Chelsea 2-0 Fulham (Pedro 45+9′, Fernandez pen 56′)
STAMFORD BRIDGE — When the Premier League introduced Video Assistant Referees in 2019, it was to correct “clear and obvious errors”. Six years on and the technology is being used for a different purpose: to re-referee matches in super slow motion.
Josh King joined Fulham at the age of eight. Ten years on, he is playing regularly for the first team, living out the fantasy of every academy player in the country.
How many times over the past decade has he dreamt of his first Fulham goal? In his wildest dreams did he imagine it would be as good as this? And would come against Chelsea in a west London derby?
A sweeping counter-attacking move resulted in King racing through on goal from Sander Berge’s pass with only Tosin Adarabioyo betw