Fulham of England defender, Tosin Adarabioyo gave away a penalty against his former club, Manchester City and Ademola Lookman had a night to forget in a hurry, as both Nigerian-born players failed to save their side from a 3-0 loss at home, megasportsarena.com reports.
With Adarabioyo, Lookmand and Ola Aina on from the start, while Josh Onomah got off the bench in the second half but Josh Maja was left out, Sergio Aguero scored his first English Premier League goal in over a year to help Manchester City win 3-0 at Fulham and move 17 points clear at the top of the table.
Fulham boss Scott Parker made two changes to the team that won 1-0 at Liverpool on Sunday, with Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa coming in for the benched Maja and the injured Bobby Decordova-Reid.
Pep Guardiola’s side were made to wait until the start of the second half before taking the lead through John Stones’ close-range finish, before Gabriel Jesus soon took advantage of a mix-up at the back to double the visitors’ lead.
Adarabioyo got caught in possession attempting a flick, before the youngster made matters worse by barging Torres over in the box for a clear-cut penalty.
Aguero – making just his second start for City since October and captaining his team – provided the icing on the cake when converting a penalty on the hour-mark, with the striker ending a run of 13 games without a goal stretching back to January 2020.
As a result, City now need just 14 points from their final eight matches to be sure of the title, while Scott Parker’s team stay in the relegation zone on goal difference behind Brighton, who have two games in hand on the west Londoners.
Statistics of the game showed that City have made more Premier League changes than any side so far this season and Guardiola was at it again at Craven Cottage – making a whopping seven alterations to the side that beat Southampton so convincingly last time out – with one eye on Wednesday’s Champions League last-16 second-leg tie at home to Borussia Monchengladbach.
One of those saw a recall for Aguero as the visitors opted for a 3-4-3 formation, although not surprisingly having missed so much football of late, the Argentine looked rusty and off the pace in a first half largely devoid of any meaningful action.
