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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Ed Aarons at Craven Cottage

Five-star Fulham leave limp Leicester looking down as fightback falls short

Tom Cairney of Fulham scores the team's third goal during the Premier League match against Leicester.
Tom Cairney puts Fulham 3-0 ahead on the stroke of half-time. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images

Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha must have enjoyed better bank holiday Mondays. But the Leicester owner, who saw his side ripped apart by a rampant Fulham team that were unlucky to find themselves only 3-0 up at half-time thanks to goals from Willian, Carlos Vinícius and Tom Cairney, may fear that the worst is yet to come.

While Dean Smith pointed to the way his players briefly fought back after Cairney made it four through consolation goals from Harvey Barnes and a James Maddison penalty, a missed spot-kick from Jamie Vardy and another goal for the evergreen Willian only rubbed salt into the Leicester wounds.

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