Fulham 2-1 Arsenal: Analysis

After poor results for Arsenal’s rivals over the weekend, the Gunners were looking to take full advantage by adding a victory at Craven Cottage to Saturday’s win over QPR. Szczesny; Djourou, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Coquelin; Song, Arteta, Ramsey; Walcott, Gervinho and van Persie (C) were the players charged with getting the result against a Fulham side with a mixed record at home; an even split of wins, draws and losses in their nine league games south of the river do not match up to the home successes of recent seasons. Stockdale; Kelly, Senderos, Hangeland, Riise; Ruiz, Murphy, Sidwell, Dempsey; Zamora and Dembele started in a supposed 4-4-2 formation, although Dembele could drop into the midfield meaning Fulham would match Ar...