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Full Time THAT'S IT! Arsenal have the points thanks to Robin van Persie. It's been a tight match and Mannone had to make several smart saves. Final score, Fulham 0-1 Arsenal
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EBOUE SHOTS WIDE but surely that must be it?
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He's up again and we're in play
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Vermaelen is down. I wonder how much extra added time that will bring
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EBOUE ENTERS THE AREA ON THE LEFT but runs into the Fulham wall
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...Rosicky volleys it clear. Halfway through stoppage time now
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FULHAM CORNER to be taken by Murphy from the right...
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FIVE MINUTES ADDED TIME
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FIVE MINUTES ADDED TIME
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FULHAM ARE PUSHING FORWARD but so far have been unable to get beyond the Arsenal backline
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BENDTNER HEADS OVER: Fabregas sends in a free kick from deep, Bendtner rises to meet it, but heads narrowly over the crossbar
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EBOUE COULD HAVE SEALED IT, he played a neat one-two with Fabregas, but Schwarzer made the safe at the near post
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Substitution FULHAM SUBSTITUTION: Etuhu goes off, Jonathan Greening comes on
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Substitution ARSENAL SUBSTITUTION: Goalscorer Van Persie goes off, Emmanuel Eboue comes on
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FULHAM FREE KICK: Delivery from Konchesky, header by Johnson and another fine save from Mannone! Van Persie hacks clear
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Yellow Card BOOKING Konchesky receives the yellow card for a tackle on Van Persie
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...Konchesky strikes it and Mannone punches away
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FULHAM FREE KICK: The Cottagers have a free kick on the right, 25 yards from goal...
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Gera knocks the ball to Zamora but his cross from the left is miss-hit and goes out of play
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GALLAS DOWN The Frenchman goes up for a header with Andy Johnson and lands awkwardly on his back
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ARSENAL CORNER: Bendtner drives forward and crosses the ball to Rosicky, he finds Diaby and the Gunners have a corner...headed clear by Fulham
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SONG HAS A POP but his effort is high and wide
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Yellow Card YELLOW CARD John Pantsil welcomes Rosicky to the game with a challenge that earns him a booking
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Substitution ARSENAL SUBSTITUTION: Tomas Rosicky comes on to replace Andrey Arshavin
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GREAT BLOCK From William Gallas as Zamora has a shot from close range
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Roy Hodgson, who Arsene Wenger described as one of the best English managers this week, is looking pensive on the touchline
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BENDTNER STRIKES IT and it's only just wide from the Dane
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The away end is bouncing at Craven Cottage, and why not?
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ARSHAVIN HAS A POP: But oh dear, high and wide from the Russian who was on the left-edge of the area
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GREAT SAVE MANNONE: Johnson looks to have headed it into the bottom corner, but no! Mannone shows how good his reflexes are once again. Dempsey follows up but drills his shot wide across goal
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COULD HAVE BEEN TWO: Van Persie slips in Bendtner, his shot is saved one-handed by Schwarzer who is lucky it falls away from a Gunners shirt
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GOAL! - Robin van Persie 0 : 1 GOAL! Robin van Persie! He gets the ball from Fabregas - a great ball over the top of the Fulham defence - and slots it across goal. 1-0 to the Arsenal!
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Zamora tries to feed in Johnson down Fulham's left, but Clichy reads it well and makes the interception
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FULHAM SHOT: Zamora turns and shots from 20 yards but his shot cannons off Vermaelen's back
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CORNER: Arshavin's corner is straight to the hands of Schwarzer
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Arshavin receives the ball and delivers a low cross. Fulham happy to give Arsenal a corner
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Fabregas fins Arshavin on the left, he slips in Diaby and Fulham concede a throw in
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FIRST EFFORT OF THE HALF: Zamora unleashes a long-range drive, Mannone sees it safely wide
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SECOND-HALF UNDERWAY: Zoltan Gera and Andy Johnson kick off the second half
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The teams are reemerging for the second half at Craven Cottage
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The first-half was closely fought and we're still goalless at Fulham despite a couple of good chances from the hosts
Half Time HALF TIME AT CRAVEN COTTAGE
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ARSENAL CORNER: Fabregas has a shot from a tight angle, wins a corner on the left..it's headed our for another from the same side...punched away by Schwarzer
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The resulting free kick is punched clear by Schwarzer
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Yellow Card YELLOW CARD for Bobby Zamora for a tackle on Clichy
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Three minutes added time in the first half
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ZAMORA HEADER The cross comes in and Zamora meets it, but heads it wide
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BEST CHANCE OF THE HALF: And it falls to Zoltan Gera who shoots across goal from 10 yards. Mannone is able to get a hand to it and edges the ball around the post for a Fulham corner
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GOOD DEFENDING: Johnson turns inside the area, but William Gallas makes a good tackle to dispose him.
