London Football Results Round Up
Chelsea: Chelsea remain on course to reach the Champions League knockout phase after Hakim Ziyech struck in the second half against Malmo to secure a hard-fought 1-0 victory.
The Blues attacker tapped home after a wonderful cross by Callum Hudson-Odoi, who continued his encouraging recent form to help Thomas Tuchel’s side clinch a third win in Group H. Chelsea who are top of the premier league recorded their 10th clean sheet of their campaign.
Fulham: Marco Silva praised Fulham’s ‘winning mentality’ after they inflicted a 7-0 thrashing on 10 man Blackburn.
Went up 2-0 within 20 minutes through Neeskens Kebano and top scorer Aleksander Mitrovic’s 19th goal of the campaign. Jan Paul Van Hecke’s dismissal for a reckless challenge ended the game as a contest after 30 minutes. Kebano got a second goal along with braces for Harry Wilson and substitute Rodrigo Muniz.
This was Fulham’s sixth win in seven, which closes the gap to Bournemouth at the top of the championship to 2 points.
QPR: QPR Manager Mark Warburton hailed a ‘proper Championship win’ after they beat Cardiff 1-0. Striker Andre Gray scored the game’s only goal, his third of the season to secure a valuable three points for the visitors, who moved up into fifth place in the Championship. Cardiff played a very direct approach, differently to their normal style of play, to try and get a win. The Welsh side are not winless in 10 matches and sit just above the drop zone.
