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  • van Persie 83’ (pen.)
  • Hleb 89’

Fulham

  • Healy 1’
  1. Arsenal seal late win over Fulham

    Arsenal seal late win over Fulham

    Arsenal came from behind to beat Fulham 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium with late strikes from Robin van Persie and Alexander Hleb. A Jens Lehmann blunder after a mere 52 seconds had gifted David Healy a debut goal. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Arsenal
    • Fulham
    • 90'+5 van Persie comes off to wild applause for Alexandre Song. It's the last event of the match, as Phil Dowd blows the final whistle! It's a great start to the season for the Gunners, and hard luck on Lawrie Sanchez and Fulham. Thanks for joining us. Remember you can follow Chelsea v Birmingham City now just by clicking the link on the right, and later Manchester United v Reading will be covered right here too. Don't go away!
    • 90' GOAL!! Even Warner can't stop Hleb scoring what must be the winner for Arsenal. A ball over the top reaches Hleb, who beats Bocanegra twice before drilling it across goal into the far corner. Warner could do nothing about it!
    • 89' Warner makes another great save, this time from Bendtner from close range! He is the reason that Fulham are still drawing and not losing this match.
    • 88' Kolo Toure almost hands the lead back to Fulham as the ball bounces off his shin in his area and rolls just wide of the post with Lehmann beaten!
    • 83' GOAL!! Robin van Persie blasts it into the roof of the net! The referee books three players (Warner, Diop and Flamini) for a scuffle over getting the ball back to the centre circle, but the important thing is that the Gunners are level. Can they go on and take all three points from a spritied Fulham?
    • 83' Kolo Toure beats two men and bursts into the box, and is barged over by Bocanegra. Phil Dowd gives a penalty! van Persie to take...
    • 78' The Arsenal defence were caught napping, allowing Clint Dempsey to sneak in behind them. His shot with the outside of his boot rolls harmlessly wide though.
    • 74' Heroics in the Fulham box as Kolo Toure's blast from the left hand side looks to be beating Warner before Zat Knight clears it off the line! Arsenal are edging closer to a goal but still lack that gilt-edged chance their flowing football deserves.
    • 71' Again both bosses make simultaneous changes. Arsenal see Rosicky replaced by Nicklas Bendtner and Fulham bring off Smertin for Papa Bouba Diop.
    • 69' Paul Konchesky doesn't mess about as he hoofs the ball out for a corner after it pinged around the Fulham box. Arsenal's 11th corner comes to nothing as the referee blows for an offensive foul in the box.
    • 67' It's van Persie again, but this time he curls his shot achingly wide. The clock is beginning to tick louder for the Gunners.
    • 66' Another free kick dead centre on the edge of the Fulham box, after van Persie is fouled during an Arsenal break. Now there is a whole pack of red shirts around the ball!
    • 64' Both managers make changes, as Theo Walcott replaces Emmanuel Eboue for Arsenal and Diomansy Kamara comes on in place of goalscorer David Healy for his own Fulham debut.
    • 62' Bocanegra atones for his earlier miss by keeping up with a rampaging van Persie, sliding in for a vital challenge just as the trigger was about to be pulled!
    • 60' Arsenal have a free kick on the edge of the Fulham box. van Persie is the only one around the ball. He fires it low, straight into the wall and away to safety.
    • 56' McBride and Bocanegra conspire to miss a great chance for Fulham to double their lead! First McBride's control of a corner leaves him digging the ball out from under his feet, and then Bocanegra's faint touch in the six yard box isn't enough to steer the ball in.
    • 55' van Persie is now back on and hustles Zat Knight all the way to the byline before the tall centre back barges him over!
    • 53' The Dutchman continues his treatment on the sidelines, as Walcott and Bendtner warm up.
    • 51' Rosicky breaks through the centre of midfield and slots a through ball into van Persie's path, but again Warner is all over it! The Dutchman has gone down in the box, and is now recieving treatment.
    • 49' Lehmann is called into action at the other end, as Healy fires straight at him from around the penalty spot!
    • 47' It's like half time never happened as Tony Warner denies Tomas Rosicky for the umpteenth time in this match! The Czech was bearing down on goal but couldn't fire past the Trinidian and Tobago international keeper.
    • 45' Clint Dempsey has come on for Hameur Bouazza for Fulham, but otherwise it's as you were for the start of the second half.
    • 45'+2 Phil Dowd blows up for half time. Lawrie Sanchez will be pleased with the way his side have hung on to their lead so far, but the Gunners look more than capable of making a breakthrough before long.
    • 43' Once again Warner is forced to dive low to save a Rosicky shot! And once again Arsenal can't make anything of a set piece opportunity.
    • 41' A great double save from Warner! First he slides out to meet Hleb who latched on to Fabregas' reverse pass, then parried the rebound from Rosicky.
    • 39' The Arsenal forwards are once again guilty of overpassing in an attack. Rosicky cuts in from the left and finds Hleb in the area with a cute pass, but the Belarussian knocks it straight back to him and the chance is lost.
    • 35' Rosicky fires one of his trademark long shots, and Tony Warner has to dive low to his right to make sure it doesn't creep in. Nothing comes of the resulting corner.
    • 32' Fulham earn a corner after McBride drops deep to win the ball, then releases Simon Davies down the right. The Welsh international is getting the better of Gael Clichy, and the French full back concedes the corner. McBride heads the set piece straight into Lehmann's arms.
    • 24' Fabregas sneaks a ball through to van Persie, who is clear on goal, but is correctly ruled offside.
    • 21' Steven Davis puts the reducer on Alexander Hleb! The Arsenal forward was running at Zat Knight and looked to have him on the backfoot before Davis steamed in and kneed him from behind. The Belarus international runs it off, however. The Fulham players are obviously wise to the threat Hleb presents them.
    • 18' Great save by Warner in the Fulham goal! He deflects van Persie's close range shot over the bar! The Gunners are the ones making all the chances now.
    • 14' Alexei Smertin drills a low hard shot from distance, but Lehmann swoops down to hold it comfortably. He hasn't put a foot wrong since his opening minute blunder.
    • 13' Sagna whips in a dangerous cross from the right wing. Rosicky connects well on the volley but can't keep his shot on target.
    • 10' Big shouts for a penalty as Hleb goes down in the area, but referee Phil Dowd ajudged Chris Baird's tackle a fair one. Replays suggest otherwise though. A hairy moment for the new Fulham defender.
    • 8' Hleb has settled straight into his new role behind the lone striker van Persie. He is pickig the ball up from deep and running at the Fulham defenders, although on this occasion he is tackled by Knight.
    • 6' Fulham new boy Bouazza gets his first touch of the ball, a neat take from a Zat Knight long pass on the left wing. He feeds Healy down the left channel, but Lehmann is aware of the danger.
    • 4' Arsenal look unshaken as they set about passing their way around Fulham's box in their trademark way, but on this occasion Rosicky pulls a shot well wide.
    • 1' GOAL!! The shock of the season so far! A terrible miscontrol from Lehmann gifts Healy his first Premier League goal! It was a tap in! What an awful start to Arsenal's season!
    • 1' Referee Phil Dowd blows his whistle and these two London clubs kick off their season!
    • - Fulham boss Lawrie Sanchez is leading with his new attacking talent, as Northern Ireland striker David Healy starts alongside Brian McBride.
    • - Arsene Wenger has decided against starting new striker Eduardo da Silva up front, and instead has plumped for the surprising choice of Alexander Hleb behind Robin van Persie.
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of Arsenal v Fulham from the Emirates Stadium.

