Alex Iwobi seals Fulham’s victory at Sunderland after Raúl Jiménez double

Raúl Jiménez, who will turn 35 in May and whose career was once threatened by a skull fracture, showed little sign of decline as his second-half header and a penalty sank Sunderland. Enzo Le Fée’s spot-kick briefly reduced the deficit, but Alex Iwobi’s deft chip effectively sealed Fulham’s win, leaving the home side to lament clearcut chances missed by Romaine Mundle and Nilson Angulo.

Régis Le Bris chose a very attacking starting XI to address Sunderland’s scoring problems, but the balance felt off and the team have won only two of their past 11 league games amid a drought from open play. “It’s a tough day,” Le Bris said. “We couldn’t find the right way to express our quality.

We got too sloppy to impose our ideas. It was a tight game but we weren’t good enough. We have to find solutions rather than searching for excuses.

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