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title: "Fulham: Fans buzzing for Steven Sessegnon after defender given debut Man of the Match award"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/fulham-fans-buzzing-for-steven-sessegnon-after-defender-given-debut-man-of-the-match-award/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Stephan Georgiou"
section: "Twitter Talk"
published: "2019-08-19T19:50:59Z"
modified: "2019-08-19T19:50:59Z"
---

# Fulham: Fans buzzing for Steven Sessegnon after defender given debut Man of the Match award

**Fulham fans are singing the praises of recent debutant Steven Sessegnon, who capped his league bow for the club with a man-of-the-match performance against [Huddersfield Town](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49288073), as the Whites escaped with a late 2-1 victory.**

The right-back enjoyed an impressive debut by stepping in for [Denis Odoi](https://www.skysports.com/football/huddsfld-vs-fulham/409376), and was [rewarded](https://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2019/august/19/man-of-the-match-result) with the club’s Man of the Match award, which was voted for by the fans.

Sessegnon was snubbed by Sky Sports – whose cameras captured the tight win for Scott Parker’s side – as [Ivan Cavaleiro](https://www.skysports.com/football/huddsfld-vs-fulham/409376) snatched victory and the post-match accolade after his curler secured the points on Friday night.

But fans clearly had other ideas, and after receiving over half of the [votes](https://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2019/august/19/man-of-the-match-result) cast to name Fulham’s best player on the night, supporters are congratulating the teenager on an award that was richly deserved.

While twin brother Ryan has recently departed for [Spurs](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49283542), it looks as if these Fulham fans have hopes of a bright future for Steven – with some claiming Tottenham may have bought the wrong Sessegnon:

> [@SpursOfficial](https://twitter.com/SpursOfficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) our sess is better than yours!!
>
> — Jay Serpanchy (@JSerpanchy) [August 19, 2019](https://twitter.com/JSerpanchy/status/1163418029763510272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> First of many to come
>
> — Henry兄さん@京アニがんばれ (@TheHenkuku) [August 19, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheHenkuku/status/1163404180125437952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Yes he was
>
> — Laura Greenaway (@LauraGreenawa12) [August 19, 2019](https://twitter.com/LauraGreenawa12/status/1163406369594183681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Well deserved, well done Steven
>
> — Lee Adams (@matchwornshirt1) [August 19, 2019](https://twitter.com/matchwornshirt1/status/1163403371983900672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Well done [@\_StevenSess](https://twitter.com/_StevenSess?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) richly deserved
>
> — Barnaby & Chris (@AmbroseBarnaby) [August 19, 2019](https://twitter.com/AmbroseBarnaby/status/1163420530587947009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> So your saying we found our RB then.
>
> — Tom (@TomAztec) [August 19, 2019](https://twitter.com/TomAztec/status/1163427452254736384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)