Football: Fulham shock high-flying Leicester City in English Premier League

Fulham have fixed their penalty jinx, with Ivan Cavaleiro's spot-kick easing them out of the Premier League relegation zone with a shock 2-1 win at high-flying Leicester City.

Scott Parker's struggling side led, thanks to Ademola Lookman's well-taken 30th-minute opener, before Cavaleiro beat Kasper Schmeichel from 12 yards.

Cavaleiro's strike came as huge relief to the Fulham bench, as the London side had failed to convert their last three Premier League penalties.

Cavaleiro had missed in their last game against Everton, while in the game before that, Lookman inexplicably attempted a 'Panenka' penalty against West Ham United - his embarrassing miss costing his team a point.

Leicester squandered their chance to join league leaders Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool on 21 points in a disappointing display, although an 86th-minute effort by Harvey Barnes set up a tense finale.

Fulham rode their luck in stoppage time, as they held out for their second win of the season to climb to 17th place, with seven points from 10 matches.

Things might have been different for Leicester, had they not been twice denied by the woodwork early, when Youri Tielemans' volley struck the post, before Wesley Fofana also thumped the rebound against the crossbar.

Fulham made the most of their luck to take the lead with a superb counter-attacking goal.

Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa surged forward over the halfway line and slid the perfect pass through to Lookman, who showed great composure to guide his shot past Schmeichel.

Lookman celebrated by going to the side of the pitch and raising a Senegal shirt of former Fulham player Papa Boupa Diop, who died over the weekend, aged 42.

Six minutes later, Christian Fuchs clipped Bobby Decordova-Reid in the area and a penalty was awarded after a video check.

Cavaleiro strode up and planted his kick high past Schmeichel, who had no doubt reminded the Fulham man of his side's recent pathetic record from the spot.

"I was very pleased and relieved for Cav that he scored," says Parker. "We've missed some big penalties and it's cost us some big points, but we've scrutinised everything possible and I'm pleased it worked today." 

Leicester laboured to try and open up Fulham's defence after the break, but Lookman could have avoided any late nerves, when he fired a great chance at Schmeichel.

When Barnes thumped home, all Fulham's hard work seemed it might be undone, but they breathed a sigh of relief, as Leicester's Kelechi Iheanacho slipped, when in a dangerous position at the death.

"We'll go away and analyse how we could be better, but we can't dwell on it for too long," Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers says. "We've shown some good moments in the first 10 games, now we'll need to dust ourselves off." 

Elsewhere, Aston Villa had a late goal disallowed by video, losing 2-1 to West Ham.

Reuters