Arsenal present no signal of letting up as they proceed march in the direction of title with imperious show

In opposition to Bournemouth final week, the Gunners needed to come from two objectives down and rating a 97th-minute to earn three factors.

It was a very completely different story at Fulham, nonetheless, as they’d the sport wrapped up by half-time.

Arsenal have been three objectives to the nice by that time and it might not be exaggerating to say the lead might have been double that.

This was an emphatic responded to Metropolis beating Crystal Palace on Saturday night time. That 1-0 win had decreased the hole on the prime to 2 factors, however the Gunners confirmed no indicators of feeling the strain as they brushed apart Fulham.

It was so snug that Arteta even had the luxurious of throwing on Gabriel Jesus for his first piece of motion since injuring his knee on the World Cup.

Arsenal have been glorious within the opening 45 minutes, however Fulham have been equally poor. With out midfielder Joao Palhinha, the hosts lacked any chunk.

Arteta’s facet took full benefit, with Gabriel, Gabriel Martinelli and Martin Odegaard all discovering the online.

They have been three objectives that summed up the first-half as Arsenal punished Fulham for sloppy defending.

For the primary, Gabriel waltzed in unmarked to move residence Trossard’s nook. The second noticed Martinelli beat Antonee Robinson on the back-post from a Trossard cross. The third as soon as once more got here by way of the boot of Trossard as this time Odegaard profited by bringing the ball down and firing previous Bernd Leno.

That rounded off a depressing half for left-back Robinson, who was run ragged by Arsenal’s front-three. It was the identical for Kenny Tete on the opposite flank and each have been lucky to not be hooked at half-time.

Arsenal have been unfortunate to not be additional forward, too. That they had a aim dominated out for offside, whereas Granit Xhaka and Trossard have been responsible of lacking good possibilities. Leno additionally made a very good save to disclaim Martinelli.

There was a flicker of life from Fulham after the break, who did at the very least power Aaron Ramsdale to make a sensible save to disclaim Bobby Decordova-Reid. Aleksandr Mitrovic additionally noticed a header cannon off the crossbar.

Aside from that, it was a cruise for Arsenal and the ultimate 20 minutes allowed Arteta to unload his bench.

Bukayo Saka was given a uncommon relaxation and, much more importantly, Jesus made his first look since December.

His each contact was cheered and he nearly received on the scoresheet, however Leno received down properly to cease him.

It was about the one factor that didn’t go Arteta’s approach throughout a near-perfect afternoon.