Chris Baird and Stephen Kelly remonstrate with the referee as their side go down 1-0 at Hillsborough. Photo: PA
Sheffield Wednesday stretched their remarkable unbeaten run under manager Dave Jones to 17 matches as they dumped Fulham out of the Capital One Cup.
Although Gary Madine's 50th-minute penalty was all that separated the sides, it was no fluke win by the Owls who have started their npower Championship campaign brightly following promotion from League One last season abercrombie france R4f5u.
Fulham, with seven Barclays Premier League goals in their opening two games this season, managed just one effort on target throughout the 90 minutes as they limped out of the competition abercrombie pas cher abercrombie france V5o7y.
The two sides had been involved in six games between them to date that had produced 30 goals but the first half was goalless louboutin pas cher, and the opening half-hour particularly nondescript.
In the closing 15 minutes, however, Wednesday visibly grew in confidence, perhaps realising on the evidence of those initial 30 that Fulham did not have much to offer.
Despite the changes made by Martin Jol, five initially on the team sheet but reduced to four just prior to kick-off when Damien Duff was a late replacement for Bryan Ruiz, on show was a strong Fulham side.
There was still no Clint Dempsey louboutin L4z2n, seemingly an outcast given his hankering for a move to Liverpool, and more intriguingly Moussa Dembele was not part of the 18.
Jol appears to face a fight to hang on to the Belgian midfielder before the transfer window closes on Friday, with London rivals Spurs heavily linked of late.
But all Fulham had to show for their first-half efforts were long-range shots from Pajtim Kasami vuitton pas cher, Matthew Briggs and Steve Sidwell that were all comfortably off target.
Kasami and Sidwell also found themselves in referee Paul Tierney's notebook for fouls on Wednesday captain Jose Semedo and Giles Coke respectively.
Arguably, Sidwell was fortunate to avoid a second caution for a similar challenge on Semedo just beyond the half-hour, instead incurring a stern talking-to from Tierney.
After that the Owls finished the half the stronger, with Michail Antonio&#39 sac louis vuitton;s direct running causing a fright.
His initial 36th-minute effort saw him disposses Alex Kacaniklic and embark on a surge towards the area, culminating in a rasping drive that forced Mark Schwarzer into a low save to his right.
After Schwarzer was relieved to see a free header from six yards from Madine fall safely into his grasp, Antonio had another opportunity in the 44th minute.
Played in by Chris Maguire abercrombie france, his run into the area on this occasion saw him cut back on to his left foot to leave with him a clear sight of goal, only to flash his shot just over the crossbar.