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Super Eagles Midfielder Alex Iwobi marks a century of matches in Fulham shirt on Sunday, as the Premier League side booked its spot in the Fifth Round of the Emirates FA Cup with a 2-1 victory over Stoke City at the bet365 Stadium.
Goals from Kevin and Harrison Reed saw Marco Silva’s side go through on a bitterly cold afternoon.
With 17 goals and 10 assists, Iwobi kept his spot in the starting eleven, as Silva made 10 changes from the side that faced Manchester City on Wednesday night.
Fulham were finding joy in wide areas early on with Bobb and Kevin looking particular threats. The first sight of goal came a quarter of an hour in; Bobb found Timothy Castagne, who had a cross knocked down by Muniz for Harrison Reed to volley, but his effort went over.
Stoke took the lead moments later through Bae Junho, who latched onto the ball into the box land aced it past Benjamin Lecomte after a swift counter-attack.
Kevin tested Tommy Simkin with a trademark effort cutting in from the left, but the Stoke ‘keeper tipped it over the bar.
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Iwobi thought he had equalised when he met Kevin’s dinked cross with a free run into the box, but his header was just wide of the target.
Kevin looked to capitalise on a Stoke error and raced in behind on the stroke of half-time; with Josh King to his right he took the chance on himself, but had a near post effort saved well by Simkin.
Kevin did get his goal and Fulham’s equaliser in the 55th minute, drilling a low effort past Simkin after cutting in from the left.
Silva’s side were now in the ascendancy; King had a strike go just over the bar and Castagne was finding a lot of joy combining with Bobb down the right hand just before the hour mark.
King was, again, close to putting Fulham ahead when he raced ahead of his man on the right, but his shot across goal was saved well.
The Fulham pressure earned its just reward with five minutes left, as Reed pressed high and intercepted a Simkin pass out from the back, coolly slotting past the Stoke ‘keeper.
