Manor Solomon strikes again to salvage draw for Fulham against Wolves

If Manor Solomon carries on like this, Marco Silva may never want to hand him his first Premier League start. The Israeli came off the bench for the third successive game and scored, cancelling out Pablo Sarabia’s first goal for Wolves as Fulham battled back to maintain their hopes of a top-six finish.

Signed from Shakhtar Donetsk in the summer, a knee injury meant Solomon has only previously made the starting lineup in the FA Cup but he has found the net against Nottingham Forest, Brighton and now Wolves after being introduced at the break with his side trailing here.

But while Julen Lopetegui’s side will be frustrated after an excellent first-half display, at least they managed to stop Fulham from recording the highest points tally by a promoted team after 25 fixtures of a 38-match Premier League season.

They now have 39 in the bag, although Silva had insisted beforehand that he would leave dreaming of playing in Europe next season to Fulham’s supporters in spite of their surprising success so far with a team largely comprised of players who have already experienced relegation and - in some cases such as Harrison Reed - twice. Given that they had not beaten Wolves here in the Premier League since a 5-0 thrashing in 2012, he had every reason to take his usual pragmatic approach to this encounter.

Wolves have improved significantly under Lopetegui but came to London having picked up only two points from their five previous visits this season. Mario Lemina returned from suspension against his former club and Raúl Jiménez was chosen to lead the line.

In the continued absence of their top scorer Aleksandar Mitrovic, Silva turned to Carlos Vinícius in Fulham’s only change from the smash and grab victory over Brighton that