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Fulham 1-0 Hull City: dominant Fulham secure first win
Fulham 1-0 Hull City: dominant Fulham secure first win
Alvaro Arbeloa celebrates the victory with Gonzalo Garcia.(credit:Alex Pantling gettyimages)

Alvaro Arbeloa secured his first Premier League win as Fulham stopped high-flying Hull City in their tracks.

The only goal of the game came through Alex Iwobi after some well-worked play; his effort deflected and went straight through Konstantinos Tzolakis, who should have done better.

Fulham dominated, controlling the game and should have come away with a bigger scoreline if not for some poor finishing.

A late red card for Ryan Sessegnon after a poor challenge dampened the mood, but Fulham held on for the three points.

Hull have started the season well and been a threat in every game so far, but in this match they couldn't get anything together, with zero shots on target.

Story of the match:

Fulham held possession early on, trying to work their way into the game. Josh King made some space for himself and found Iwobi, whose deflected effort looped over the bar.

The strong start continued, with Oscar Bobb having a few good chances, but he didn’t manage to test the keeper.

Bobb held off Brooke Norton-Cuffy well and managed to play in King, who was fouled just outside the box. Bobb took the free kick, which went straight at Tzolakis.

Hull defended well but struggled to get into the game, with only a couple of chances to get forward and unable to create anything meaningful.

Sander Berge broke forward with the ball, his pass to King was intercepted and cleared straight back into his path. This time, he found Iwobi, who found the bottom corner with a deflection helping the ball on its way.

Fulham worked a corner well between King, Bobb and Iwobi, with the latter finding the head of Calvin Bassey, but the defender couldn’t keep the ball down.

King played a beautiful ball in behind the defence, but Gonzalo Garcia’s poor touch took the ball away from him.

Everything came through King this time; he found himself in on goal at a tight angle and forced a good save from Tzolakis.

Shea Charles stepped in and won the ball just in front of the Tigers' defence; he played it into King, who forced another save from the keeper.

King beat his man with a wonderful turn; Gonzalo headed his cross down into the path of Iwobi, who made it easy for the goalkeeper.

After a poor cross into the box, Bobb picked up the ball and passed to Iwobi, but his shot went wide.

A ball flashed across the box by King; just a touch was needed to go in, but Ryan Giles got back and cleared the ball well.

Iwobi whipped a lovely ball into the box onto the head of Gonzalo, who had to score but rattled the bar with his effort.

Hidemasa Morita played a beautiful cross-field pass to Mohamed Belloumi, who worked inside and got a shot away, but it went wide.

Sessegnon picked up a late red card after a poor lunging challenge against Robino Vaz as he tried to get away from the Fulham man.

Player of the match: Josh King

Josh King is the jewel in the crown of this Fulham team, and he continues to show why he gets so much praise.

He could have walked away with several assists if there had been some better finishing on show, as well as having a couple of goals, forcing some great saves from Tzolakis.

King was also involved in general play, helping to win free kicks, as his quick feet and turns are so hard for defenders to deal with.

Overall, another strong performance as he shows he is very much a Premier League player as he only gets better with every game.

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