Showing posts with label Fulham vs Arsenal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fulham vs Arsenal. Show all posts

Sunday, 13 September 2020

Willian dazzles on debut as Gunners start Premier League season with a win

Arsenal kicked off the new Premier League season in style. The Gunners smashed London rivals Fulham 3-0 at Craven Cottage and new signing Willian was the star of the show. 

He provided a hat-trick of assists inside 60 minutes.  


The first set-up Alexandre Lacazette's 8th-minute tap-in, while his second was the cross that fellow debutant Gabriel headed in shortly after half-time.

Willian's third assist was the pick of the bunch. 

The Brazilian curled a beautiful ball into the path of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and the striker took three touches before curling a beauty past Marek Rodak.

What a way to make your debut. Take a bow, Willian. He wasn't the only one that impressed either.

Mikel Arteta will be very happy with how his Arsenal side performed on Saturday afternoon. They dominated Fulham from start to finish. 

This looked like a real statement from the Gunners - they are a team to take seriously this season. 

Aubameyang and Lacazette renewed their deadly partnership up top and with Willian forming part of that new trio, all three forwards look dangerous. 

Behind them, the makeshift midfield partnership of Granit Xhaka and Mohamed Elneny were strong, while the back three kept a clean sheet. 

All in all, it was a very comfortable win for Arsenal against newly-promoted Fulham. 

There will be tougher tests ahead for Arteta's team, but that shouldn't take anything away from this impressive performance. 

The Gunners have their first three points of the season in the bag and there's plenty to suggest this could be the start of a special season at the Emirates. 

Thursday, 3 January 2019

Arsenal 4-1 Fulham: Granit Xhaka, Alexandre Lacazette, Aaron Ramsey and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang strike to close gap to Chelsea in race for UCL

  • Arsenal cut the gap to fourth-placed Chelsea to two points on New Years' Day with a victory over Fulham
  • Switzerland international Granit Xhaka put Arsenal in front when he stabbed Alex Iwobi's cross into the net 
  • Alexandre Lacazette doubled the lead 10 minutes after the break when he finished a good team move
  • Aboubakar Kamara gave Fulham hope with a close-range finish at the back post after a Ryan Sessegnon cross
  • Their optimism did not last long though as Aaron Ramsey came off the bench to add a third for Arsenal
  • Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang rounded things off with a fortunate finish that looped into the net
Arsenal striking duo Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang produced their trademark celebration after making it 2-0

Fulham substitute Aboubakar Kamara drew Fulham back into the game with a close-range finish

Managers Claudio Ranieri and Unai Emery greet each other on the touchline ahead of kick-off on Tuesday afternoon

Arsenal fans reacted angrily to the decision to substitute Lacazette for Ramsey in the closing stages of the game