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LONG-RANGE EFFORT: Danny Murphy picks up a loose ball and unleashes a shot from 30 yards out. It goes well wide
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FULHAM CROSS: Konchesky gets past Bendtner and delivers a low cross, but Gallas clears it at the near post
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ARSENAL FREE-KICK: Van Persie takes it, central, about 20 yards out...over
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FREE-KICK: Murphy's second attempt is lofted into the box but header clear by Diaby
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Yellow Card FULHAM BOOKING: Danny Murphy receives a yellow card for taking a free-kick too quickly
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BENDTNER GOES CLOSE Bendtner drills a lot shot towards goal but Schwarzer makes the save
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ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY: Van Persie and Fabregas link up on the edge of the area, Cesc finds Arshavin, but the shot goes over. Arsenal are pressurising Fulham here
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ARSENAL CORNER: Bendtner wins the corner after a nice dribble through the middle...but it's headed clear by Zamora
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FABREGAS CLOSE: Van Persie threads the ball to Fabregas, the captain turns and shoots but it's just a little too high this time
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AMAZING DOUBLE SAVE! Mannone with superb reflexes! Zamora gets the cross in from the right, Johnson meets it with his head, Vito saves, Gera follows it up and another superb save from Mannone who heads it off the line!
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ANOTHER CROSS: Arshavin is racing down the left-wing and gets his cross in, but there aren't any Gunners in the box
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GALLAS IS OK: The centre-half is returning to the field after that treatment
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GUNNERS DOWN: Mannone and Gallas both go for the same ball and Gallas will need treatment in front of the traveling supporters
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ARSENAL FREE-KICK: Fabregas whips it in from 30yards, but Schwarzer is able to claim the catch
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Substitution FULHAM SUBSTITUTION: Damien Duff is withdrawn early with an injury, Zoltan Gera enters the fray
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THE AWAY FANS ARE VOCAL and making all the noise at Craven Cottage
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ARSENAL ADVANCE: Robin van Persie comes forward through the centre bu Hangeland is equal to him
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FULHAM COME FORWARD: The home fans thought Johnson was through but Mannone met the ball fairly comfortably
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FULHAM ATTACK: Zamora got a cross in from the left but only Gael Clichy was there to meet it, and he safely clears
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EARLY FREE-KICK: Fabregas whips it into the box but it's cleared only to Song 25-yards out. He finds Sagna who delivers a cross but Vermaelen couldn't quite reach the ball and his header flashes wide
Kick Off KICK-OFF: Fabregas and Van Persie get us underway at Craven Cottage. It's Arsenal's first London derby of the season and the Gunners will be looking to capitalise on Chelsea's defeat earlier today.
The teams are emerging at the Cottage, kick-off is just moments away. Don't forget to get your emails to Dan and Rich on commentary - www.arsenal.com/studio
ARSENAL TEAM: Mannone, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Clichy, Song, Diaby, Fabregas (c), Van Persie, Arshavin, Bendtner SUBS: Szczesny, Silvestre, Gibbs, Eboue, Ramsey, Rosicky, Vela
FULHAM TEAM: Schwarzer, Pantsil, Hangeland, Hughes, Konchesky, Dempsey, Murphy (c), Etuhu, Duff, Zamora, Johnson SUBS: Zuberbuhler, Baird, Riise, Smalling, Greening, Gera, Kamara
Good afternoon Gunners! The Matchday Show is underway, Dan Roebuck and Rich Clarke your commentators today. I'm Nick Teale at Craven Cottage bringing you minute-by-minute updates of this evening's fixture.
Good afternoon. Today's Matchday Show will start at 17:00, bringing you the video highlights from Arsenal v West Brom in the Carling Cup, the inside word from Fulham FC and we'll have the key moments from Arsene Wenger's pre-match press conference.
Don't forget to stay tuned for the Post-match show. Live with Dan Roebuck after the final whistle.
Fulham
01 SCHWARZER, Mark
04 PANTSIL, John
18 HUGHES, Aaron
05 HANGELAND, Brede
03 KONCHESKY, Paul
02 DEMPSEY, Clinton
18 ETUHU, Dickson
14 GREENING, Jonathan (83)
16 DUFF, Damien
22 GERA, Zoltan (9)
13 MURPHY, Danny
25 ZAMORA, Bobby
08 JOHNSON, Andrew
19 ZUBERBUHLER, PASCAL
12 SMALLING, CHRIS
17 HELGE RIISE, BJORN
06 BAIRD, CHRIS
14 GREENING, JONATHAN
22 GERA, ZOLTAN
15 KAMARA, DIOMANSY
Arsenal
24 MANNONE, Vito
03 SAGNA, Bacary
13 GALLAS, William
05 VERMAELEN, Thomas
22 CLICHY, Gael
02 DIABY, Abou
04 FABREGAS, Cesc
25 SONG, Alex
20 VAN PERSIE, Robin
27 EBOUE, Emmanuel (83)
23 ARSHAVIN, Andrey
07 ROSICKY, Tomas (68)
17 BENDTNER, Nicklas
01 SZCZESNY, WOJCIECH
18 SILVESTRE, MIKAEL
28 GIBBS, KIERAN
27 EBOUE, EMMANUEL
07 ROSICKY, TOMAS
16 RAMSEY, AARON
11 VELA, CARLOS
