Ryan Sessegnon scored a 92nd-minute winner as Fulham hit back to beat Southampton 2-1 and keep their hopes of European qualification alive. (Highlights | More Football News)
Lowly Southampton looked set to surpass the record-low Premier League points tally of 11 they share with the Derby County team of 2007-08 thanks to an early goal from Jack Stephens.
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The lively Adama Traore teed up Willian, who hit the woodwork, but fellow sub Emile Smith Rowe pulled Fulham level with a deflected strike in the 72nd minute.
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The win leaves Fulham in eighth place on 51 points, the same as ninth-place Brighton and two ahead of Bournemouth, who take on Manchester United on Sunday.
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