Fulham U21 2-1 Derby U21

Fulham Under-21s scored two dramatic late goals to beat Derby County 2-1 on Friday night in the PL2.

Despite being behind with 93 minutes on the clock, up stepped substitutes Callum McFarlane and Samuel Amissah to fire us ahead.

The side were boosted by the return of Ollie O’Neill and Adrion Pajaziti, who started on the left wing and in the center of midfield respectively.

With Devan Tanton still away with Colombia, Chris Donnell started at right-back with fellow midfielder George Okkas holding onto his place at left-back after a solid performance earlier in the week against Benfica.

After a fairly even start, it was the visitors who created the first real opportunity of the game. Alfie McNally did excellently to block Darren Robinson's back post header, before rushing off his line to save the rebound too.

We chained together a decent move of our own on 17 minutes, with Josh King and Donnell linking up nicely down the right before the latter fired in a dangerous cross. A Derby defender did well to stick a leg in the way.

O'Neill was presented with our best opportunity, when his close-range header kissed the post before bobbling wide. Credit to Imani Lanquedoc whose cross from the right was inch-perfect.

Lanquedoc was causing problems and threatened a few minutes later, when his low effort from range whizzed just wide of the near post.

Šekularac was next to find himself on the end of a chance for the young Whites. Aaron Loupalo-Bi did well to steal the ball in a dangerous position before finding the Swiss, who curled an attempt wide.

The young Rams continued to threaten though, with striker Dajaune Brown powering down the left before rifling a low cross into the danger area. Donnell and Idris Odutayo did well to clear the ball together as it approached the goal line.

King was causing Derby some major problems and helped create another chance for us with just over five minutes of the first half remaining. After shuffling past a man in blue, he slid Loupalo-Bi through on goal but his powerful hit was brilliantly saved by Jack Thompson.

The away side created one more chance before the half's end, when winger Tony Weston rushed down the right before sliding a decent effort just past the far post.

Following a fiery opening 45 minutes, the two sides went in at the break goalless.

Derby’s Brown had the first effort on goal after the interval, with his looping header floating just over and onto the top of the net.

The lads had Alfie McNally to thank a few minutes later. Our stopper did brilliantly to rush out, make himself big and block Weston’s stinging effort from close-range. A huge chance for the visitors.

We reacted well though, with O’Neill cleverly finding King up the other end. The youngster’s attempt was just wide of the target.

Just as we began to take control, the visitors struck to go ahead. Brown made a darting near post run to flick Weston’s pacey cross past McNally.

The woodwork came to our rescue soon after, when Rams captain Robinson flew through midfield before rifling a low strike against the post. A real let-off for our lads.

Hayden Mullins opted for a couple of changes, with Terrell Works and Callum McFarlane stepping in with 15 to play. The latter featuring for the first time in months having recovered from an injury.

McFarlane soon found an opening, heading over after latching onto a creative Pajaziti ball over the top. Derby's stopper did well a few minutes later to get down and block Donnell's effort after some clever build-up play.

We pushed and pushed and got ourselves level in the dying moments, courtesy of McFarlane. It all started with Jonathan Esenga, whose brilliant cross was headed back across goal by Works before being prodded home by the forward.

Then, in truly unbelievable fashion, substitute and centre back Samuel Amissah grabbed us the winner just a couple of minutes later. What a goal it was too, with the youngster volleying home from the tighest of angles.