{"id":839391,"date":"2025-04-06T12:12:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T17:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/06\/iwobis-stunning-strike-seals-historic-3-2-win-for-fulham-against-liverpool\/"},"modified":"2025-04-06T12:12:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T17:12:12","slug":"iwobis-stunning-strike-seals-historic-3-2-win-for-fulham-against-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/06\/iwobis-stunning-strike-seals-historic-3-2-win-for-fulham-against-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Iwobi\u2019s stunning strike seals historic 3-2 win for Fulham against Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/sadiq-umar-valencia-super-eagles-mestalla.html\">Super Eagles<\/a> and Fulham attacking midfielder, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/epl-super-eagles-iwobi-eric-chelle.html\">Alex Iwobi<\/a>, was at his creative best as his side stunned Liverpool at Craven Cottage, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old is enjoying his most prolific football season and looks like a rejuvenated player under Coach Marco Silva.<\/p>\n<p>Iwobi has featured in all of <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/premier-leagues-nigerias-calvin-bassey.html\">Fulham<\/a>\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/super-eagles-manchester-united.html\">English Premier League<\/a> games this season, coming off the bench in just one, which shows his vitality for the Europe-chasing Cottagers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_155824\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155824\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/imago1060671754-1024x730.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"730\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-155824\">Alex Iwobi of Fulham clears the ball from Curtis Jones of Liverpool at London Craven Cottage. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Get Our Sports News First \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VagMHLcA89MZvw0Btc21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join Our WhatsApp Channel Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/nigeria-italy-juventus-leao.html\">New Leao \u2013 Highly-rated Juventus attacking youngster ditches Nigeria, dreams of Italy call-up<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/yamal-williams-skales-spain.html\">Watch: Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams vibe to Skales\u2019 shakebody on duty with Spain<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/nigerian-england-premier-league.html\">Nigerian players in England: Five Super Eagles Stars Who Scored Premier League Hat-Tricks<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_155830\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155830\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/imago1060669995-1024x648.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"648\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-155830\">Curtis Jones looks dejected after Alex Iwobi scored to make it 2-1 during the Fulham vs Liverpool Premier League match at Craven Cottage. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>2022 FIFA World Cup winner, Alexis Mac Allister, broke the deadlock in the 14th minute, going on a mazy solo run before blasting the ball beyond Bernd Leno from 25 yards out. A truly stunning goal.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A sensational strike from Alexis Mac Allister <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IsTDFIM9qJ\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/IsTDFIM9qJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/1908871237339660427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/bassey-shearer-manchester-united.html\">Fulham<\/a><\/strong> responded nine minutes later through Ryan Sessegnon. The Englishman profited off a poor clearance from Liverpool\u2019s defenders to strike a half-volley past Caoimhin Kelleher after Timothy Castagne\u2019s work on the right side of the pitch.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ryan Sessegnon has Craven Cottage ROCKING! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tt9ucz0mkG\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/tt9ucz0mkG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/1908874370002416033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nTwo minutes after the half-hour mark, Iwobi put Fulham in front. After a failed attempt to strike the ball with his right foot, it fell kindly to him, and at the second time of asking, the ex-Arsenal man put the ball into the top corner of Liverpool\u2019s goal to score his 8th league goal this campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Iwobi\u2019s goal against Liverpool <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u8FNq2rwgH\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/u8FNq2rwgH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 POOJA!!! (@PoojaMedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PoojaMedia\/status\/1908877917028745435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nFive minutes later, the Super Eagles midfielder turned provider for Brazilian striker, Rodrigo Muniz. Iwobi cleared the ball from an outswinging corner kick, but a brilliant touch from Muniz saw Van Dijk struggle to catch the 23-year-old striker, before he buried the ball to take Fulham two goals up. The assist was Iwobi\u2019s 5th this campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u26bd\ufe0f GOAL: Rodrigo Muniz makes it three<\/p>\n<p>Fulham 3-1 Liverpool<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6WpfCPE54F\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/6WpfCPE54F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Goals Xtra (@GoalsXtra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoalsXtra\/status\/1908876912287482297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Colombian winger, Luis Diaz, pulled one back for Arne Slot\u2019s side in the 72nd minute, but Marco Silva\u2019s side held on for a win against Liverpool, their first against the Merseysiders since March 2021. It was also Fulham\u2019s first home win against Liverpool since December 2011.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"pt\">Super Fulham FC. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ge62g4jW7d\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/Ge62g4jW7d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FulhamFC\/status\/1908896412831568342?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fulham are now 8th in the English Premier League table, two points behind Newcastle and three behind Aston Villa, as they look to qualify for the UEFA Europa League.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_155833\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155833\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/imago1060675199-1024x745.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"745\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-155833\">Ryan Gravenberch, Alex Iwobi and Conor Bradley challenge during the match between Fulham FC and Liverpool FC at Craven Cottage. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For Liverpool, today\u2019s loss was just a slight mishap, as they\u2019re still in pole position to be crowned Champions when the season winds up in May.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Soccer Adefolahan Guerreiro\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/740e257566cac1cbb2887e0f85afd655?s=80&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/guerreiro\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAdefolahan Guerreiro\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAdefolahan is a multilingual journalist and writer at Soccernet Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>With a track record of involvement in College sports, Adefolahan is focused on crafting engaging football content and utilising his language skills and extensive sports knowledge to enhance content accessibility for a global audience.<\/p>\n<p>He has interviewed Nigerian stars like Finidi George, Junior Lokosa, and Abraham Onahi Ogbu.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/iwobi-fulham-liverpool-pl.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Adefolahan Guerreiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Super Eagles and Fulham attacking midfielder, Alex Iwobi, was at his creative best as his side stunned Liverpool at Craven Cottage, Soccernet.ng reports. The 28-year-old is enjoying his most prolific football season and looks like a rejuvenated player under Coach Marco Silva. Iwobi has featured in all of Fulham\u2018s English Premier League games this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":839392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[143043,2005,22557],"tags":[143042,5880],"class_list":{"0":"post-839391","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iwobis","8":"category-soccer","9":"category-stunning","10":"tag-iwobis","11":"tag-stunning"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=839391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/839392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=839391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=839391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=839391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}