Fulham 5-3 Leicester City: Willian, Tom Cairney score twice to deepen Foxes' relegation woes

Fulham thrashed Leicester City 5-3 at Craven Cottage to solidify their hold on 10th place in the Premier League and leave the Foxes deep in relegation trouble. Willian got the opener after 10 minutes when he watched his free-kick from the sideline deceive Leicester goalkeeper Daniel Iversen and bounce into the goal. Ad Eight minutes later, Brazilian Carlos Vinicius produced an unhurried finish after a lovely reverse pass from Harry Wilson to make it 2-0.

Barclays WSLMaanum strike helps Arsenal keep top-three hopes alive with victory over Leicester05/05/2023 AT 21:21 Tom Cairney made it 3-0 right before half-time when Wout Faes' attempted clearance fell to Fulham on the edge of the Foxes' box. The ball eventually came to Scotland international Cairney who floored Caglar Soyuncu with a neat feint before whipping his shot beyond Iversen. Cairney scored his second shortly after the break when he finished off a sensational Fulham counter-attack.

With matches against Liverpool and Newcastle to come, this was a contest that Leicester could not afford to lose but they approached it like they were the side sitting comfortably in mid-table. Harvey Barnes pulled one back from close range for Leicester and Jamie Vardy had the chance to make it 4-2 with 25 minutes to play, but saw his penalty saved by Bernd Leno. It was Leno who had conceded the spot-kick with a mad rush out of his goal, but made up for the error with an excellent stop.