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EPL: Arsenal thrashes Fulham away from home and reaches the sixth win

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Lacazette scored the first goal of Arsenal's thrashing over Fullham

Arsenal visited Fullham for the London classic and thrashed the home side 4-1 in the attack. The team of Unai Emery follows with great success in the English Championship after the two defeats in the inaugural rounds of Nacional. In an offensive game with good appearances from Iwoba, Ramsey, Bellerin, Lacazette and Abameyang, the  Gunners  had no work or risk at Craven Cottage on Sunday. The goals of the match were scored by Andre Shurrle for the hosts and Lacazette twice, Ramsey and two of Auba for Arsenal.

Fullham parked in front of the relegation zone with only five points and suffered his fifth loss in eight games. In the next round the team catches the lantern Cardiff, away from home. Arsenal won their sixth straight win and reached 18 points, approaching the top of the table. Your next appointment is at home against Leicester. 

The game

began with the owners of the house already leaving for the attack in search of the goal, forcing Lena to make an important defense in the first five minutes. Without making it cheap, Arsenal soon responded, taking danger to the area with Henrikh Mkhitaryan having a good chance to finish but being cut sooner.

In open game and with high intensity, both teams arrived in the intermediate adversary with quick touches and with some creativity, giving much work for the defenses. Despite a balance in the possession of the ball and in the odds, it was the visitors who scored first. 

In 27 minutes, Arsenal opened the scoring in Iwobi’s left-footed move into the area. The Nigerian saw the Nacho Monreal pass to the bottom line and passed the shirt 18, which sent a low cross intercepted by Lacazette in the entrance of the small area. The French dominated, turned unbalanced and kicked to the bottom of the net, no chance for Bettinelli.

With the advantage, Arsenal did not stop attacking and continued searching for spaces, especially for the left. However, with offensive attempts, open defense allowed Fullham upsides as well. The last minutes of the first stage were pressure from the home owners, who had two chances and, in the second, did not waste. 

On the wrong end of the  Gunners , Fullham quickly saw the unorganized and well-trodden adversary to Vietto, the 19 shirt saw Andre Shurrle enter the area and put the German in the face of the goal, to beat Leno and equalize the match in the 44th minute initials. 

Once again on the scoreboard, Fullham came to dominate the possession of ball, in search of the tie. Arsenal managed and with defense well posted, prevented Leno from being threatened. The  Gunners They played intelligently, hoping to find spaces in counterattacks, but they did not succeed. 

It was 22 minutes after Arsenal left the defensive field and took a counterattack. With quick touches, at first, the team went out to the goal with a total of 10 passes until the ball played capriciously on the beam before entering the goal, after touching Ramsey. Beginning back from the right, Bellerín gave a beautiful heel pass for Ramsey to turn the game over for Mkhitaryan to launch Aubameyang to the left line, which sent a low cross to the same Ramsey gives a handwriting for the goal.

Despite managing the game with confidence, Arsenal did not give up attacking and in the 33rd minute reached the fourth goal. After game reversal, Bellerín received in the right tip and crossed to Aubameyang to dominate and kick to steady the net. 

With the great result in the account, Arsenal still managed to keep possession, exchanging passes in the midfield. And it was time for Ramsey to return Auba’s assist in his goal, leaving the shirt 14 inside the area to close the account and make the fifth.



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