Manchester City 2-1 Fulham LIVE! Pereira goal - Premier League match stream, latest score and updates today

Manchester City vs Fulham – LIVE!

Manchester City could reclaim top spot in the Premier League and put the pressure back on Arsenal with a win against Fulham today. Pep Guardiola’s side have recovered from their loss to Liverpool and were afforded the luxury of resting a number of players during their midweek win over Sevilla, so head into this one in good shape.

There’s also the added boost of having a certain Erling Haaland available. Having missed the last two games, the star striker has been back in training and will likely play in at least some capacity. Fulham, meanwhile, have exceeded expectations since their return to the Premier League.

Largely written off before the season, Marco Silva’s side look much harder to beat than previous Fulham teams, although face a mighty challenge to overcome the champions at the Etihad Stadium. Follow all of the action with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog!

Man City vs Fulham latest news

• GOAL! Haaland bags last-gasp penalty

• GOAL! Pereira penalty draws visitors level

• GOAL! Julian Alvarez give the hosts the lead

Manchester City FC 2 - 1 Fulham FC

Full match report

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Erling Haaland scored a late penalty to take Manchester City to the top of the Premier League in a dramatic win over Fulham.

With leading goalscorer Haaland deemed fit enough only for the bench after missing the previous two City games through injury, Argentinean forward Julian Alvarez fired the home side into a 17th-minute lead.

The champions thought they had quickly doubled their lead through John Stones but Rodri was offside in the build-up, and Fulham capitalised on that reprieve, going straight down the other end and winning a 26th-minute penalty.

Read our full match report here!

FT: Man City 2-1 Fulham

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A late Erling Haaland penalty sends Manchester City to the top of the Premier League.

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GOAL! Man City 2-1 Fulham | Erling Haaland ‘93

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94:00 - Haaland does it!

PENALTY TO MAN CITY

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93:00 - De Bruyne fouled in the box.

CHANCE FOR MAN CITY

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84:00 - Haaland latches onto a De Bruyne ball but is forced wide and sees his shot blocked.

Ten minutes to go

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80:00 - City desperate for a winner here.

Fulham changes

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GOAL DISALLOWED

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74:00 - Haaland has the ball in the back of the net but VAR rules it out as offside.

City going through the gears

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69:00 - City upping the tempo in the last few minutes, really taking it to Fulham.

Enter Erling Haaland

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CHANCE FOR FULHAM!

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62:00 - Harry Wilson drags his shot wide after catching City on the counter.

Haaland warming up

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56:00 - Ominous signs as Erling Haaland begins to warm up.

Getting back into the swing of things

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55:00 - Ah, there it is. The muscle memory.

City are getting back into their pattern, controling the tempo of the game and speeding up the passing.

City rattled

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52:00 - Silva now clapping the referee any chance he gets.

Things are not going to plan.

Back underway

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47:00 - City look a touch more organised after the break but face a difficult task. Fulham are so well organised.

Arsenal’s great hope

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Hard to imagine Mikel Arteta is not watching developments at the Etihad with a smile on his face.

Arsenal play Chelsea tomorrow and could really do with City dropping points to lift a small portion of the pressure.

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HT: Man City 1-1 Fulham

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Level at the break, with Fulham looking the more likely to take three points.

Oh, how the tables have turned.

Where do City go from here?

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45:00 - It’s hard to imagine City shutting up shop here, but it’s going to be very difficult to stop Fulham in the second-half.

Still life in City

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40:00 - De Bruyne plays in Alvarez with a delightful chip but the Argentine sees his shot deflected wide.

Shapeless City

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35:00 - The hosts need half-time.

Silva is being dragged into a left-back area, with Fulham toying with City at the moment.

How the tables have turned

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Harsh red

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31:00 - Probably somewhat harsh on Cancelo, who barged into Wilson without any particularly nasty.

Still, that rash decision has given Fulham hope in a game they were watching pass them by.

GOAL! Manchester City 1-1 Fulham | Andreas Pereira ‘27

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27:00 - Andreas Pereira converts!

PENALTY TO FULHAM

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25:00 - Where did that come from?

Cancelo is SENT OFF for a challenge on Wilson as Fulham countered.

Total control from City now

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23:00 - Boasting the ball as usual, City are purring.

Oh, and they’ve got Haaland on the bench.

Aguero would be proud

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16:00 - The goal came from a lovely through ball played by Gundogan, with Alvarez latching onto it and rifling one into the top corner.

GOAL! Manchester City 1-0 Fulham | Julian Alvarez ‘15

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15:00 - And there we have it!

In for Erling Haaland today, Julian Alvarez opens the scoring for City with a well-taken finish.

Cancelo in control

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11:00 - The Portugal international is running the game at the moment, drifting inside and looking to play City’s way through a sturdy Fulham backline.

CHANCE FOR MAN CITY

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09:00 - Leno forced into a decent enough save from a De Bruyne shot just outside the box.

First booking

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09:00 - Pereira booked for a late challenge on Rodri. Going to be a real slog for the rest of the game for the Fulham midfielder.

Fulham digging deep

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08:00 - Not too much coming forward from Fulham. Could be a long afternoon ahead.

First half chance for City

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03:00 - Grealish runs at his marker and creates chaos in the box, with De Bruyne’s pass just a touch too strong for Cancelo to control and keep the attack alive.

Familiar pattern

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As was expected, City are dominating the ball in the opening stages. Looks like Stones at right-back and Grealish on the left of the front three.

KICK-OFF

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We’re underway at the Etihad!

Head to head (h2h) history and results

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Manchester City wins: 37

Draws: 16

Fulham wins: 17

In stunning form

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Latest odds

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Betfair - Man City v Fulham

Man City to win 1/8

The draw 17/2

Fulham to win 19/1

No Mitrovic for Fulham

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Marco Silva has confirmed Aleksandar Mitrovic is suffering with an ankle injury, albeit not a serious one.

