Luton stay pointless within the Premier League after Carlos Vinicius’ purpose secured Fulham a 1-0 win at Craven Cottage.
Substitute Vinicius opened his account for the season along with his second-half strike which was sufficient for Marco Silva’s aspect to assert an vital win weeks after they misplaced 5-1 at Manchester City.
A fourth defeat in a row might be a frustration for Rob Edwards as Luton now sit on the foot of the Premier League desk after they did not take their golden first-half alternatives.
The hosts had been caught on the break by Tahith Chong within the fourth minute however his effort hardly examined Bernd Leno.
Luton continued their theme of a low block which favoured the technical Joao Palhinha, who returned to Silva’s XI after a failed deadline-day transfer to Bayern Munich.
Andreas Pereira’s whipped nook discovered the pinnacle of Kenny Tete however the full-back did not hold his effort on track and it narrowly went over Thomas Kaminski’s crossbar.
The Hatters patiently waited for openings and within the twenty sixth minute Issa Kabore went down the fitting from wing-back and his pinpoint cross discovered the pinnacle of Jacob Brown whose try cannoned off the publish.
Edwards lauded the spirit of his aspect on Thursday and it was proven via the likes of Brown and Carlton Morris who defended from the entrance in addition to Marvelous Nakamba who battled within the center to win any free scraps.
Brown compelled a reserving and a free-kick out of Issa Diop in added time and referee Michael Salisbury waved away Morris’ appeals within the space for a penalty when he was introduced down.
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It was Brown who created the primary likelihood after the break within the forty seventh minute when he discovered a neat pocket of area within the channel and delivered a well-crafted cross to Amari’i Bell on the again stick however the wing-back’s shot discovered the gloves of Leno.
Fulham broke the impasse within the sixty fourth minute.
Pereira discovered Willian out extensive earlier than the winger’s cross compelled Kaminski to parry the ball into the toes of Vinicius who was contemporary off the bench to faucet his aspect right into a 1-0 lead.
Willian almost doubled the lead straight after with a long-range effort.
Tete’s testing move discovered Vinicius who couldn’t hold his composure via on purpose late on so as to add a second earlier than Fulham had been in a position to see out the sport throughout 4 minutes of added time.
