{"id":2581,"date":"2026-09-21T13:53:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T05:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2581"},"modified":"2026-09-21T13:53:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T05:53:01","slug":"fulham-1-1-manchester-united-cunha-strikes-late-to-deny-arbeloa-maiden-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/21\/fulham-1-1-manchester-united-cunha-strikes-late-to-deny-arbeloa-maiden-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Fulham 1-1 Manchester United: Cunha strikes late to deny Arbeloa maiden win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-25.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-25.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-25-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-25-766x430.png 766w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manchester United salvaged a dramatic 1-1 draw against Fulham courtesy of Matheus Cunha&#8217;s late equaliser, compounding the misery for Alvaro Arbeloa&#8217;s side who remain in search of their first Premier League victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A deflected 89th-minute strike from Brazilian forward Matheus Cunha denied Alvaro Arbeloa his first Premier League victory with Fulham, after an own goal from Lisandro Martinez around the hour mark had put the visitors within touching distance of all three points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cunha&#8217;s last-gasp leveller provided immense relief for Michael Carrick&#8217;s Manchester United, who were staring down the barrel of an unjust defeat courtesy of an own goal after rattling the woodwork twice and finding German goalkeeper Bernd Leno in inspired form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fulham&#8217;s wait for a turning point under Arbeloa continues, with the Spanish tactician still winless in the Premier League. The pressure is mounting steadily on his position, having overseen three defeats and two draws from his opening five matches at the helm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The &#8216;Cottagers&#8217; broke the deadlock in the 63rd minute when a driving run from Calvin Bassey ended with a shot parried by Lammens before ricocheting off Lisandro Martinez and trickling into the net. However, the &#8216;Red Devils&#8217; clawed level at the death when Cunha unleashed a desperate effort from a Patrick Dorgu delivery, taking a wicked deflection off a defender to leave Leno stranded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United salvaged a dramatic 1-1 draw against  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2581","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\/2581","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=2581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2583,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581\/revisions\/2583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}