Fulham 1-1 Newcastle: Muniz strike rescues point for Cottagers after superb Murphy strike

Fulham came back from a goal down for the second successive week as they drew 1-1 with Newcastle to extend their unbeaten run to four matches.

The Cottagers fell behind to a goal from Jacob Murphy 10 minutes from time and those at Craven Cottage would have understandably feared for the worst.

But Rodrigo Muniz hit back for Fulham just three minutes later to ensure the Cottagers went into the November international break on an unbeaten run.

The Cottagers came out the better of the two sides and Oscar Bobb, the hero with a brilliant winning goal against Coventry, came very close to opening the scoring after 13 minutes.

The Norwegian cut onto his left foot and curled an effort around Lewis Hall, forcing a strong save from Newcastle goalkeeper Lukas Hornicek.

Twenty minutes later and it was Bernd Leno who was the denier, stopping an effort from Harvey Barnes that went straight at his head to ensure Fulham stayed level.

Newcastle put the ball into the back of the net from the ensuing corner through Dan Burn but the defender’s celebrations were quickly cut short when Yoane Wissa was adjudged to have been offside.

Unlike Fulham’s previous encounter with Aston Villa last week in which the match finished 1-1 but there were significant chances, it was not the same on this occasion.

The scores were 0-0 at the break, with Fulham once again failing to score in the first half of a match, something they have now done in six of their last seven matches.

It was also a game, unlike the previous week, where Fulham had just 0.33 xG at half-time.

Newcastle began the second half the better of the two sides when winger Harvey Barnes put an effort wide following a well-worked move.

Beyond that, the match was quiet in terms of clear cut chances, with two sides who struggle to score doing just that for large parts of the second half.

But then, a wayward pass from Cesar Palacios found its way into Jacob Murphy just inside Fulham’s half and the Englishman drove forward and cut inside Calvin Bassey.

He then let rip from distance, with his effort nestling into the back of the net.

Fulham immediately hit back though and it was actually Palacios’ pass into the box that found its way into Muniz, who replaced struggling Gonzalo Garcia earlier in the half.

He hit an effort towards goal, which was deflected off the boot of a desperate lunge from Burn, which took it past Hornicek.

A mad last 10 minutes almost brought about a winner for Newcastle, with Leno doing brilliantly to deny Lewis Hall in the 88th minute before a long-distance Ryan Sessegnon effort in stoppage time was well saved by Hornicek.

In the end, it was honours even and another positive result for Alvaro Arbeloa and Fulham to take into the international break.