Muniz and García on target in Fulham's Carabao Cup cruise past Wimbledon
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Fulham comfortably defeated AFC Wimbledon in the Carabao Cup second round, with goals from Muniz and García sealing an easy victory.
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Attributed to original sourceFulham’s second London derby this week, a first competitive win for Álvaro Arbeloa. If AFC Wimbledon represent a different echelon to Chelsea, Monday’s visitors, Thursday’s easy progress to the third round supplied a number of reasons for optimism in the new regime.
Marco Silva, Arbeloa’s predecessor, frequently offered sullen dismissal of the depth of his Fulham squad but actually left behind plenty of talent on departing for Benfica. Getting a better tune from Emile Smith Rowe and Rodrigo Muniz than Silva managed last season will be helpful. The pair scored the first-half goals to take the tie from Wimbledon’s reach, making for a night for comfort and experimentation, glances at what a renewed, refreshed Fulham may look like, with teenage talent handed a chance to shine.
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What happened
Fulham progressed in the Carabao Cup with a routine second-round win over AFC Wimbledon. Rodrigo Muniz and Raúl García were on the scoresheet as Marco Silva's side controlled the tie from start to finish. The result sees Fulham advance to the third round while AFC Wimbledon's cup campaign ends. It was an opportunity for Fulham to rotate their squad and build momentum ahead of Premier League duties.
Chance analysis
Cup ties against lower-league opposition are rarely about the scoreline and more about what the favourites learn from them. Fulham got the job done with the kind of professional efficiency that suggests their squad depth is in good shape heading into the Premier League fixture list. Goals from Muniz and García offered Marco Silva chances to assess fringe options and hand minutes to players pushing for first-team action. For AFC Wimbledon, the gap in class was always likely to tell, and the focus now shifts back to their League Two campaign.
Fulham advance to the Carabao Cup third round with an easy win; goals from Muniz and García give Silva positive selection data going into Premier League action.