Newcastle missed the opportunity to move to Top Four, as Fulham came from behind and won 2-1 in St. James thanks to the replacement of the late goal of Rodriga Muniz.
Newcastle controlled the match at halftime via the opening of Jacob Murphy’s close range, as Fulham failed to shoot on the target.
But the visitors were a completely different team in the second half, as Raul Jimenez was deservedly equalized in the 61th minute before his replacement Muniz deftly ran home, the 82 -minute winner from a free kick to stun the side of Eddie Howe.
Newcastle has only been collected in the second half by one shot on the target to suffer back defeat and will have to be much improved on Wednesday on the semi -final leg Carabao Cup against Arsenal, live on Sky SportsIf they want to make their 2-0 lead number.
It looked pleasant afternoon for Newcastle as they dominated the first half, and Fabian Schar rejected Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno and Sandro Tonas who hit the bar before Murphy broke home.
But at halftime, Marco Silva, the half -time talks, did wonders because Cottagers were immediately on the front foot, registering two shots on the first two minutes of the second half, and Jimenez finally leveled for the first time.
Alexander Isaac approached the return of Newcastle leadership while hitting the bar in the 75th minute, but only seven minutes later Fulham finished the turn, while Muniz knocked the replacement of Andreas Pereira’s past, Martin Dubravka in his near post.
The late victory for Fulham brought her first victory in St. James’ to raise them to ninth, and Newcastle’s defeat left them in fifth place.
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