{"id":2501,"date":"2026-08-31T14:29:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T06:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2501"},"modified":"2026-08-31T14:29:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T06:29:32","slug":"sunderland-1-0-fulham-isidor-winner-leaves-arbeloa-empty-handed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/31\/sunderland-1-0-fulham-isidor-winner-leaves-arbeloa-empty-handed\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunderland 1-0 Fulham: Isidor winner leaves Arbeloa empty-handed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-41.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-41.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-41-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-41-767x431.png 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alvaro Arbeloa is still searching for his first Premier League points after Fulham suffered their second consecutive defeat on Sunday at Sunderland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite an encouraging display in the League Cup against League One outfit Wimbledon, Fulham slumped back to losing ways, suffering their second defeat in less than a week following Monday&#8217;s setback against Chelsea at Craven Cottage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That London derby had raised serious defensive concerns, but the Cottagers produced a far more resilient showing on their trip to Sunderland. They held firm at 0-0 and carved out decent openings until the 75th minute, when Wilson Isidor delivered the decisive blow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On a swift counter-attack, the forward capitalised on Bernd Leno&#8217;s misjudged clearance to fire the Black Cats in front and condemn Fulham to another loss. Pending the remaining matchday fixtures, the London side sit 15th with zero points from two games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even in the worst-case scenario, they cannot slide into the relegation zone this weekend, as Coventry City, Crystal Palace, and Tottenham Hotspur all possess an inferior goal difference. Next weekend, Arbeloa&#8217;s side host Crystal Palace, who are also yet to register a single point in the Premier League this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alvaro Arbeloa is still searching for his first Premier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2503,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501\/revisions\/2503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}