Fulham win $266 million English Premier League promotion game after Joe Bryan double

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Bobby Decordova-Reid fires a shot during Fulham’s 1-0 English Premier League playoff win over Brentford at Wembley. Picture: STUFF SPORTS

Fulham are back in the English Premier League after a one-year absence following two goals by fullback Joe Bryan in a 2-1 win over west London rivals Brentford in the Championship promotion playoff final at Wembley.

Leftback Bryan fired Fulham ahead with a 35m freekick which caught Brentford goalkeeper David Raya napping at his near post in the 15th minute of extra-time on Tuesday.

Bryan killed off the game with three minutes to go, completing a neat move with a well-timed run into the Brentford box and a right-footed finish.

Brentford pulled back a goal in the third minute of injury time through Henrik Dalsgaard with Fulham keeper Marek Rodak booked as he tried to prevent Brentford grabbing the ball from the net for a quick restart.

English news outlets estimated promotion to the world’s richest football league will be worth £135m ($NZ 266 million) to Fulham over the next five years.
Fulham, coached by former England midfielder Scott Parker, were relegated from the EPL at the end of the 2018-19 season.

Bryan insisted he was “not hero” of Fulham’s win.

“Every single one of them, fans and people around us who has been with us all season is,” he told Sky Sports.

“We’ve been written off five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10 times. I think I read somewhere we were supposed to be scared of them.”

“We took it to them, we scored twice. They made it hard for us, but they’re a good team and they’ve been playing really well. I can’t believe we made it straight back up.”

 

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