Yeah. The early pressure on the Chelsea goal forced Tuchel out of his seat on two occasions, with Reece James bearing the brunt of the tirade for his failure to move forward in support of the attack, and the hosts responded to their manager's rallying calls. Scott Parker felt his Fulham side gave their all during their defeat to Chelsea and was proud of the performance they produced. On the other end you’ve Arsenal Women winning 7-0 as of 65th minute. Let’s focus on getting a result vs everton. Another self-sabotaging team selection. Shots on target terrible? Horrendous outing. We could have done with a bit more poise and accuracy up front. Looks like they’re down. Keeper sits down and takes boot off to waste time. Kai Havertz scored both Chelsea’s goals against Fulham in the West London derby at Stamford Bridge and the German was delighted with his performance. That’s still up for grabs, so I’m going to keep supporting. It’s as typically Arsenal as fast flowing football and technical brilliance. If we fail that, then by all means, hashtag away. Well said Bob. Why is Pepe so sht., You would think… Read more ». That was terrible, I should have watched the women. It wasn’t energy that was lacking. Poor manager – I am not in the “Arteta out” camp, but team selection today… Read more ». Areola came to Fulham's rescue on 39 minutes as he anticipated Werner's square pass to Ziyech, committed early to the dive and kept the Morocco international's effort out with a save he had no right to make. Fulham had failed to win any of the previous 54 Premier League games when they trailed at half-time, and their challenge was effectively ended within four minutes of the restart when Havertz and Werner had all the time in the world to bypass the Fulham defence with a one-two, and Havertz slotted his second past Areola. I hope that wasn’t a hamstring injury. He should have gone with Partey and either Elneny or Ceballos. Chelsea v Fulham best bets and score prediction. 02:00. This is no way to run a Premier League football club, let alone our beloved Arsenal. Fulham's plight towards the foot of the table left them with little option but to assert themselves from the first whistle, and they gave Chelsea a real fright inside five minutes when Antonee Robinson's drive forced Edouard Mendy into a fingertip save. Rotation was the name of the game against Fulham as Arteta called on the bench in a bid to rest a few first team players. It is a men’s game at the Arsenal to play such silly matches and frustrate the supporters. We haven’t been able to string together a run of results almost all season. Sports News - Latest Sports News & Today's Headlines Stick with LiveScore for the latest sports news from around the world. Why would he not celebrate what is essentially a small but personal victory? He asks for consistensy but how will you get that when you change half of the team between every match. If Laca is out for a while, the season could end very disappointingly. Can you imagine any top manager tolerating a performance like that, in what was actually an important game at home against an objectively poor opponent who have never won on our ground? Both are gone next year. It wasn't long before he the Fulham stopper was called upon again, with Werner's low drive well kept out. All the sweeter because without Areola’s time wasting we wouldn’t have scored that equaliser. Our league position is an absolute farce. Well, those chances came to nothing, so you can stuff your imaginary points. If it sounds like I’m picking on Ryan, that wasn’t my intention. Fulham are RELEGATED from the Premier League after 2-0 defeat at home by Burnley, with first-half strikes from Ashley Westwood and Chris Wood enough to secure safety for Sean Dyche's side the decision to pass to the back was made (because of this tendency) before he received the ball. We did not deserve the equaliser and it just papers over the cracks we so clearly have. It was no surprise that we didn’t turn up: after Thursday this game was “after the Lord Mayor’s Show”. As unpopular as a non-extreme opinion might be, there is no way we should be jumping to Arteta out after each loss. Fulham’s failure to win any of their 29 away league matches against Arsenal is a record in England’s top four divisions for the most away fixtures versus a single opponent. That FA Cup should be worth a second chance. season is the club's 123rd season in existence and the first season back in the top flight of English football. Follow Us For the Fans. I guess it’s still possible to move up a place or two to a more respectable PL position (for a supposedly “top” club, anyway) but that’s looking very unlikely. Considering impact of pandemic, I do not have high hopes next season as well except minutes accumulated by ESR, Saka, Martinelli, Tierney etc would be massive. Set vessel to cruise and we can walk four in against these guys. Why wouldn’t you say that Gabriel was lazy in his defending to give away a Pen? I am sure Partey was not ready for full 90. Thomas Tuchel said he was ‘very proud’ of Chelsea’s 2-0 victory against Fulham which sees the Blues close in on Champions League qualification. it was a frustrating performance but to tbh getting a goal in the dying seconds after so many attempts, while knowing that there’s not gonna be the time to snatch a winner, was a reason to be excited about. 