Arsenal vs Fulham LIVE: Action on NOW as Gabriel INJURED in a HUGE blow for the Gunners against the Cottagers

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41. That goal is definitely what this game needed.

Fulham were becoming a little passive themselves, feeling like Arsenal were unable to break them down.

Now they need to find goals if they are going to get anything from this match in North London.

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39. The Emirates erupts as Arsenal have the ball in the back of the net.

Merino received the ball from Nwaneri and got a shot away that took a massive deflection to beat Leno.

Sometimes you need a piece of luck to go your way.

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37. Fulham seem happy for Arsenal to have the ball currently.

As they cannot find a way through, they end up passing it all the way back to Raya in goal.

Something needs to change here, Arteta may be considering bringing Saka on at the interval to just try and pick up the atmosphere in the stadium.

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35. It has all gone quiet and sombre in North London.

Mikel Arteta needs to fire a rocket up his side.

They are not showing the hunger of a team looking to chase down a Premier League title at all.

View from SunSport's Jordan Davies at The Emirates

Farcical scenes here as Gabriel is forced off with a worrying hamstring injury that could now see him out of Arsenal's Champions League quarter final against Real Madrid.

The Brazilian pulled up clutching his hamstring chasing back to cover a Fulham counter attack in the 13th minute, hitting the floor in his own half shortly after.

Arsenal decided to play on and attack for a further two minutes, refusing to kick the ball out as Gabriel remained decked on the Emirates turf.

Mikel Arteta was begging his players to stop the game, as was Declan Rice, but they were ignored. Inevitably, the visitors won it back and were within their rights to play on, despite hypocritical protests from Arsenal.

Gabriel was forced to get back up and hobble back into the defensive line. Luckily, Fulham could only muster winning a corner before the crippled defender could be subbed off.

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31. Timber looks keen to try and continue.

Arteta is having words with the player.

Meanwhile Fulham continue to pass the ball around.

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29. We have another break in play for an injury.

This time is Timber who has gone down.

Mikel Arteta must have built his new swimming pool an ancient Indian burial ground.

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27. There seems be a lack of movement in attack from Arsenal.

When someone is on the ball, no one is making a run into the potckets of space to offer themselves as an option.

The visitors are sitting in two banks of four and looking solid.

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25. It is all looking a bit pedestrian from Arsenal.

The biggest cheer of the game so far has been for Saka who took to the touchline to warm up.

It may take a Fulham goal to spark the hosts into life here.

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23. Martinelli floats a cross towards the back post.

It evades everyone apart from Nwaneri.

He hits it on the volley but it is beaten away by Leno.

Good effort from the youngster.

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21. Fulham will be content with the start to this game.

They have seen plenty of the ball but when out of possession, The Gunners have struggled to create anything.

Silva will have planned for this, then hoping to see his side punish the hosts on the counter-attack.

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19. There will be some concern over the defender's fitness.

Aside from an impossible mountain to climb in the Premier League, they have a Champions League quarter-final to look forward to against Real Madrid.

Arteta's side could do with a goal now to pick up the confidence in North London.

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17. An early blow for Mikel Arteta.

Gabriel went down clutching his hamstring and has been forced off, with Kiwior replacing him.

He had a to wait a while for the ball to go out of play and argues with the referee as to why he did not stop play.

Classi Arsenal, privaleged to the core.

It was not a head injury so no need for the referee to intervene.

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15. Timber swings in a teasy low cross in behind the defence.

There is no one attacking the ball as a striker would.

Martinelli is at the back post but is on his heels and the chance passes.

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13. Arsenal have appointed Andrea Berta as their new Sporting Director.

There was a void left by the departure of Edu earlier in the season.

Some fans see this as the final piece of the jigsaw but in reality the Brazilian seemed to do a good job yet The Gunners are still some way off major silverware.

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11. Nwaneri looks to cut inside onto his left foot.

The visitors seem wise to it and track his run.

As a result, he continues to take the ball away from goal, a long way from anywhere he can hurt Fulham.

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9. The Cottagers went out of the FA Cup on the weekend with a whimper as Crystal Palace battered them.

Marco Silva will want to see his side bounce back from that performance in this London derby tonight.

If they are going to ssecure a European finish, they need to start picking up points against the sides above them.

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7. Martinelli does well with his pace to beat his man and get to the byline.

He cuts it back to Partey in the box, but he drags his shot well wide of the target.

Dreadful effort, The Gunners need to be clinical in front of goal.

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5. The visitors have made a good start to the game.

So many sides sit deep and look to absorb what The Gunners throw at them.

Marco Silva said his side need to be positive coming here, that seems evident as the look to boss possession.

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3. The hosts came into this game in confident mood.

News that Bukayo Saka had returned to first-team training was just what the fans needed to hear.

Arsenal cannot afford to drop a single point if they want to keep that tiny glimmer of hope that they can leapfrog leaders Liverpool this season.

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1. That will have been a weird feeling for Emile Smith-Rowe.

Taking kick-off at The Emirates in a Fulham shirt will have been an odd emotion.

However, he is no longer a Gunner and will be looking to inflict some pain on his old employers tonight.

Gunners backed for victory

The bookies are not fancing Fulham's chances of upsetting the odds in North London this evening:

Arsenal – 1/2

Draw – 3/1

Fulham – 6/1

All match odds brought to you by Betway.