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Full Time THE REFEREE BLOWS THE FULL-TIME WHSITE: Arsenal end their season with a 2-2 draw and, with Manchester City beating Bolton, finish fourth in the Premier League.
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GOAL! - Theo Walcott 2 : 2 GOAL FOR ARSENAL! Walcott beats Briggs and finds the bottom corner via the post. It's 2-2...
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Four minutes left at the Cottage. Arsenal are looking dangerous when they go forward but Fulham are threatening on the break.
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CHAMAKH DOWN IN THE AREA: He seems to lose his footing when well position.
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JUST WIDE FROM ARSHAVIN: Fulham fail to clear and, when defenders back away from the Russian, he fires just wide of the left post.
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THE FIRST REAL SIGN OF WALCOTT: He attacks Briggs and wins a corner on the right.
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Yellow Card Booking for Sidwell
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A bad tackle from Gera and he knows it too. No complainants from the Fulham man and Vermaelen is fine to continue.
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Red Card Red card for Gera. For a late challenge on Vermaelen.
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Substitution Another Fulham sub: Gera on for Zamora
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DAVIES GOES CLOSE: Indecision in the Arsenal defence presents a chance for the substitute, who toes the ball just wide.
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TACTICS: Walcott out onto the right, Arshavin onto the left. Nasri into the middle and Eboue will play at left back.
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Substitution And Etuhu for Murphy
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Substitution Some Fulham subs... Davies on for Greeening
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Substitution And Walcott for Diaby..
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Substitution Arshavin for Ramsey
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Substitution TRIPLE CHANGE FOR ARSENAL: Firstly, Gibbs replaced by Eboue.
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GREAT CHANCE FOR CHAMAKH: Van Persie crosses from the left and Schwarzer can’t hold it. The goalkeeper palms the ball out the Chamakh who, from six yards, can’t divert it goalwards.
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FULHAM PENALTY APPEALS: And I’ve seen those given. Briggs is bundled over by Sagna but the referee waves play on.
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Greening digs out a cross from the left and Zamora heads home from close range.
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GOAL! - Bobby Zamora 2 : 1 Goal for Fulham. Zamora heads Fulham ahead
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He cant’ find anyone and the ball goes out for a goal kick.
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Yellow Card GREENING BOOKED: For a foul on Nasri. This is a free-kick in a decent crossing position from the Arsenal right. Van Persie is over it…
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WELL DEFENDED FROM VERMAELEN: A dangerous cross is whipped into the area and Vermaelen gets ahead of the Fulham man to head behind for a corner. Djourou and Vermaelen have looked good today.
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NASRI GOES CLOSE: From a free-kick, the midfielder forces Schwarzer to tip the ball behind. Great effort and a decent save.
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FULHAM WANT A PENALTY: Murphy dinks a ball into the area and Djourou comes across and gets his body to the ball. It hits his chest and play continues.
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Yellow Card BOOKING FOR VAN PERSIE: That is so harsh. Hangeland blocks Van Persie off the ball, which looked like a foul. The referee gives nothing and, when Van Persie protests to the referee, he gets booked.
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FULHAM CORNER: They take it short and Briggs can’t find Dempsey at the back post and it rolls out for a throw to Arsenal.
Kick Off WE’RE BACK UNDERWAY: Arsenal kicking from left to right and I can confirm there are no changes for either side.
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The players are back out. It doesn’t look like any changes for Arsenal.
Half Time There’s the half-time whistle. All-square at the break.
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Manchester City go in front. They now lead 1-0 which isn't the news we wanted to hear.
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GIBBS LIMPING: He looks in fair bit of pain. The left back has had a decent game so far.
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NASRI FLUFFS HIS LINES: The ball pops to him inside the area and he can’t connect properly and Schwarzer saves easily.
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MURPHY GOES CLOSE, VERY CLOSE: Thomas Vermaelen has just saved a certain goal there. Murphy bundles his way into the penalty area and flicks the ball past the onrushing Szczesny. With the ball trickling towards the goal, Vermaelen manages to somehow hack the ball of the line.
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END-TO-END: Both sides are having a go now. Zamora is making a nuisance of himself while Arsenal do look a threat when they go forward.
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Diaby does brilliantly in midfield, beats two men and slots a wonderful through ball to Van Persie. The Dutchman controls excellently before finding the net with a brilliant left-footed finish.
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GOAL! - Robin van Persie 1 : 1 GOAL FOR ARSENAL! Van Persie makes it 1-1…
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ZAMORA FLASHES WIDE: Fulham come forward again and Zamora’s half volleys just missed the left-hand post.
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Zamora is released down the right, there are appeals for offside but the flag stays down, he centers for Sidwell who fires through Szczesny form eight yards. The Polish goalkeeper knows he could have done better there. That went through his legs.