'Vettel avoids offering advice in title duel, Kai Havertz and team-mates celebrate his opener (AP), Kai Havertz celebrates scoring his second goal of the game. Shots on target was terrible so how many of those 18 attempts were any good? With Arsenal’s hunt for a top 6 place looking even bleaker, Arsenal can’t afford more performances like these if they’re looing to book a European place for next season. He’ll come good. Complacency has been a problem from Wenger’s days. Guardiola makes 8 changes loses 2-0 to Chelsea. You couldn’t wait to bring the pitchfork out could you? Arteta does that. Billy Gilmour made his first Premier League appearance under Thomas Tuchel and Kurt Zouma, Reece James, Hakim Ziyech and Kai Havertz all returned as Chelsea made five changes from the draw with Real Madrid. Its ridiculous. He’s been criticised a lot even though when he usually starts it’s with dross like Willian. I felt we were unlucky to not be ahead and unlucky to conceded the penalty. 0-1 Fulham. He was alsokey in the final corner with his flick-on from his header. Once the ref gave it it was always going to be upheld. A point is not enough, any childish, naïve, romantic hope of a late-season surge well and truly over as we can’t even see off Fulham at home. Every game’s pretty much just a coin toss. vs Fulham. At this poiny, AFTV isn’t for the entertainment of Arsenal fans. He seemed absolutely pumped to make something happen. Arteta on Pepe: ” … he has no excuses”. Fulham joined West Brom and Sheffield United in being relegated from the Premier League following a 2-0 loss to Burnley on Monday. With some important players not starting, we were dominant and we got the worst of the official decisions. A ‘clear and obvious error’ is not defined by the tip of Saka’s boot. When it seemed that the first half was going to end with little action on both ends, Arsenal went ahead through a rare Ceballos headed goal. Looked like the players had already conquered the world with that Slavia win. As for our league results, don’t include me in your list of ‘short-sighted’ folk – I was angry last August about the manager and his squad selections and am now way beyond anger. It seems no matter how upset I am after a game, loads of other people are 100x angrier no matter what, but I’ll give it a go anyway. Toe, foot, leg – it doesn’t matter, unfortunately, if it’s offside, it’s offside. This passive approach meant that a malaise crept in slowly to the Arsenal team. He played fine, but he’s not made of iron and he’s worn out. In 13 (65.00%) matches played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. i’m sure the players won’t be happy with what they produced today and they shouldn’t. We should have had all three points and but for a load of cameras operated by a load of cunts, we would have had three points. The 2-0 loss at Stamford Bridge leaves the Whites 18th in the Premier League standings, nine points off safety with just four games remaining. Tottenham 1-1 Fulham: Spurs should have 'killed' the game - Mourinho. Goodness me that was a very underwhelming game. VAR, injuries, you name it – it just wasn’t our day. But blaming VAR for our woes is like focusing on/blaming the toe when there’s something majorly wrong with the rest of the body. It only took the Gunners 30 seconds to make a direct attempt on goal. I get it.. he’s excited for himself.. but there’s a mentality issue when you take a minute to celebrate instead of a minute to try to score the winner. The whole point today was to try to give a rest to certain players, bringing them back in early would be counterproductive. You don’t tend to win matches with only 3 shots on target. Stick Balogun and a bunch of other kids out there. All eight of Kai Havertz's goals for Chelsea in all competitions have been scored in London (seven at Stamford Bridge and one at Selhurst Park). https://www.change.org/p/the-fa-prevent-craig-pawson-from-officiating-any-future-arsenal-games?redirect=false please sign…, The bit that annoyed me most was blowing up just before Fulhams goal when martinelli was through on goal having nicked it off Aina just because Aina decided to fall over. Chelsea remain unbeaten in their last 19 home matches against Fulham in all competitions (W11 D8), since a 0-2 defeat in October 1979 - only versus Everton (31), Hull City (23) and Middlesbrough (21) are the Blues currently enjoying a longer unbeaten run at Stamford Bridge. Bringing in a total noob and hoping you will unlock some great potential in him. ... We got punished today … EL>EPL at this moment and time. Come off it, Fulham are the third worst team in the league. Bellerin isn’t gelling with the team. To expect Arsenal to just show up and beat them 3-0 isn’t going to happen. Actually, today we were unlucky regarding VAR and until Eddie popped up at the far post, we were being roundly screwed roughshod by techno numpties who think a fucking little toe constitutes Offside. And when he breaks down because he’s been overplayed you’ll be crying that Arteta should’ve given him a rest and started Elneny. As silly as the VAR decision was, Arsenal should have had very little complaints about ending the first half with no goals. He hasn’t been good enough and needs to go. And yes I agree that our midfield had no control of the game. Let’s put those 97 mins down to fatigue from Thursday. If Arteta gets the team or tactics wrong to start the match he doesn’t fix it. We got ESR, Saka and Martinelli. If 3 more of our huge chances had gone in, would you think the same? We created enough to win but were not clinical enough So happy for