Fulham maintain unbeaten run

Fulham came from behind against Man City to secure another valuable point and extend their unbeaten run to 5 matches.

Roy Hodgson's side have the joint longest unbeaten record in the Premier League, with only Liverpool matching Fulham's current record.

The draw with Man City at Craven Cottage was probably just about a fair result although both sides had chances to win the match.

Fulham can point to a stonewall penalty claim that was turned down when Richard Dunne punched the ball out for a corner and a couple of great chances for Bobby Zamora which went begging.

For their part, Man City were missing key players and could have sneaked the points when Zabaletta who was given the freedom of Craven Cottage for most of the second half almost scored with an angled drive that Schwarzer did well to fingertip wide.

Benjani's early goal knocked Fulham's confidence iand it looked like it was going to be a long afternoon as City took the early iniative.

But Fulham are far more resilient this season, Bullard and Murphy began to exert their quality on the game and the unfairly maligned Bobby Zamora gave Fulham a focal point up front.

Zamora was the catalyst for the equaliser, his clever through ball released Bullard to fire home from a tight angle.

The presence of Fabio Capello in the Riverside Stand may have been the reason for Jimmy's exuberant celebrations, but more likely was the fact that this was Bullard's first Premier League goal from open play in a Fulham shirt.

At 1-1 the game was there for the taking and Dempsey should have done better with a left footed effort after great approach play involving the hard working Andy Johnson.

Zamora produced the best piece of control in the game when he instantly brought down a booming clearance from Schawarzer and fired in a powerful left footed shot which unfortunately cannoned off his strike partner AJ.

The 2nd half was very scrappy, but Man City's right back Pablo Zabaleta was finding ridiculous amounts of space down the right flank and it looked like he may score or create a winning goal on 3 or 4 seperate occasions.

Fulham had chances of their own, with a Jimmy Bullard free kick brilliantly tipped over the bar by Joe Hart and Zamora unable to apply the killer touch when 3 yards out.

Both managers seemed satisfied with the result after the game, but given the missing Brazilians for Man City this was probably an opportunity wasted for Fulham.

Stand out players for Fulham were Murphy, Bullard and Zamora. The 4 wide players seemed to have an off day especially going forward - Pantsil and Konchesky both had problems with their distribution whilst Davies and Dempsey drifted in and out of the game

Fulham Player Ratings v Man City
Schwarzer (6), Pantsil (5), Konchesky (5), Hughes (6), Hangeland (7), Davies (5), Dempsey (5), Bullard (8), Murphy (7), Zamora (7), Johnson (6)