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GOAL! - Steve Sidwell 1 : 0 Goal for Fulham: Sidwell fires Fulham ahead
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CRACKING HEADER FROM GIBBS: Sagna finds the left back at the back post with a wonderfully flighted cross. Gibbs times his jump expertly and powerfully heads back across goal. Schwarzer saves excellently with a strong left hand.
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MURPHY WORKS IT SHORT: And it goes completely wrong. Arsenal clear.
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FREE KICK FULHAM: Zamora holds it up well and Djourou just clips his heels. 25 yards out in a central position. Decent opportunity to text Szczesny, this.
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JOHNSON FLAGGED OFFSIDE: He doesn’t think so but replays show that Sagna stepped up at the perfect moment. Good defending from the right back. Johnson thought he was in there. The Fulham is playing on the shoulder of the last defender all the time and is looking dangerous.
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END-OF-SEASON FEEL: So far, there is very little spark in this game.
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HALF CHANCE FOR ARSENAL: Patient build-up leads to Wilshere crossing with his left foot from a central position. Nasri is unmarked but can’t generate any power in his header and Schwarzer saves easily.
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NO CHANCES OF NOTE: Fulham have looked long to Johnson on a few occasions already. So far Djourou has dealt with him well.
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VAN PERSIE CLATTERED: Hangeland goes in strong on the captain.
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TACTICS: Chamakh leading the line with Ramsey from the right, Nasri from the left and Van Persie through the middle.
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AN EARLY SIGN OF ANDY JOHNSON: He troubles Djourou after a ball is played down the right channel but is penalised for foul.
Kick Off WE’RE OFF: Arsenal kicking from right to left in this first half.
THE AWAY END: Is packed out. Arsenal's away support again shows why it is the best in the Premier League.
For the final time this season, the Premier League handshake music. And the two captains meet.
Here come the two teams. Arsenal captained by Robin van Persie.
An Arsenal old boy, Philippe Senderos, starts for Fulham.
Cesc, Clichy, Rosicky, and Koscielny miss out through injury and there is a place on the bench for Ignasi Miquel.
Vermaelen continues at centre half and is partnered by Djourou, who returns from an ankle injury.
So Samir and Abou have both passed late fitness tests and start. Nasri has been sidelined since the start of May with a hamstring injury while Diaby returns from a calf problem to make his first start since the North London derby in April.
The subs today are: Lehmann, Walcott, Denilson, Squillaci, Arshavin, Eboue, Miquel.
The Arsenal team is in, and here it is: Szczesny, Sagna, Vermaelen, Djourou, Gibbs, Diaby, Wilshere, Nasri, Ramsey, Chamakh, Van Persie
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“For me there is a massive difference,” said Wenger. “Fourth is playing a qualifier for the Champions League. That is not Champions League. Third is guaranteeing to be in the Champions League. But if fourth is a reality, we will have to face that. I believe in the last three months we had a mixture of disappointments and bad luck."
It is vital that we do everything we can to get into that final automatic Champions League spot. Anyone fancy a Qualifier in August? Thought not.
It looks like we will have to settle for fourth place this season with Manchester City needing a win to secure third. But any slip-up from Mancini’s men will open to door for Arsenal and we will leapfrog City if we can better their result.
“So that means it is down to us to just try and win our game. If they win, they win. The most important thing is that we are responsible and fight for our future.”
“I feel there is something to play for because Man City still have a difficult game at Bolton. We know that through our own experience up there,” says Arsene Wenger.
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01 SCHWARZER, Mark
18 HUGHES, Aaron
14 SENDEROS, Philippe
05 HANGELAND, Brede
28 BRIGGS, Matthew
29 DAVIES, Simon (65)
27 GREENING, Jonathan
13 MURPHY, Danny
20 ETUHU, Dickson (65)
07 SIDWELL, Steve
23 DEMPSEY, Clinton
08 JOHNSON, Andrew
25 ZAMORA, Bobby
11 GERA, Zoltan (70)
12 STOCKDALE, DAVID
03 SALCIDO, CARLOS
11 GERA, ZOLTAN
20 ETUHU, DICKSON
29 DAVIES, SIMON
22 GUDJOHNSEN, EIDUR
24 KAKUTA, GAEL
53 SZCZESNY, Wojciech
03 SAGNA, Bacary
20 DJOUROU, Johan
05 VERMAELEN, Thomas
28 GIBBS, Kieran
27 EBOUE, Emmanuel (64)
08 NASRI, Samir
02 DIABY, Abou
14 WALCOTT, Theo (64)
19 WILSHERE, Jack
16 RAMSEY, Aaron
23 ARSHAVIN, Andrey (64)
10 VAN PERSIE, Robin
29 CHAMAKH, Marouane
13 LEHMANN, JENS
18 SQUILLACI, SEBASTIEN
27 EBOUE, EMMANUEL
48 MIQUEL, IGNASI
14 WALCOTT, THEO
15 DENILSON,
23 ARSHAVIN, ANDREY