Arsenal suffered their second successive league defeat as they stumbled to a 2-1 loss away at Fulham which coach Mikel Arteta dubbed as the worst performance of the season.
. reports that the defeat sent the former league leaders to 4th place.
The visitors made the perfect start in response to their midweek defeat to West Ham as Bernd Leno could only parry Gabriel Martinelli’s shot into the path of Bukayo Saka, who tapped home from close range to give the Gunners the lead in the fifth minute. However, Fulham took the game to Arsenal and responded, ending a run of three Premier League games without a goal as Raul Jimenez converted Tom Cairney’s cross to bring the hosts level.