Championship roundup: Mitrovic sets new goalscoring record in Fulham win
23-Feb-2022 22:36:41 | The Guardian
• Serbian scores twice in 2-1 victory for leaders
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Aleksandar Mitrovic set and extended a new Championship record with a double in leaders Fulham’s 2-1 victory over struggling Peterborough.
The Serbia international’s 28th-minute penalty was his 32nd league goal of the campaign, one more than Ivan Toney’s previous mark. Mitrovic struck from the spot after being fouled by Harrison Burrows, and he took his tally to 33 within 17 minutes of the restart when he converted Neeskens Kebano’s cross as his side bounced back from Saturday’s home defeat by Huddersfield with Jack Marriott’s late effort providing scant consolation.
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