Middlesbrough vs Fulham
Match pulse
MIDAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
Who won: Boro 3-2
Middlesbrough beat Fulham 3-2 on Sunday, November 20, 2005 at The Riverside Stadium. Goals for Boro: James Morrison (64'), Yakubu Ayegbeni (76') and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (84'). Goals for Fulham: Collins John (9') and Papa Bouba Diop (70').
Play by play
- 93'
So, Boro climb the table after a good home win. Stay with Soccernet for all the post-match reaction and opinion.
- 93'
Coleman and McClaren shake hands at the final whistle, but the Fulham boss looks very frustrated.
- 93'
FULL-TIME: Good comeback from the home side to deny Fulham their first away win of the season. An entertaining second half made up for a shoddy first.
- 92'
Boro try to eat up the remaining seconds by taking the ball in to the corner.
- 91'
Rochemback and Bouba Diop clash off the ball. Replays show that the Fulham player chopped down on the back of Rochemback's neck, James-Bond-villian-style.
- 90'
A moment of amusement as Referee Rennie slips on the greasy surface and ends up on his backside.
- 89'
...But he drives his low shot straight in to the wall. Poor effort from the 'Brazilian'.
- 89'
...With Hasselbaink off the pitch, Rochemback resumes free-kick duties...
- 88'
Free-kick to Middlesbrough on the edge of the area, as Yakubu is brought down by the long legs of Bouba Diop. Dangerous spot...
- 87'
Doriva gives the ball away in midfield, allowing Fulham to break.
- 86'
Chris Coleman chews furiously on the Fulham bench. He looks angry. I wouldn't fancy doing the post-match interview with him.
- 85'
SUB: Hasselbaink off, Doriva on. Jimmy has had a mixed afternoon, but he might have won the points for Boro with his late goal.
- 84'
Queudrue bravely blocks Bouba Diop's shot from the edge of the penalty area.
- 83'
GOAL! Hasselbaink puts Boro in front for the first time this match as he collects Morrison's cross, cuts on to his right foot and places his shot past Warner.
- 81'
Nemeth sprints on to Rochemback's through-ball, but Warner sees the danger and comes out of his area to hoof clear.
- 80'
Jensen plays in a dangerous cross towards McBride, but Riggott is in bravely to head clear.
- 79'
Fulham have only really threatened on the counter-attack, but Boro have managed to create quite a bit of pressure on the visitors' goal, especially in the second half.
- 78'
To be fair, Boro probably deserve to win this game; they have dominated possession.
- 77'
Boro have been boosted by the equaliser; they are playing at a great tempo now, and pressing forward for a winner.
- 76'
The Fulham players were outraged that the linesman didn't flag for off-side. They were right to be angry; Yakubu was off-side when the ball bounced off him.
- 75'
GOAL! Rochemback slides a clever ball in to Southgate, who had continued a run in to the area. The centre-back slides a cross to the far post, where Hasselbaink is left with the simple task of prodding the ball over the line from a yard out. Inredibly, he shanks the ball hopelessly, although thankfully he mis-cues so badly that the ball bounces off Yakubu, sat on the ground, and rolls slowly over the line.
- 74'
Hasselbaink has endured a sorry afternoon; nothing he has tried has come off.
- 73'
INCREDIBLE MISS! Hasselbaink manages to prod the ball wide from three yards out. I'm not sure how, but he did.
- 72'
Middlesbrough have showed a lot of spirit in this second half, and they will be distraught to find themselves behind again.
- 71'
Hasselbaink shoots wide from 12 yarsd out, although his embarrassment was saved by an off-side flag.
Leaders
MIDFUL 
