Overview
- At Portman Road on Saturday, Ipswich scored twice in the closing minutes — Abdoul Ouattara’s 88th-minute 30-yard strike and Dara O’Shea’s stoppage-time header — to turn a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 win.
- Ryan Sessegnon had put Fulham ahead with a 55th-minute strike, but the late collapse extended Fulham’s Premier League winless streak under Alvaro Arbeloa to six matches.
- The loss leaves Fulham bottom with two points from six games and hands newly promoted Ipswich nine points and ninth place, highlighting an early seven-point gap between the sides.
- Arbeloa defended his capacity to handle pressure after the game, but pundits and local coverage questioned his late-game decisions, including the choice of attacking substitutions instead of adding an experienced defender.
- The result continues a pattern of Fulham conceding late goals this season and raises the stakes for the club’s next fixture at Craven Cottage, where immediate improvement and points are required to arrest the slide.