OTD: Garnacho breaks Cottagers' hearts

On this day four years ago, Fulham were felled by a last-minute goal from Alejandro Garnacho at Craven Cottage as Manchester United defeated the Cottagers in the final match before the 2022 FIFA World Cup break in the Premier League.

And what is surely classic International break content, especially with so few Fulham players already involved in the Nations League and further afield, we look back at what happened on this day from a Fulham perspective.

And there is one clear action which saw Fulham host Manchester United four years ago in a match that many Fulham fans will of course want to forget for all of the wrong reasons.

Fulham fell behind with a goal scored by Christian Eriksen in the 14th minute of that match but managed to rally and score through Dan James who bagged against his old team in a very important equaliser for the Cottagers.

It seemed as though the Cottagers were going to take a valuable point into the international break, although when we talk about international breaks, this one of course, lasted the best part of a month.

But right in the dying embers, the ball flooded into the box and it seemed as though the pass was over hit for Garnacho.

But the Argentinian was able to get a toe on the ball and poke it past a helpless Bernd Leno to ensure Fulham suffered heartbreak at the hands of Manchester United and had to go into the long international break with zero points to show for their efforts.

In the end once the action resumed after the World Cup, Fulham did at least rally and managed to finish in a much more respectable position in the Premier League under Marco Silva.

Nonetheless, it is a memory that brings back some bad memories of course of Fulham and failing to hold onto wins.

Nothing new there then!

Fulham have conceded several goals this season under Alvaro Arbeloa but it goes to show that even back four seasons ago, the Cottagers were a side who failed to hold onto important leads against any side.

Now it appears hopefully that some lessons have been learnt as new late goals have become significantly less common but it does go to show the perhaps it is just part of being a Fulham fan that the goals will be conceded later on by the opposition.

One thing that can't be said is life as a fulham Fan is never boring, despite what people say and this memory from four years ago is a testament to that completely.