• Gabriel scored after a mix-up.
• Aleksandar Mitrovic gave Fulham.
• The lead on 56 minutes.

Gabriel Martinelli packaged in after a scramble at a corner with five minutes to play to keep Mikel Arteta’s side two focuses clear of.

Defending champs Manchester City at the top.

“Big boost, winning like this is really nice,” Arteta told.

“We made a mistake and they punished us but then how we reacted against adversity… the way we went about it, the team believed. They wanted to win the match, they went for it and we managed to do it.”

Inquired as to whether Arsenal were prepared to make a title challenge, Arteta minimized assumptions.

“No, this is just the start of the season. We are in a long, long marathon,” he said.

Fulham experienced their first loss in quite a while on their first class return.

Having dominated their initial three matches without precedent for 18 years, Arsenal rolled out two improvements to the group that beat Bournemouth with Thomas Partey and Oleksandr Zinchenko out harmed.

Kieran Tierney came in at left-back and Mohamed Elneny arranged close by Granit Xhaka in focal midfield.

Former Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno confronted his old club on only his second beginning for Fulham, and the Germany global spread himself well to deny Bukayo Saka in the main half.

Gabriel Martinelli cut the crossbar direct from a corner as Fulham kept on guarding great, Leno driving away Odegaard’s twisting endeavor right off the bat in the last part.

Fulham struck first however as Mitrovic ransacked Gabriel inside the Arsenal box and rolled skillfully past Aaron Ramsdale for his fourth objective of the mission.

Armory’s reaction was ideal. Saka burst towards objective prior to prodding the ball to Odegaard, with the Norwegian’s shot striking Tosin Adarabioyo and wrong-balance Leno.

The guests didn’t withdraw and Ramsdale responded forcefully to dismiss a Mitrovic header before William Saliba boldly impeded the development from Bobby Reid.

Leno, who marked a three-year manage Fulham recently subsequent to losing his Arsenal spot to Ramsdale, looked set to disappoint the Gunners as he saved well from Eddie Nketiah and Martinelli.

Yet, Gabriel vindicated himself as Leno neglected to manage a corner under tension from both Arsenal community backs, permitting the Brazilian to grab a late victor.

Fulham almost took a point in the end minutes however Ramsdale kept out substitute Nathaniel Chalobah to save Arsenal’s ideal record.

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