Arsenal title hopes hit as Fulham hold Gunners to Craven Cottage draw

Arsenal Premier League title hopes were dealt a blow. They were held to a 1-1 draw by Fulham at Craven Cottage.

Mikel Arteta’s side had the chance to narrow ยูฟ่าเบท https://ufabet999.app the gap on Liverpool at the top to four points. But turn in a lethargic first-half display. Which Fulham neutralised their attacking threat with relative comfort and took a deserved lead through Raul Jimenez.

The second half brought an appropriate response from a team. Who sensed their hopes of chasing down the leaders might be slipping away, and when William Saliba’s equaliser in the 51st minute survived a lengthy VAR check the stage appeared set for the visitors to sweep to victory.

But Fulham show admirable resilience in the face of renewed Arsenal pressure and demonstrated their own credentials as possible European challengers this season.

Bukayo Saka thought he had won it with an 87th-minute header. Before VAR intervened with an offside call against Gabriel Martinelli. Ultimately Marco Silva’s gameplan frustrated Arsenal to leave their title aspirations tottering.

Arsenal boasted almost 70 per cent of the first-half possession. But departed at the break with virtually nothing to show for it. Fulham by contrast attacked sparingly. But effectively on the counter, in between squeezing the visitors out of any space that might pave a way to Bernd Leno’s goal.