Emile Smith Rowe scored with his first touch as a second-half substitute as Fulham salvaged a 1-1 draw against Manchester United in the Premier League, avoiding a ninth consecutive home league defeat in the process.
2025/2026 Premier League
1-1
Mach Report
Having produced one of their better performances under Ruben Amorim in last week's 1-0 home defeat to Arsenal, the Red Devils made another bright start on the banks of the River Thames against Fulham. Matheus Cunha fired an early long-range strike inches over the bar before a neat attacking move involving Patrick Dorgu and Mason Mount culminated in the lively Brazilian sweeping an effort agonisingly against the base of the post.
United continued to look the more threatening of the two sides as the first half progressed, but Bernd Leno stood firm in the hosts' goal, denying Bruno Fernandes and Cunha in quick succession. Determined to make their pressure count, Amorim's men were given a golden opportunity to break the deadlock when Calvin Bassey hauled Mount down in the box, only for Fernandes to uncharacteristically blaze the spot-kick high over the bar.
The early stages of the second period followed a similar pattern to the first, and the visitors took a deserved lead shortly before the hour mark when Bryan Mbeumo's corner was flicked onto the back of Rodrigo Muniz by Leny Yoro and beyond a helpless Leno. In response to that goal, Marco Silva introduced Raúl Jiménez and Smith Rowe into the game, and the latter made an immediate impact, latching onto Alex Iwobi's cross to poke a clever finish past Altay Bayındır.
With time ticking into the final 10 minutes, both sides went in pursuit of a winning goal, as Harry Maguire headed narrowly wide from close range for the Red Devils. That was ultimately as close as either team came to snatching all three points, with Amorim and United forced to settle for a draw that leaves their under-fire manager with just seven wins from his first 29 league matches in charge.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
2' Cunha shoots over from range
3' CLOSE! Cunha hits the post
10' Leno denies Bruno
14' Leno denies Cunha after an AWESOME pass from Bayındır
25' GOOD stop from Casemiro to deny Fulham
32' Bruno tries a cross-goal cross, can’t find Cunha, corner
37' Highlight from Fulham vs Man Utd
38' Penalty Missed! Bruno skies a penalty
39' Yellow Card! Casemiro booked
48' Leno denies Amad
52' Šeško and Dalot ON,Casemiro and Amad OFF
58' GOAL! Fulham 0-1 Man Utd (Leny Yoro)
61' Muniz's header over the bar
69' Iwobi's shot over the bar
70' Ugarte ON, Mount OFF
72' Smith Rowe straight off the bench to equalise!! Fulham 1-1 Man Utd
85' Fulham starting to put pressure on United
88' Maguire so close from the corner. Just wide of the post
Line-ups
Fulham XI: Leno, Tete, Andersen, Iwobi, Lukic, Castagne, Berge, Sessegnon, Calvin Bassey, Rodrigo Muniz, Josh King
Subs: Tom Cairney, Benjamin Lecomte, Jimenez, Traore, Harrison Reed, Harry Wilson, Antonee Robinson, Smith Rowe, Jorge Cuenca
Man Utd XI: Casemiro, Luke Shaw, Bruno Fernandes, Mount, Altay Bayındır, De Ligt, Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo, Amad Diallo Traore, Yoro, Patrick Dorgu
Subs: Maguire, Onana, Dalot, Ugarte, Zirkzee, Benjamin Sesko, Mainoo, Tyler Fredricson, Ayden Heaven