Bristol City 1-1 Fulham: Kasey Palmer's equaliser earns Robins a point
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Aleksandar Mitrovic scored his seventh goal of the season
Bristol City fought back to draw at home to Fulham in an entertaining match full of chances at Ashton Gate.
Aleksandar Mitrovic scored his seventh league goal of the season to give the visitors the lead just after half-time, having hit the crossbar seconds earlier.
But the home side were dangerous on the counter-attack and substitute Kasey Palmer equalised soon after being brought on.
Fulham had a trio of chances to get the winner late on but hit the bar twice, with Mitrovic also sending a shot narrowly wide.
As expected, Fulham had plenty of possession during the first half. But neither side were able to break the deadlock and were limited in their chances.
The best chance of the half fell to Fulham's Joshua Onomah, who was back-heeled the ball by Harry Wilson but saw his strike saved well by City keeper Dan Bentley.
Fulham came out firing after half time, and Mitrovic's volley quickly hit the bar after he was able to turn in the box.
Seconds later, the Serbian was in again, this time set up by Neeskens Kebano, who made a break down the left, before Wilson nodded the ball across goal for Mitrovic to head into the net.
Bristol City were seeking to end a streak at home without a win that stretches back to January of this year, and were constantly dangerous on the counter-attack.
Nakhi Wells - who mis-kicked a good chance from close range in the first half - headed over the bar from six yards out, before Nathan Baker sent a header over the crossbar.
But it was Palmer, who was brought on as a substitute not long before, who volleyed home on 79 minutes to give the Robins a deserved equaliser.
Fulham piled on the pressure in the closing minutes. Mitrovic sent to shots narrowly wide and City had to rely on the woodwork for denying the visitors the winner,
City are still yet to win at home under Nigel Pearson and their hunt will go to a 15th match, but his side are now unbeaten in their last five.
Bristol City manager Nigel Pearson to BBC Radio Bristol:
"Very good opponents, pretty tight game in the first half. I think the second half shows that you can't open up too early against them.
"They have a lot of players that have got Premier League experience and I would expect them to be a tough opponent. I thought we played pretty well again.
"It's always about how the team defends. My expectations around the front two, or three or however we play, is to be the first very stubborn line of defence, so I expect them to work hard. Everybody is picked for a specific reason. I always know our defenders will be committed.
"Even George Tanner, getting his home debut, when you consider he was playing League Two a few weeks ago, and he's playing against players who were in the Premier League last year - not bad is it? So he's done all right."
Fulham manager Marco Silva:
"The goal was clearly offside. It wasn't a difficult decision and I can't understand why the linesman failed to spot it. I have seen a replay, but I knew at the time from the bench that it was offside. A poor decision has gone against us.
"I wasn't happy with our first-half display. But we made a couple of changes at the interval and the second half was much better. The substitutes made an impact, but the whole team played with more purpose. We just have to be calmer with our finishing.
"There were so many clear opportunities created, but we couldn't get the second goal to kill them off. We have to do better in that respect.
"We moved the ball well in the second half and could have had the game wrapped up before they scored."
