Manchester City came from behind against Fulham as two tries from Mateo Kovacic and one from Jeremy Doku saw Pep Guardiola’s side close the gap at the top to just one point.

City were given an early warning of Fulham’s threat when Adama Traore went one-on-one clear, but it was denied by Ederson. But in the 26th minute, Marco Silva’s team took a surprising lead. Alex Iwobi found Raul Jimenez in the box before the striker produced an excellent back-heel strike into the six-yard box for Andreas Pereira to pounce on to score.

The visitors should have made it 2-0 moments later when they broke with three players to two, but Traore fired his shot over the bar from close range. And City made their opponents pay when Kovacic turned the game on its head with two goals either side of half-time. The Croatian midfielder struck a loose ball from a corner into the net in the 32nd minute and added a second shortly after the restart with a fine finish past Bernd Leno.

Fulham went in search of an equalizer but their efforts faded when Doku sealed the win with a brilliant strike into the top corner in the 82nd minute. Rodrigo Muniz gave the London team a ray of hope very late, but they could not find a third.

This wasn’t a divine performance from City – Traore was guilty of another missed one-on-one in the second half – but they did enough to secure all three points as they headed into the international break.

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