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FULHAM’S Premier League clash with Bournemouth was delayed after Tom Cairney’s horror head injury.Cairney, 33, stood in the Cottagers’ wall before the Cherries’ Alex Scott, 20, took on a free-kick from a promising position.
Fulham star Tom Cairney suffered a serious head injuryCredit: Rex
Cairney was hit in the face by a free-kick from Bournemouth’s Alex ScottCredit: PA
The game between Fulham and Bournemouth was halted for five minutesCredit: PA
Scott’s powerful shot blasted the midfielder in the head and the hosts’ physios rushed to the pitch at Craven Cottage.
The game was halted for five minutes as the Scotland international was left bloodied.
Bu thankfully after receiving treatment, Cairney was able to get back to his feet and continue the match against Bournemouth.
This comes after the West Londoners extended the Scot’s contract by one more year.
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The central midfielder, who would have been a free agent this summer, is now tied to the club until 2025.
That means he will complete a decade of service at Marco Silva’s team.
Cairney’s contract renewal follows the news that Tim Ream has also extended his stay at Fulham until 2025.
The versatile midfielder joined the club in 2015 following a £2.8million deal with Blackburn.
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He has amassed two goals and four assists in 29 appearances across all competitions so far this season.
Cairney counts a total of 45 goals and 36 assists in 312 matches in the last nine years.
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This comes after SunSport revealed Tosin Adarabioyo has told Fulham he wants to leave at the end of the season as a free agent.
Cairney thankfully got back up to his feet and continued the matchCredit: Rex More

ALISSON and Joe Gomez missed Liverpool’s clash with Burnley because of illness.Jurgen Klopp revealed both players were unavailable after suffering from flu this week.
Alisson missed the Burnley clash due to fluCredit: Reuters
Joe Gomez also picked up the sickness bug this weekCredit: Alamy
Caoimhin Kelleher took Alisson’s place in goalCredit: Reuters
Goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher was called on to deputise for Alisson, who missed two Premier League games in December because of injury.
The shot-stopper made a rare mistake last week against Arsenal as he failed to clear a long ball from Gabriel, leaving Gabriel Martinelli with the simple task of tapping into an empty net.
Gomez has also been a mainstay in the team in recent weeks due to the injuries to Andy Robertson and Konstantinos Tsimikas.
The defender was expected to line up alongside Virgil van Dijk in central defence following Ibrahima Konate’s red card last week.

But Klopp had to pick another youngster in his place – Jarell Quansah.
The Reds boss said in his pre-match press conference: “We have Ibou [Konate] not available [through suspension], a little bit of fighting a little bit with a flu thing in the squad.
“So we have to see who in the end is available so that is all not cool but in the end – we will have 11 players and we will go for it.”
Liverpool are almost down to bare bones with Mo Salah still missing after picking up an injury at the Africa Cup of Nations.
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Dominik Szoboszlai is also absent along with Thiago, who only returned from a lengthy injury lay-off against Arsenal on Sunday.
However Darwin Nunez was fit enough to start after starting on the bench at The Emirates, while Wataru Endu is back from international duty at the Asian Cup.

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FULHAM host Bournemouth in a huge Premier League clash this afternoon.Both the Cherries and the Cottagers have picked up just one point from their last three games and sit 12th and 13th respectively.

Kick off time: 3pm
TV/stream: Not available in the UK due to 3pm blackout

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IT is the old one-two Manchester City fans have waited all season to see – and at last Erling Haaland put them out of their misery.Twice City’s striking Viking came up trumps with his first goals since breaking a bone in his foot in December, sending the champions back to the top for a time at least.
Erling Haaland dug Man City out of trouble against EvertonCredit: AP
Haaland scored his second by calmly finishing his one vs one against Jordan PickfordCredit: Reuters
City put the pressure back on Liverpool and ArsenalCredit: Reuters
Just as crucially, though, was the fact the second was teed up by Kevin De Bruyne, an even longer-term Etihad crock whose season has effectively only just started.
And with their dynamic duo back in the old routine for the Premier League run-in, City are starting to have an ominous look about them once again.
To be fair it took a long time before they did against Everton, though, for all they had the lion’s share of the ball right from the off.
Jeremy Doku’s lightning feet may have constantly taken him to the byline down the left, yet rarely did his delivery remotely come close to an end product.
In fact the only keeper remotely worked in the first half was actually Ederson – largely of City’s own making.
First Doku was guilty of dithering on the edge of his box and then Nathan Ake of trying to shepherd it back to the Brazilian.
Ben Godfrey slid in, got a toe to the ball, a foot to the keeper and left him needing treatment for a couple of minutes.
It was the first time in 18 months that Pep Guardiola’s men went through the first half without a shot on target.

And the way they toiled for much of the second, it seemed they could even go the entire match without troubling Pickford.
Cue De Bruyne, who had four months out after hamstring surgery before returning in January, who made his entrance from the bench ten minutes after the break.
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It seemed to send a shot of energy through the entire side, and when an Alvarez corner pinballed around, Haaland swivelled and thumped in a shot from beyond the far post.
You could almost hear the sighs of relief around the Etihad, and ten minutes from the end they had breathing space – thanks to KDB and their goal machine.
De Bruyne sent him scooting clear with a slide rule ball from within his own half, Jarrad Branthwaite ended up on his backside as he came to challenge, and Haaland buried the finish.
Game over, points in the bag, and City looking down on the rest again.
And every likelihood to end the season doing so as well.

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