Eddie. The only position in which Pepe has thrived so far is as a traditional left winger; unfortunately that overlaps with both Martinelli and Auba. The team selection looks good enough so let’s hope we can make it three straight wins and no goals conceded if possible (that would do Ryan’s confidence a power of good too). Really, you’re going to pick on the backup goalkeeper? Watch Arsenal video online. Not a lot has changed with this team. They’ve lost by one or two goals max against City, Chelsea, United and the rest of the big teams. I’m not sure why the attitude is so negative on this one. I absolutely despise this line drawing bullshit. Is Maguire a machine? Competition: Premier League Possibly the most misguided statement I’ve heard all season. So in that light, getting a point is alright. This is the main problem I have with Arteta, the constant defence rotation. This looks like a crucial game, but it seems that Fulham’s fate has long since been decided. I don’t know why Arteta went with that midfield pairing in the first place. As Clive always says on Arsenal Vision, we need to lift the floor. We did enough for a comfortable win, end of. Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel: "We knew Fulham gives everyone a hard time. This is simply our level. Elneny and Ceballos – that’s relegation level midfield. Martinelli beat the offside trap to receive the return ball from the Frenchman only to miss when attempting to lob Areola in goal. This is the 2nd time this season, he’s rescued points for Arsenal near the final whistle We’ll have to play better than… Read more ». ... they only won five league matches all season and have the second-worst goalscoring record with 25 goals from 35 matches. He was full of running and initiative, but couldn’t make something happen. Fulham have failed to win any of their 10 Premier League London derbies this season (D4 L6) - this is the seventh occasion of a side from the capital failing to win any of their Premier League games against fellow London clubs, with Fulham responsible for four of those instances (also in 2007-08, 2010-11 and 2018-19). Shipyards, geese & Liverpool - Sir Alex's management secrets, Fury: Wilder wants $20m | WBO plan AJ-Usyk, Gilmour, Turnbull, Patterson in Scotland Euros squad. Your crystal ball is filled with bitterness mate. What a shambles. Whatever our opinions are about the playing staff, this team is better than 9th position and snatching a point against Fulham at home. Egomaniac, aggressive and doesn’t make sense most of the time. Burnley host Leeds before Southampton play Fulham - follow live text updates of both matches, plus BBC Radio 5 Live commentary from St Mary's. We needed 3 points and turned up with the energy of a pre-season friendly. I remember after our 2014 FA Cup Semi Final penalty shoot out victory, he was moaning about our players celebrating, just because we were in the Cup Final and Manure weren’t. If we manage to win EL, he’s a hero. We didn’t lose (just, admittedly) but we need to keep faith at least for a while longer rather than just chopping and changing like all the other twat clubs. Agreed. To list some of the solid shots off target: Martinelli’s early lob, Bellerin’s header, Saka’s curl just wide, Nketiah’s late chance – blocked. FREE TO WATCH: Highlights from Chelsea’s win over Fulham in the Premier League. Not taking the 3 points and to point fingers at referee and VAR against a relegation threatened team is to be Mourinho. I feel he could have positoned himself for Maja’s penalty. His starting position was too right of centre and he drifted too far left by . FFS stop being so entitled, accept that we are away from it and don’t let emotions sway the objectivity, which is to improve every single day. His blood pressure is just going explode one day, he’ll self combust and all there’ll be will be a comfy executive studio chair covered in claret with two blinking eyes – still moaning. Another great game for the neutral and Kroenke Sports Entertainment. Fulham relegated to Championship after 0-2 defeat on Monday. Comfortably dominated possession, shots, shots on goal, and corners. It seemed that the Gunners were made aware of their malaise during the break and came flying out immediately, again producing a shot that was close to being a goal by Lacazette. Fulham couldn’t cope with the fast exchanges made by Arsenal around their penalty box with Saka, Smith Rowe and Lacazette bamboozling the away side while the livewire Martinelli moved with intent, taking another shot on goal a few minutes later which was well saved by Areola. But it was the failed challenge from Gabriel on an onrushing Lemina in the penalty box that changed the complexion of the game. No it is not embarrassing. Why so many of us ‘can’t believe what we’re seeing’ when we’ve seen it all season is beyond me. It pissed all over his Sunday roast. Against Prague we converted a lot. Why wouldn’t you say Martinelli should have scored in the first minute? They happen (frequently) during rebuilding seasons, and we still have a chance to qualify for the Champions league this season. Nketiah, Bellerin, Elneny, Ceballos, Xhaka at left back – that’s a dreadful team. We’re such a fucking disgrace. Wouldn’t have been a much different result. India Today Web Desk May 11, 2021 UPDATED: May 11, 2021 11:01 IST. Xhaka continued at left back in Tierney’s absence while Lacazette, Smith Rowe and Saka looked to continue their rich vein of form up front. Can’t wait