Another fantastic Rodrigo Muniz display has yielded another Man of the Match award for our young striker.
Muniz led the line superbly once again, holding the ball up well and posing the biggest threat to the Sheffield United goal, hitting the post with an instinctive shot that was brilliantly saved, and doing likewise at the other end with a terrific looping header.
“It was an unlucky afternoon for us, for him, when he had two off the post,” Marco Silva said afterwards. “The first half off the post, great save from the goalkeeper, and a great, great header from himself.
“If that goes in the net it's going to be an unbelievable goal from himself.”
When Muniz did finally net, though, it was certainly worth the wait.
With Fulham trailing 3-2, the Brazilian pulled an equaliser out of the very top drawer in the third minute of stoppage time. Adama Traoré – who had been a menace since coming on – waited for his teammate to get a yard of space away from his man before clipping in an accurate cross.
Most would have taken a touch, but such is the confidence of Muniz that he met it sweetly on the volley, sending an accurate bicycle kick into the corner of the net. A goal of the season contender for sure, and what a way to earn a point.
It also takes Muniz’s Premier League tally to eight goals in as many matches, though he would have preferred for it to have contributed to a win for Fulham.
“It was good,” he admitted. “It would be better if it was with three points as well, but I’m happy with eight in eight.”
58.9 per cent of supporters threw their support behind the 22-year-old, putting him ahead of fellow goal scorer João Palhinha (12.5%) and influential substitute Tom Cairney (8.8%).
