Arsenal 2-2 Fulham: Gunners are held despite Saka and Nketiah fire in 2 mins

The board went up to show nine minutes of stoppage time but there would be no dramatic late winner for Arsenal.

Match Report

Mikel Arteta's side thought they had pulled off the comeback when Eddie Nketiah, on at half-time for Leandro Trossard, added to Bukayo Saka's penalty, cancelling out Andreas Pereira's first-minute opener.

But Fulham were to be the orchestrators of the drama in north London as Joao Palhinha struck four minutes from time to secure a valiant point.

Marco Silva and the travelling fans feared the worst when Calvin Bassey was sent off for two bookable offences, but it only galvanised Fulham through to the final whistle.

Fulham could even have won it in the final seconds too when Adama Traore broke away - but Aaron Ramsdale was equal to his chipped finish to keep it at 2-2.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

2' GOAL! Arsenal 0-1 Fulham (Pereira)

11' MISS! Havertz's shot wide out

22' NICE TRY! Jimenez's bicycle kick wide out

41' OFFSIDE! Odegaard's goal disallowed

44' CHANCE! Odegaard's long shot saved

70' Penalty Goal! Arsenal 1-1 Fulham (Saka)

72' GOAL! Arsenal 2-1 Fulham (Nketiah)

83' Second Yellow Card! Calvin Bassey sent off

87' GOAL! Arsenal 2-2 Fulham (Joao Palhinha)

Line-ups

Arsenal XI: Trossard, Partey, Martin Ødegaard, Rice, Havertz, Ramsdale, Ben White, Martinelli, William Saliba, Saka, Jakub Kiwior

Subs: Jorginho, Zinchenko, David Raya, Jesus, Nelson, Gabriel, Smith Rowe, Nketiah, Fábio Vieira

Fulham XI: Leno, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Jimenez, Tete, Lukic, Pereira, João Palhinha, Harry Wilson, Diop, Antonee Robinson, Calvin Bassey

Subs: Tom Cairney, Mbabu, Traore, Harrison Reed, T.Adarabioyo, Marek Rodak, Carlos Vinícius, Rodrigo Muniz, Luke Harris