Mitrovic continues hot streak as Fulham beats Brighton 2-1

By: The Associated Press Posted: 3:32 PM CDT Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022

LONDON (AP) — Aleksandar Mitrovic is enjoying his season in the Premier League this time.

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LONDON (AP) — Aleksandar Mitrovic is enjoying his season in the Premier League this time.

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LONDON (AP) — Aleksandar Mitrovic is enjoying his season in the Premier League this time.

The World Cup-bound Serbia striker scored his fifth goal of the campaign to set Fulham on its way to a 2-1 win over Brighton, whose unbeaten start came to end on Tuesday.

Mitrovic is proving to be a real menace to defenses with his power and finishing ability — a far cry from his time in the Premier League two seasons ago with Fulham when he only started a third of the games as the London club got relegated.

Fulham's Bobby Decordova-Reid tackles Brighton and Hove Albion's Leandro Trossard during the English Premier League soccer match between Fulham and Brighton at Craven Cottage, London, Tuesday Aug. 30, 2022. (John Walton/PA via AP)

Now Mitrovic is Fulham’s focal point, the player the team is built to supply, and he was on the end of a driven cross from winger Neeskens Kebano from the left that the striker bundled into the net at the far post in the 48th minute.

An unfortunate own-goal by Lewis Dunk, who stuck out his leg to block a cross from Andreas Pereira and diverted the ball past goalkeeper Robert Sanchez, put Fulham 2-0 ahead in the 55th.

Brighton reduced the deficit in the 60th through Argentina midfielder Alexis Mac Allister’s 60th-minute penalty, awarded following a video review after a foul on Pervis Estupinan by Bobby De Cordova-Reid.

Fulham held on, though, for a second win of the season to move onto eight points from five games. That’s two points fewer than Brighton, which would have gone into first place — for 24 hours at least — with a win.

Mitrovic is one goal behind the top scorer in the league, Manchester City striker Erling Haaland.