Pep Guardiola’s pre match message

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“It’s always great to play at our home with our people behind us. I love being here and I know the players do too.”

Confirmed Fulham lineup

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Confirmed Man City lineup

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Who Man City could face in the Champions League last-16 draw

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Who can Manchester City face in the Champions League last-16?

Teams from the same country and group are ruled out for this stage of the competition - but not for the quarter-finals onwards.

So Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool will not be handed to Guardiola and Co.

However, plenty of decent teams finished as runners-up in the group stage...

Man City’s possible last-16 opponents: Eintracht Frankfurt, PSG, Inter Milan, AC Milan, RB Leipzig, Club Brugge.

Silva hails ‘outstanding’ Pereira and makes Fulham transfer admission

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Marco Silva hailed Andreas Pereira for silencing the doubters with his superb Fulham form and revealed he explored signing the midfielder last season.

Pereira set up goals for Aleksandar Mitrovic and Bobby Decordova-Reid as the Cottagers climbed to seventh with a 3-2 victory over struggling Leeds on Sunday.

Eyebrows were raised when Silva paid an initial £10million to sign Pereira from Manchester United in the summer, where he had made just 45 Premier League appearances across an eight-year spell that included four stints out on loan.

However, the 26-year-old appears to have found a happy, permanent home in west London, with four assists and a goal so far this term to help Silva’s men make a flying start to their top-flight return.

“He has been outstanding this season,” Silva said. “I know a lot of people had doubts when I decided to sign him but I knew his qualities and his character.

“Even last season we had a conversation about his future but it wasn’t the right moment for him to join us. He’s a key player on and off the ball and with set-pieces. Two assists this afternoon. A top professional who is enjoying himself at the moment in a white shirt. The three midfielders all played an amazing game today.”

Guardiola responds to Zlatan Ibrahimovic

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The two certainly have history...

Silva proving critics wrong at Fulham and finally living up to promise

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Sporting CP coach Ruben Amorim was in London last night to preview his side’s game against Tottenham when he was asked about his interest in one day managing in England.

In the past fortnight, Amorim has been a candidate for the Wolves and Aston Villa jobs, and it feels inevitable a Premier League club will eventually make the promising 37-year-old an offer he cannot refuse.

The growing clamour around Amorim is reminiscent of the hype around another young Portuguese coach, Marco Silva, who pitched up in English football in 2017.

Fresh-faced, not yet 40 and already in the orbit of Jorge Mendes, Silva arrived at Hull, having impressed at Sporting and Olympiacos, and with much the same kind of reputation that Amorim enjoys today: billed as the next great young coach to emerge from Portugal.

Read our full story here!

Guardiola provides promising double injury update ahead of World Cup

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Kyle Walker and Kalvin Phillips are in line to be fit for England’s World Cup campaign, Pep Guardiola has revealed.

The Manchester City boss described it as “likely” the duo can shake off respective groin and shoulder injuries in time to make the plan to Qatar.

Gareth Southgate names his final squad on November 10 ahead of facing Iran in their opener in under three weeks.

Guardiola told reporters on Tuesday: “I don’t know the intentions for Gareth. He speaks with the players and doctors regularly.

Read the full story here!

Exclusive: Chelsea risk losing top young stars as Man City open talks

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Manchester City have opened talks with Chelsea academy striker Jude Soonsup-Bell.

The promising 18-year-old has made one senior appearance for Chelsea but his contract expires at the end of the season and he could leave Stamford Bridge.

Manchester City are arguably Chelsea’s biggest rival at academy level and they are keen to poach Soonsup-Bell.

Read Standard Sport’s exclusive story here!

Pep Guardiola warns Manchester City players of ‘clinical’ Aleksandar Mitrovic

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Pep Guardiola insists allowing Fulham to play long balls up to Aleksandar Mitrovic will see Manchester City lose their Premier League clash on Saturday.

While City star Erling Haaland is naturally taking much of the goalscoring plaudits after a record-breaking start to his first season in England, his opposite number at the Etihad Stadium has been impressive in his own right.

After so much debate as to whether or not the Serbian international could convince in the Premier League, Mitrovic has bagged nine goals in 12 appearances, already on course to better his most prolific top-flight tally of 11.

Read the full story here!

Prediction: Manchester City to win 3-1

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This will almost certainly not be as straightforward for City as in years gone by, though Haaland’s return obviously gives them a huge boost.

Man City to win 3-1.

Fulham team news: Kebano injured

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For Fulham, Neeskens Kabano faces a long spell on the sidelines after rupturing his Achilles in training and Bobby Decordova-Reid is suspended.

Harry Wilson is building up his fitness and there’s an outside chance Layvin Kurzawa could feature.

Manchester City team news: Erling Haaland available

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Guardiola has confirmed Erling Haaland will likely be fit to feature in at least some capacity after missing the last two games with a foot injury.

The City boss confirmed his star striker was “much better”, though stopped short of suggesting he will start and instead talked up Julian Alvarez’s chances to.

Elsewhere, Manuel Akanji is fit after a dead leg and the likes of Kevin De Bruyne, Rodri and Bernardo Silva are expected to come back into the starting lineup.

Where to watch Manchester City vs Fulham

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TV channel and live stream: The game will not be broadcast on TV in the UK due to the 3pm blackout imposed across English football.

Highlights: Match of the Day, however, will show highlights when it airs at 10.30pm on Saturday.

LIVE coverage: Follow all of the action with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog.

Welcome

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Good afternoon and welcome to Standard Sport’s LIVE coverage of Manchester City’s clash with Fulham today.

Kick-off inside the Etihad Stadium is at 3pm GMT.