Arsenal vs Fulham LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction tonight as Gunners complete comeback win
Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal look to continue their winning streak against Marco Silva’s Fulham
Arsenal look to continue their winning run as they take on Fulham in Saturday’s late Premier League kick off. The Gunners are the only team left in the league with a 100 per cent winning record after wins against Crystal Palace, Leicester and Bournemouth. They sit top of the table - before today’s 3pm kick offs - and look in incredible touch this year.
Gabriel Jesus has been instrumental to their fast start and the confidence Mikel Arteta’s side have been playing with so far is running all through the team. The Brazilian scored twice in his home debut over Leicester and will look to be on target again against the newly-promoted side.
For their part, Fulham have also made a good start to life back in the Premier League. After draws against Liverpool and Wolves, Marco Silva’s side got their first victory with a last-minute Aleksandr Mitrovic winner against Brentford last weekend though they did suffer a setback in midweek by being knocked out of the Carabao Cup by League Two’s Crawley.
Follow all the action from the Emirates stadium as Arsenal host Fulham in the Premier League:
Arsenal 2-1 Fulham
90+2 mins: It’s Arsenal’s turn for the scrambling defence. Reid and Gabriel clash heads as the defender looks to clear his own lines. There’s a break in play now whilst the players are seen to.
Arsenal 2-1 Fulham
89 mins: Save! Arsenal almost have victory snatched away from them as a Fulham free kick is curled into the box where Fulham substitute Jay Stansfield gets free of his marker and turns the ball towards goal.
Ramsdale falls to his left and palms the effort away!
GOAL! Arsenal 2-1 Fulham (86’, Gabriel)⚽️
86 mins: It’s a comeback! Martinelli’s corner ball is drilled into the box where William Saliba leaps at the ball alongside Bernd Leno. The Fulham goalkeeper fails to punch it away and the ball hits Saliba before dropping to Gabriel.
He’s the first to react and pokes it into the net before a VAR check confirms that the goal should stand!
Arsenal 1-1 Fulham
85 mins: Tosin gets a head to Martinelli’s curling shot and Arsenal win a corner. The ball drops in between a cluster of bodies but White’s snapshot is blocked and booted away.
Arsenal are hammering on the door, they’ve got to score, surely. Fulham are doing brilliantly to keep them out.
Arsenal 1-1 Fulham
83 mins: Chance! Martinelli has moved back over to the left side and is played in behind Mbabu. He guides the ball back into the middle of the box where Nketiah arrives and sidefoots his effort straight into the waiting hands of Bernd Leno!
Arsenal 1-1 Fulham
81 mins: Elneny receives the ball after White loses it high up the pitch. He gives it to Odegaard who dribbles around two Fulham players before drilling a shot straight into a defender,
The visitors have plenty of men back inside their own box now. They’re hanging on for a draw.
Arsenal 1-1 Fulham
78 mins: Martinelli plays an Arsenal corner short to Xhaka but gets it back before overhitting his cross to Jesus at the back post,
Fulham make a couple of changes and take some time out of the game. Issa Diop comes on to make his Premier League debut for Fulham.
Arsenal 1-1 Fulham
75 mins: Close! There’s not many options on for Eddie Nketiah after he’s played into the right side of the box by Martinelli - who seems desperate to get Arsenal a win.
Nketiah cuts inside and laces a left-footed effort wide of the back post.
Arsenal 1-1 Fulham
72 mins: Martinelli’s cross from the right wing is headed away by Ream whose touch is vital as Nketiah was sneaking in behind him to get to the ball.
It’s the Gunners’ turn to apply the pressure and another Martinelli cross almost drops for Jesus but somehow the visitors scramble this one clear too.
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