Aleksandar mitrovic secures record as fulham clinch title by hammering luton

Aleksandar mitrovic secures record as fulham clinch title by hammering luton

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Aleksandar Mitrovic took his Sky Bet Championship goal tally for the season to 43 as Fulham sealed the title in devastating fashion with a 7-0 mauling of Luton at Craven Cottage on Monday


evening. Captain Tom Cairney opened the scoring in the 29th minute – the Cottagers’ 100th league goal of the campaign – and Kenny Tete made it two 10 minutes later to ensure the hosts, who


sealed promotion to the Premier League on April 19, were in control at the break. The floodgates opened in the second half with goals from Fabio Carvalho, Bobby Decordova-Reid, substitute


Jean Michael Seri and a brace from Mitrovic – confirming a record haul in the second tier for the Serbia striker. You may like > Record = Broken. 🔥— Fulham Football Club: Champions 


(@FulhamFC) > May 2, 2022 It marked the third time this term that Marco Silva’s side have netted seven goals. Play-off hopefuls Luton, who fielded emergency loanee Matt Ingram in goal in


place of the injured James Shea, mustered the first chance of the game when Kal Naismith drove forward from midfield and forced a smart save from Marek Rodak. It was not a sign of things to


come, however, as Fulham soon asserted themselves. The Cottagers had their first effort midway through the first half, Ingram comfortably keeping out a Mitrovic shot after he had been played


in by Harry Wilson, but the home fans did not have to wait too much longer for their side to break the deadlock. The best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every


week. Wilson followed up some neat skill by finding Cairney, who smashed home from the edge of the box to bring up the London club’s century of goals. The Hatters’ woes were compounded by


the loss of midfielder Fred Onyedinma, who was injured in the build-up to the goal, and was replaced by Peter Kioso. The result – and the destination of the title – appeared assured six


minutes before the interval when right-back Tete latched onto a poor clearance and unleashed a superb effort into the bottom corner. Luton looked in danger of buckling under the Fulham


onslaught and almost conceded a third before the break when Wilson rounded Ingram, but Tom Lockyer did well to clear off the line. Cairney went close to notching his second goal two minutes


after the restart, his curling attempt shaving the top of the bar. Fulham’s third goal arrived on 54 minutes, however, courtesy of Carvalho with the aid of Mitrovic and Wilson. Mitrovic got


his name on the scoresheet for the first time just after the hour mark, working his way into the area and finishing with confidence, before Decordova-Reid made it five with a slick turn and


shot three minutes later. Substitute Seri added a sixth 11 minutes from time with a 20-yard effort – his first goal of the campaign – before Mitrovic rounded off the perfect night in


stoppage time by breaking the Championship goalscoring record.