Duff bags the points for Fulham

Two of the three bottom teams in the Premier League met on Sunday, as Fulham hosted Everton at Craven Cottage.

The two clubs began the day with only three points apiece to start the season with only Portsmouth having recorded fewer points thus far and lying in last place.

Even now at this early point of the campaign the pressure was on for both teams, for both teams to show the type of form that pushed them both into a top seven finish last term.

After half an hour of the game the only thing of note was the number of half chances that went begging including two headers from Fulham's Clint Dempsey that both missed the target.

With 15 minutes left in the half Leighton Baines curled a free kick into the Fulham area which Tim Cahill duly slotted into the goal for an Everton lead, that they held onto until the half-time interval.

After a good period of pressure Fulham received the kind of luck they deserved when a great shot from Paul Konchesky took a wicked deflection off Sylvain Distin and flew into the Everton goal.

The Merseysiders were on the ascendancy as went looking to retake the lead until a great run from Damien Duff opened up the defence and allowed him to score Fulham's second into the top corner.

Everton nearly levelled straight away due to a piece of sloppy defending, but none of Everton's strikers could finish the job.

It finished 2-1 to Fulham, their first victory since the opening weekend of the season.