before strikes from Carlos Vinicius and Tom Cairney powered them into
a 3-0 half-time lead.
Cairney added another after the restart before
Harvey Barnes pulled a goal back for the visitors, who then saw Jamie Vardy
miss a penalty in the 66th minute.
Willian re-established Fulham's four-goal lead with
another fine strike before James Maddison netted Leicester's second with an
81st-minute spot-kick.
Barnes scored a late third but the struggling Foxes
slumped to an underwhelming defeat.
Leicester remain just above the drop zone on goal
difference with relegation rivals Nottingham Forest and Everton both playing
later on Monday.
Fulham ended a three-match winless run and remain
10th, two points behind west London rivals Brentford.
