Etherington strike foils Fulham

A LATE strike from Matthew Etherington gave Stoke a shock win over Europa League finalists Fulham at Craven Cottage last night.

The Stoke winger latched on to Ricardo Fuller’s cross to smash his drive past Mark Schwarzer to inflict Fulham’s fifth home defeat of the season and move Tony Pulis’ side up to 10th.

Stoke keeper Asmir Begovic had to react quickly to deny Clint Dempsey in the second half but Fulham otherwise lacked any killer instinct in what was largely a dull match.