Fulham missed the chance to break into the Premier League's top six after being held to a goalless draw by a Southampton side watched in the Craven Cottage Stand by new manager Ivan Juric.
Considering the south coast had only collected one point on their travels all season, Juric will have been delighted with the disciplined and composed display of his players against one of the in-form top teams.
In fact, the visitors largely frustrated Fulham all afternoon, reducing Marco Silva's team to a few long-range efforts, although they were grateful that Aaron Ramsdale – wearing a special glove after his recent finger injury – was back in goal as the England international. forced into one world-class reaction stop to secure a point for Saints.
That moment came midway through the second period when substitute Adama Traore picked out Harry Wilson at the far post, but Ramsdale somehow kept out his close-range volley.
Other than that, Southampton – with Simon Rusk once again temporarily in charge – have been largely untroubled, although despite the hard-fought point they will be bottom of the table at Christmas, while Fulham rise above Brighton to ninth.
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