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A stay of execution - or the start of something good for Arbeloa?
18.10.26, 11:18 Updated 18.10.26, 11:20 12 Minute Read
ON the face of it, a single-goal win at home to a newly-promoted club – courtesy of some shocking defending and a goalkeeping error – really shouldn’t be anything to get too excited about.
But the victory over Hull City, Fulham’s first in the Premier League for 146 days, not only saved Alvaro Arbeloa’s job, it brought genuine hope that this season might not be a desperate slog for survival.
Arbeloa’s team were utterly dominant – vibrant in attack, in full control of the midfield and solid at the back. Only the paucity of our second-half finishing spared Hull from an absolute gubbing.
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