  • Team Stats

    Arsenal Stats Fulham
    66% Possession 33%
    27 Shots 14
    12 Shots on target 7
    4 Saves 8
    14 Corners 4
    20 Fouls 6
    6 Offsides 1
    1 Yellow cards 5
    0 Red cards 0
    23 Tackles 22
    352 Accurate passes 134
    67 Bad passes 25

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Arsenal
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Jens Lehmann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0
      5 Kolo Toure 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 32 1 4
      22 Gaël Clichy 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 27 11 5
      3 Bacary Sagna 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 41 0 2
      10 William Gallas 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 21 5 3
      13 Alexander Hleb 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 42 13 2
      4 Francesc Fabregas 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 54 9 2
      16 Mathieu Flamini 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 43 11 0
      27 Emmanuel Eboue 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 25 2 2
      7 Tomas Rosicky 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 22 10 2
      11 Robin Van Persie 1 7 4 1 5 3 0 19 3 1
      24 Manuel Almunia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Alexandre Song 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Philippe Senderos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Theo Walcott 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      26 Nicklas Bendtner 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 3 2 0
    • Fulham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      12 Tony Warner 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 1 0
      34 Chris Baird 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 1 3
      6 Zatyiah Knight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0
      3 Carlos Bocanegra 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 9 2 1
      4 Paul Konchesky 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 9 7 5
      8 Alexei Smertin 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 4
      10 Steven Davis 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 19 5 1
      25 Simon Davies 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 18 0 3
      24 Hameur Bouazza 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 1
      9 David Healy 1 4 3 2 1 0 0 6 2 0
      20 Brian McBride 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 14 1 0
      14 Papa Bouba Diop 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 3
      11 Diomansy Kamara 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 0 0
      32 Elliot Omozusi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Moritz Volz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Clint Dempsey 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1

  • Summary

    • 90' GOAL!! Even Warner can't stop Hleb scoring what must be the winner for Arsenal. A ball over the top reaches Hleb, who beats Bocanegra twice before drilling it across goal into the far corner. Warner could do nothing about it!
    • 88' Kolo Toure almost hands the lead back to Fulham as the ball bounces off his shin in his area and rolls just wide of the post with Lehmann beaten!
    • 83' GOAL!! Robin van Persie blasts it into the roof of the net! The referee books three players (Warner, Diop and Flamini) for a scuffle over getting the ball back to the centre circle, but the important thing is that the Gunners are level. Can they go on and take all three points from a spritied Fulham?
    • 83' Kolo Toure beats two men and bursts into the box, and is barged over by Bocanegra. Phil Dowd gives a penalty! van Persie to take...
    • 1' GOAL!! The shock of the season so far! A terrible miscontrol from Lehmann gifts Healy his first Premier League goal! It was a tap in! What an awful start to Arsenal's season!
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of Arsenal v Fulham from the Emirates Stadium.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Phil Dowd

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsene Wenger

    Captain: 10. William Gallas

    On the Field

    • Lehmann
    • Sagna
    • Gallas
    • Toure
    • Clichy
    • Eboue
    • Flamini
    • Fabregas
    • Rosicky
    • Hleb
    • van Persie

    Subs

    • Almunia
    • Senderos
    • Song
    • Bendtner
    • Walcott

    Injured

    • Adebayor

    Suspended

    None

  • Fulham

    Manager: Lawrie Sanchez

    Captain: 20. Brian McBride

    On the Field

    • Warner
    • Konchesky
    • Bocanegra
    • Knight
    • Baird
    • Bouazza
    • Davis
    • Smertin
    • Davies
    • McBride
    • Healy

    Subs

    • Volz
    • Kamara
    • Bouba Diop
    • Dempsey
    • Omozusi

    Injured

    • Elliott

    Suspended

    None