LIVERPOOL, England, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Fulham's Nigerian
striker Josh Maja scored his first two goals for the club to
secure a 2-0 win at Everton on Sunday as the visitors ended a
12-game Premier League run without a win and rekindled their
hopes of avoiding relegation.
The result left Fulham 18th on 18 points from 23 games,
seven behind 17th-placed Newcastle United, while Everton stayed
seventh on 37 from 22 after another lacklustre home performance.
Everton's poor league form continued as they suffered a
third home defeat in four games, while Fulham won at Goodison
Park for the first time after 22 successive defeats with Maja
netting a brace in his first start for the Cottagers.
The visitors missed a hatful of first-half chances before
former Sunderland striker Maja, who is on loan from French side
Girondins Bordeaux, slid in to steer home Ola Aina's fizzing low
cross in the 48th minute.
He made it 2-0 in the 65th with another predator's finish,
popping up in front of goalkeeper Robin Olsen to tap in a
rebound from close range after Harrison Reed hit the post with a
long-range effort.
Everton striker Josh King had a goal disallowed for offside
in the closing stages which summed up the Toffees' miserable
evening as they failed to create anything meaningful up front.
(Writing by Zoran Milosavljevic; Editing by Ken Ferris)