, Tunnicliffe: First Goal Counts For Nothing

Tunnicliffe: First Goal Counts For Nothing

Midfielder Ryan Tunnicliffe admitted that his first goal for Fulham meant very little after Charlton converted two late chances to draw level 2-2 at the Valley on Sunday afternoon. 

It took 35 appearances for Ryan Tunnicliffe to bag his first goal for the club. A simple close range shot on goal after Ross McCormack’s free-kick was fumbled. Tunnicliffe then later claimed an assist as he set up McCormack to score the second.

However, Tunnicliffe admitted that his goal meant very little as Charlton scored two late goals to grasp a point at home. The midfielder acknowledged he was at fault after Charlton substitute Johnny Jackson managed to go unmarked to pull a goal back through a magnificent corner on the 81st minute. A late Jordan Cousins header in the sixth minute of added time then saw Charlton snatch a point.

”We should have had the game finished off. We had a few chances and were in control but it was my man for their first goal, for the header, and it gets them back in the game with 10 minutes to go.

”And then poor defending from the team for the last goal… it’s not good enough, we should be seeing those games out and being professional. I’m pleased to get on the scoresheet but I’d rather have won. It doesn’t really matter that I scored because it comes with a draw when we should have won.”

The 22-year-old midfielder expressed the team’s disappointment in letting the certain three points slip away, ”everyone’s down, it felt like a defeat,” he said, “but we’ve got two weeks now to mull it over, look at what went wrong and then we’ve got another big game again following the international break.”

Fulham head to second-placed Middlesbrough on Saturday 17th October and Tunnicliffe expects a tough test against a side tipped by many for promotion.

‘”They’re a good team, everyone knows that from last season and they’ve started off well this term too. But as you saw at Charlton we went away from home and played with no fear, went 2-0 up and should have won the game quite comfortably. But we didn’t so we’ll need to defend a bit better when we go up there.”

Fulham will be hoping to bounce back with a win in two weeks time in their bid to gain some sort of clarity this season.

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