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CHRIS SUTTON: Aleksandar Mitrovic is two-thirds of the way towards matching his Premier League goal tally from two years ago... if he can bully defenders like he did Virgil van Dijk, he'll emerge a goal-scoring machine for Fulham

Remember the statistic that was doing the rounds about Virgil van Dijk — how he went 50 games without letting an opponent dribble past him? Well Aleksandar Mitrovic had his number at Craven Cottage on Saturday, no more so than when he won that penalty for Fulham.

Mitrovic made it look as if he was going to the right then went left, drawing a lazy leg out of Van Dijk before falling to the deck.

The last time the Fulham striker was in the Premier League, the 2020-21 season, he scored three goals in 27 games.