Leandro Trossard’s second-half goal was enough to earn three points at Craven Cottage and keep us top of the Premier League table.

The Belgian converted from close range after Gabriel flicked on Bukayo Saka’s corner, to become our 10th different scorer in the Premier League this season.

It came after a first half which saw little goalmouth action, and proved to be the only goal of the game, as our eighth clean sheet of the season from 11 games in all competitions laid the platform for another win. 

Early scares

There was nothing to separate the sides in an uneventful opening ten minutes, but then Fulham had three chances within a few moments. 

First Raul Jimenez broke forward out of nothing, and his low shot was deflected just wide for a corner. The resulting set piece fell to Tom Cairney on the edge of the area, but his piledriver was blocked by the midriff of Martin Zubimendi. 

A minute later Raul stole the ball off Gabriel, fed Harry Wilson inside the area, but his shot across goal was dragged wide.

Pressure builds

We had the ball in the net on the quarter-hour, only for it to be...