Three penalties have been scored as Fulham and Ipswich City performed out a dramatic 2-2 Premier League draw, with Raul Jimenez netting twice from the spot to earn the hosts some extent at Craven Cottage.
Ipswich initially went forward when Sammie Szmodics pounced on a poor Calvin Bassey clearance late within the first half, however the remainder of the sport was determined from the spot.
Jimenez slotted dwelling the primary spot-kick within the 69th minute after Sam Morsy trod on Harry Wilson’s foot, however Ipswich have been again in entrance simply two minutes later.
Liam Delap was fouled by Timothy Castagne on the left aspect of the Fulham space, and Ipswich’s main scorer picked himself as much as blast dwelling his eighth league aim of the season.
That put Ipswich on target for his or her first set of back-to-back Premier League wins this time period, however Leif Davis’ drained problem on Jimenez allowed him to web his second penalty within the 91st minute.
The outcome denied Ipswich the chance to flee the relegation zone, and the Tractor Boys stay behind Seventeenth-placed Wolves on aim distinction. Fulham, in the meantime, keep ninth within the desk, two factors adrift of Aston Villa in eighth.
Fulham 2-2 Ipswich FT
Three penalties shared at Craven Cottage and in the end the factors, too.
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Information Debrief: Story of three penalties
Sunday’s sport was the primary within the Premier League to see three penalties taken, together with at the very least one for every staff, since Fulham’s 3-2 win over Wolves in November 2023.
Simply two minutes and 44 seconds elapsed between Jimenez’s first penalty being scored and Delap placing Ipswich 2-1 forward. That’s the shortest hole on document (since 2006-07) between two profitable penalties in a Premier League match.
Nonetheless, Ipswich couldn’t maintain on as Davis – who escaped a purple card for a careless problem on Wilson within the first half – felled Jimenez.
Having gone to the left together with his first kick, Jimenez went proper together with his second, and solely Cole Palmer (12/12) and Yaya Toure (11/11) have a greater 100% conversion price from the penalty spot in Premier League historical past than the Mexico striker (10/10).
