Premier League Goal Summary: http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 1 vs 1 Fulham
Arsenal played host to Fulham in the Premier League, as the Gunners looked to maintain their fine form and head closer to the top of the Premier League table.
Having been in rampant form over the last couple of weeks, the Gunners were favoured to cause the visitors all sorts of problems in the game, while Fulham were more than likely to be aiming for a draw at best.
In the 3rd minute of the game, Arsenal went on to dissect the Fulham defence, as Van Persie played Arshavin on with a brilliant ball. The Russian went on to finish with ease, but was later ruled offside and the goal was disallowed.
The first official goal of the game came all the way in the 65th minute. Fulham charged forward and with Risse causing all sorts of problems in the Gunners box, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thomas-Vermaelen-c35002 went on to slide the ball into the back of his own net.
As a result, Fulham took the lead in rather dramatic circumstances.
Following the goal Arsenal went on to attack the Fulham goal time and time again and in the 82nd minute, they finally managed to score the equalising goal.
Walcott went on to whip in a brilliant cross into the area and Vermaelen, who made a surging run forward from in front of his own goal, went on to nod the ball into the back of the goal.
As a result, the player went on to score both goals of the game, in both the nets.
Soon after, the referee signalled the end of the game, which saw Arsenal share the spoils with Fulham, despite having dominated the visitors for the most part in the game. Nonetheless, the Gunners were taking any and all points, as they looked to continue
their surge up the table.
The line ups for the game were as follows:
Arsenal: Szczesny, Djourou, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Andre http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Santos-c32532, Song, Ramsey, Arteta, Walcott, van Persie, Arshavin
Subs: Fabianski, Diaby, Koscielny, Frimpong, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gervinho-c14755, Chamakh, Benayoun
Fulham: Schwarzer, Baird, Hangeland, Senderos, Riise, Etuhu, Murphy, Dempsey, Ruiz, Dembele, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zamora-c40983
Subs: Etheridge, Johnson, Kasami, Gecov, Hughes, Frei, Briggs
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