Fulham striker Raul Jimenez will be wondering what he has to do to score this season as he went without a goal once again against Brighton & Hove Albion.
Covering the match for Sky Sports News, journalist David Richardson was at the Amex.
Marco Silva’s side were second best going into the break at half-time and were a goal behind thanks to Evan Ferguson.
The Whites were once again caught out in possession and the Irish striker made no mistake and gave Bernd Leno no chance.
Silva didn’t wait long in the second half to make sweeping changes to his side.
The Portuguese made a triple change with Harry Wilson, Andreas Pereira and Rodrigo Muniz coming off the bench.
It meant Harrison Reed, Bobby De Cordova-Reid and Raul Jimenez were the players to make way.
Jimenez wasn’t happy about being taken off against Brighton but the Fulham man barely made an impact once again.
He’s got huge shoes to fill after Aleksandar Mitrovic’s exit but doesn’t look up to it right now.
It speaks volumes that his replacement Muniz came closer to scoring than he did just minutes after entering the pitch.
Jimenez fails to score for Fulham again against Brighton
Richardson shared how the £5.5m player reacted when he was substituted and said: “Jimenez is still without a goal for Fulham in the Premier League this season and he was unsurprisingly not delighted to be coming off.
“He barely had a kick today.”
In the 58 minutes Jimenez played, he managed to complete just seven passes and failed to have a single shot.
He lost five of his seven duels and didn’t complete the only dribble he attempted.
To blame Jimenez for this solely would be failing to give credit to the way Brighton defended against him and ignore that his Fulham teammates weren’t at their best either.
Jimenez will be disappointed he wasn’t given more time considering Carlos Vinicius wasn’t even on the bench after struggling against Chelsea.
The Mexican will be desperate to end his barren run soon as the longer it goes on, the more the pressure builds on him.
Fulham aren’t blessed with alternatives that can easily replace him.
Muniz hasn’t even scored in the Premier League, while Vinicius has just six English top-flight goals to his name.
Luckily, Joao Palhinha is the man who can do it all and his second-half goal earned the away side a vital point.