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Bournemouth survive late Fulham onslaught in top-of-the-table thriller under the lights
Solanke's 16th of the Championship season cancelled out by Tosin's late header, as visitors suffer another torrid second half
Fulham's Tosin Adarabioyo celebrates scoring the equaliser on Friday night as Bournemouth's Jaidon Anthony looks on

Fulham 1-1 AFC Bournemouth
by Dan Nolan
at Craven Cottage

THERE was nothing to separate the Championship’s top two sides on Friday’s scoresheet, as Tosin Adarabioyo’s late goal cancelled out Bournemouth striker Dominic Solanke’s sixteenth of the season in a thriller under the lights.

But for not the first time in the past several weeks, the Cherries were left clinging on for dear life as Fulham roared into action to claim a late draw — and in the end were unlucky not to take all three points. 

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