Meulensteen: Fulham need to turn performances into points

The Cottagers rallied and pulled level with Manchester City before succumbing to a 4-2 defeat at Craven Cottage, leaving the Dutchman rueful of a missed opportunity

Fulham head coach Rene Meulensteen challenged his players to turn performances into points after losing 4-2 to Manchester City on Saturday.

Manuel Pellegrini's men surged into a two-goal lead at Craven Cottage through Yaya Toure and Vincent Kompany before Kieran Richardson pulled one back for the hosts.

Kompany then netted a bizarre own goal to gift Fulham a way back into the game, but Meulensteen's charges were unable to hang on for a draw as Jesus Navas and James Milner came off the bench to snatch victory.

Meulensteen: Manchester United experience will aid Fulham

Sir Alex Ferguson's former first-team coach is hopeful his partnership with Martin Jol will prove fruitful and secure Premier League football next season at Craven Cottage

New Fulham coach Rene Meulensteen is confident his experience at Manchester United will help improve the struggling club's fortunes.

The 49-year-old spent nearly 12 years at Old Trafford, over two seperate spells, and saw United win three Premier League titles and one Champions League while first-team coach.

Anzhi Makhachkala sack coach Rene Meulensteen after sixteen days in charge amid spending cut promise

Rene Meulensteen is being replaced as coach of Russian team Anzhi Makhachkala little more than two weeks after he was appointed, the club's chairman said Wednesday.

Konstantin Remchukov also said that "many expensive players" will leave, but the club later insisted there was "no discussion" of a mass selloff.

Gadzhi Gadzhiev will take over from former Manchester United coach Meulensteen, Remchukov wrote on Twitter. He didn't elaborate on the circumstances of and the reasons for the departure of Meulensteen, a respected former first-team coach at Manchester United who succeeded Guus Hiddink in late July.