Ipswich Town 1-3 Fulham
at Portman Road
by Asif Burhan

CHAMPIONSHIP pace-setters Ipswich Town went down to their first defeat since August as they were comprehensively outplayed by Premier League Fulham at Portman Road in the League Cup on Wednesday night.

Dominant from the start with their high press which squeezed the home side into repeatedly giving away possession, Fulham took the lead within the first nine minutes when the impressive Bobby Decordova-Reid split the Ipswich defence wide open switching the play to the right where Harry Wilson was in oceans of space. He comfortably side-stepped the onrushing goalkeeper Walton to roll the ball into an empty net.

Fulham continued to dominate throughout the remainder of the first half, suffocating Ipswich and limiting the Championship's joint-top scorers to one shot on target. At the other end, Fulham hit the woodwork twice and it was no surprise when they doubled their lead five minutes into the second half.