Andersen sent off as Fulham lose to Villa
Joachim Andersen was sent off and Andreas Pereira missed a penalty as Fulham were beaten at Craven Cottage.
Raul Jimenez put the Whites ahead when he got on the end of a long ball from Bernd Len and fired beyond Emiliano Martinez.
But Aston Villa responded minutes later when Morgan Rogers’ shot took a wicked deflection off of Calvin Bassey.
Fulham almost took the lead again moments later when Jimenez’s glancing header went just wide.
And they had a huge chance to retake the lead just before the half-hour mark.
Matty Cash was penalised for a handball and Fulham were awarded a penalty, but Pereira’s spot-kick was weak and easily saved by Martinez.
On the hour mark, former Brentford star Ollie Watkins gave Villa the lead with a thunderous header.
It went from bad to worse for Fulham. Andersen was shown a red card after denying Watkins a goalscoring opportunity.
Villa added a third shortly after, with substitute Issa Diop puting the ball in his own net.
Villa’s Jaden Philogene was sent off in added time for a second bookable offence.
Fulham: Leno, Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson, Berge (Wilson 80′), Pereira (Diop 68′), Traore (Nelson 68′), Smith Rowe (Cairney 80′), Iwobi, Jimenez
