LONDON, CMC – Reggae Boy Bobby Reid scored his second goal of the season but first in nearly two months as Fulham dominated Premier League new boys Sheffield United 3-1 here Saturday.
He was joined by Grenada international Kairo Mitchell, who extended his brilliant form in the National League with his sixth campaign goal to help Rochdale to a 2-2 draw with Maidenhead.
Mitchell teammate Tyrese Sinclair, the son of former Reggae Boy Frank Sinclair, bagged his eighth goal. At the same time, Jordan Greenidge, the younger brother of Guyana International Reiss Greenidge, scored but was then sent off as his Tonbridge Angels snatched a late 3-3 draw against Hemel Hempstead Town in the National League South.
The 30-year-old Reid, who last scored in the season opener against Everton in mid-August, handed Fulham the lead following a goalless first half at Craven Cottage when he netted in the 54th minute after being set up by Andreas Pereira.
Sheffield was leveled when Antonee Robinson steered Algerian international Yasser Larouci’s cross into his nets in the 68th. Still, Tom Cairney’s strike went in off goalkeeper Wes Foderingham eight minutes later to see the hosts back in front.
Veteran Brazilian Willian then added the third for Fulham in injury time.
In the southeast, Sinclair’s late strike helped Rochdale earn a point away at York Road after Mitchell had given them an early advantage in the contest.
With the visitors losing 2-1, Devante Rodney found Sinclair at the back post in the 88th minute, the 22-year-old finishing calmly.
In his first season with The Dale, Mitchell had earlier put them on their way with a 29th-minute strike, the 25-year-old beating his marker to produce a clinical finish from close range.
However, Reece Smith (61st) and Chanka Zimba (85th) overturned Rochdale’s 1-0 half-time lead before Sinclair hit back at the end.
Also in the southeast, the uncapped Greenudge gave the hosts the lead in the sixth minute at Longmead Stadium but saw his time on the pitch end in the 80th when he received a second yellow.
In between, Bayley Brown (13th) and George Williams (21st) scored to put Hemel Hempstead Town in front before Sean Shields’s 43rd-minute strike leveled the game at the break.
The visitors seemed reasonable for the win when Josh Williams put them ahead in the 78th minute, only for substitute Lewis Gard to net an injury-time penalty.
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