Fulham FC — Fulham v Southampton — 6 January 2018

“It was pleasing for me,” he tells

the official matchday programme.

“Every time I’m on the field I try

to do my best to help the team

with my qualities. That’s all you

can do as a substitute; you try and

change something and I like to

think I played my part.

“If I start or I’m on the bench,

I’ll still have the same spirit. It’s

always better to start games but if

I can get on the field, I’ll just try to

do my thing.”

The Whites were trailing 1-0

to Ipswich when Jordan Spence

saw red for a moment of madness

shortly after half-time. Four goals

in eight minutes then turned the

game on its head as Fulham sealed

a fourth successive home victory.

“The game against Ipswich

was pretty eventful,” reflects

Kebano. “We started well, but we

couldn’t score. They then found

the net right on half-time which

made our quest more difficult.

We began the second half well,

unfortunately for them they got a

red card.

“I didn’t see the incident at the

time but if the referee decided to

give him a red card then it was

fully deserved. That made it easier

for us and, in the end, it was a

comfortable victory.”

Aboubakar Kamara grabbed the

headlines with a brace against

Ipswich to take his tally to four

in his last two games following

his double at Hull. It pays to be

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“Every time I’m on

the field I try to do

my best to help the

team with my qualities”

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