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Commentary
COLE worked the ball to MAKOUN, CAHILL latched onto his pass and headed the ball within easy reach of ALMUNIA.
MAKOUN booked by RENNIE for a clumsy tackle.
CLERC booked.
ADEBAYOR beat two Fulham players and fired a shot just beyond the far post.
16¹COLE made space on the right and pulled the ball to KEANE who rasped the ball over.
17¹A drive from KEANE seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to force the ball away.
20¹CLICHY headed the ball wide of the righthand post from just outside the area.
25¹The referee books BEREZUTSKY.
26¹A header by VAN PERSIE at the near post was comfortably collected by AKINFEEV.
31¹A right foot effort from VAN PERSIE was forced wide by AKINFEEV.
33¹GOAL!! A shot from VAN PERSIE dribbled through a ruck of players and trickled past the unsighted Fulham 'keeper. (1-0 Arsenal)
42¹The ref gave MAKOUN a second yellow card for a high foul on HIGUAÍN.
GOAL!! A long clearance by the Arsenal 'keeper beat the Fulham defence and TOURÉ slammed the ball beyond the advancing 'keeper. (2-0 Arsenal)
ADEBAYOR scuffed a simple chance.
11²A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Fulham 'keeper.
14²A twenty yard shot from KEANE caused the Arsenal 'keeper little difficulty.
16²GOAL!! A long ball from MASCHERANO down the middle was collected by the lurking TOURÉ who fired a looping shot in off the post. (3-0 Arsenal)
24²The motionless ALMUNIA was all agog as a backpass from CHIELLINI dropped just over.
28²CLERC ran onto a great ball from LAHM but dragged his shot wide of the goal.
31²GOAL!! The Fulham 'keeper got into a muddle with a backpass from ZANETTI and ADEBAYOR managed to scramble the ball into the net. (4-0 Arsenal)
37²A pin-point pass was collected by VAN PERSIE and his looping effort floated narrowly wide.
42²A penalty box scramble resulted in ADEBAYOR tapping the ball wide.

 
Arsenal
 
League position: 7
Home league form: XWWW
Overall league form: WXLWWWWW
Formation: 4-4-2
Line-ups
Manuel ALMUNIA1Igor AKINFEEV
Philipp LAHM2François CLERC
Giorgio CHIELLINI3Heiko WESTERMANN
Javier MASCHERANO4Iván CÓRDOBA(c)
Kolo TOURÉ5Vasili BEREZUTSKY
(c)Gaël CLICHY6Javier ZANETTI
Gonzalo HIGUAÍN7Jean MAKOUN
Andrei ARSHAVIN8Tim CAHILL
Francesc FABREGAS9Roque SANTA CRUZ(p)
(p,f)Robin VAN PERSIE10Joe COLE(f)
Emmanuel ADEBAYOR11Robbie KEANE
C GULLManagerGavin Loftus
Giuseppe ROSSI  12  Leighton BAINES
Luka MODRIC  13  Sander BOSCHKER
Raúl ALBIOL  14Armand TRAORÉ
Theo WALCOTT  15  Steed MALBRANQUE
Alberto RIERA  16Ryan BABEL
 
Fulham
 
League position: 17
Away league form: LXLL
Overall league form: XLLXLLXL
Formation: 4-4-2

Statistics
Arsenal 4 Fulham 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 59,926, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Uriah Rennie 5½)

van Persie 33¹, Touré 6², Touré 16², Adebayor 31²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
 ColeóBabel 25², CahillóTraoré 25²
 Makoun 42¹
 Makoun 6¹, Clerc 7¹, Berezutsky 25¹
134
214
49
86
97
1713
46
53%47%
Man of the match: Igor Akinfeev