Manchester City survived a late scare after coming from behind to scrape past Fulham 3-2 in Sunday's Premier League encounter at the Etihad. Marco Silva 's crop took a shock lead in Manchester through Andreas Pereira , but Mateo Kovacic led the revival with a fine brace before Jeremy Doku 's 20-yard thunderbolt seemingly made sure of the points. Rodrigo Muniz 's late effort gave City something to think about at the match wound down, but the courageous Cottagers still left empty-handed as City matched a club record, extending their unbeaten run in the Premier League to 30 games.
Welcoming the Cottagers to the Etihad having won 16 league games in a row against Fulham - the longest streak for one team against another in the history of the English Football League - Man City unsurprisingly dominated proceedings from the off. However, Pep Guardiola 's men were left bewildered by a close-range opener from ex-Manchester United man Pereira, who latched onto arguably the assist of the season so far from the in-form Raul Jimenez . Pereira's goal - and a subsequent Adama Traore miss that should have ended in a Fulham second - triggered an immediate response from City, though, as Kovacic's ferocious strike ensured that the hosts would only be behind for five minutes.
The Croatian followed up his first-half rocket with a well-taken second immediately after the restart, before a swerving Doku effort put the champions on the brink of victory, and Muniz's top-corner finish right at the death .
