Fulham maintained their Championship automatic promotion bid with a routine victory at Norwich.<\/p>\n
Stefan Johansen opened the scoring for the Cottagers with a tap-in after Norwich keeper Angus Gunn could only parry Aleksandar Mitrovic’s header.<\/p>\n
Tom Cairney doubled the advantage minutes later, sidefooting the ball into the bottom corner.<\/p>\n
Fulham remain seven points off second-placed Cardiff after extending their unbeaten run to 17 league games.<\/p>\n
Cairney’s tame effort was the only shot on target in a largely uneventful first-half which saw Fulham dominate possession but create little going forwards.<\/p>\n
City’s closest chance came after 59 minutes when Josh Murphy’s volley went narrowly wide.<\/p>\n
Moments later Fulham substitute Ryan Sessegnon saw his powerful shot cleared off the line by Norwich defender Christoph Zimmermann.<\/p>\n
This latest defeat means the Canaries have now won just one of their past nine games.<\/p>\n
Norwich boss Daniel Farke:<\/p>\n
“Fulham were able to score the first goal. From there, it was difficult.<\/p>\n
“They are the best team in the league at the moment. We had situations to score but weren’t effective.<\/p>\n
“I’m happy with our commitment, fighting spirit and performance. Sadly, we didn’t get the result which is the credit.”<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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