to see the back of Ceballos and Elneny. First-half goals from Ashley Westwood and Chris Wood finally killed off any hopes of what would have ranked as among the greatest of escapes by Fulham. What a sad, sad day. This is a dead rubber between two of the most out … Fulham are pretty shit. Certainly not in a clear and obvious fashion, pretty much by definition! Maybe we won’t… maybe we will – I know what any true supporter would and should be trying to affirm at every possible opportunity. He has failed the club and needs to go. Havertz had the ball in the net eight minutes later when he latched onto another through ball from Mount and lifted the ball over Areola, but it was correctly ruled out for offside. Regardless of which sport is your favourite, you’ll always find the biggest headlines and stories in one place. I have now become, as the Floyd would say, ‘Comfortably Numb.’ Yeah, it was a poor game, but this is who we are and this is what we do. We knew what eddie could do (not much) so why not give a start to balo? Against any opposition. Just wish it mattered to the table. To be fair there were 8 and a half minutes added time…. You need a performance and I got that today. I was watching both games, and yeah, the women put on a real display. Let’s hire Mourinho when he will get his eventual sack from Spurs! I could have given it to Mount because he was magnificent. Play for free, entries by 3pm. People may like Arteta and he may be a ‘nice guy’ but at the end of the day, it’s the results that count, not personalities. Honestly, at what point is it reasonable to fire a manager doing worse than Emery? Agree with you, the league is done already and Arteta has to take some blame for it. He failed largely through an absence of communication and with it a perceived lack of direction. Our inconsistency is a running joke now and we play in to that time and time again. For Fulham, defeat leaves them in 18th place, nine points adrift of Newcastle and Burnley having crucially played a game more than their relegation rivals. Let’s not forget the bigger picture… FFS. Can’t believe we have the setup and such attitude that we are having our GK coming to their box in a 96th minute. He is underqualified, we play terrible under him and we should get rid of him as soon as possible. Honestly so sick of it. I remember the Pogba interview where Mourinho was dictatorial and he would just forget you existed and ignore you if you weren’t on his good side. Barring a miracle, we are almost certainly going to end the season as a “mid-table” team. Alexandre Lacazette – 6 I’m okay wil elneny there, as we chose to keep him and let go of torr and guen who are better or at least have higher ceilings. but it’d be just normal to be excited. Smith Rowe played in Martinelli who skipped past Areola but could only take the ball wide. They make you under-perform, and they make you suffer. Hence, we kept Elneny back from loan at Besiktas and loaned out the young, hungry, not necessarily very safe/disciplined players- Guendouzi, Willock even AMN. "We were spot on. This is going to be fun. It’s not like this game means anything to them. The increased tempo by Arsenal saw greater urgency to press Fulham higher up. Looks the close games we had whole season where we were there or thereabouts or had mind farts. Live: Match Day - Post-Match Show: v Fulham (H) 18 May - 14:50 All the reaction and post-match interviews with the manager and players after today's Premier League game against Fulham. If today wasn’t conclusive proof, once and for all, that VAR is the biggest load of fucking of old bollocks ever in the history of mankind, I don’t know what is. Why wouldn’t you say Pepe should have buried his point blank header? Hamilton: Verstappen 'feels he has a lot to prove', 'Not my finest hour' - Potter explains role in Pep row, AJ given 48-hour deadline by WBO | Usyk lurks, Euro 2020 fixtures & schedule for 2021 tournament, Levy: Spurs lost sight of DNA | focus on 'attacking' coach, 'Lewis beat me! Chelsea Keep it simple, allow swift decision-making – after all, this is sport, not science! His managerial style is terrible. Man of the Match: Kai Havertz. Well done The Arsenal for refusing to give up. Irrespective of how the EL ends, we need a more capable and authoritative manager to lead us into next season. The needs serious scrutiny. It’s a lesson we are taught 20 times a season and… Read more ». Southampton v Fulham Saturday 15 May, 15:00 Live on Sky Sports. Despite starting well, they lost momentum midway through the first half. Happy for the 7 minutes we needed and love a last minute goal to rescue something though. It’s just where we’re at, stop expecting us to suddenly go on a winning streak off the back of every good result. Works very effectively with the tackler ‘daylight’ rule at rucks in rugby. We still have the Europa… Read more ». But this was massive for Fulham. Sun’s out. Free match highlights and report as Kai Havertz double eases Chelsea past relegation-threatened Fulham to open up six-point gap in race for top four; Blues edge Fulham deeper into relegation mire as defeat leaves Cottagers nine points from safety with four games to play. Next up for Chelsea is the second leg of their Champions League semi-final at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday at 8pm, before travelling to Manchester City on Saturday Night Football at 5.30pm - live on Sky Sports Premier League. Exactly. Instead Burnley were celebrating sealing a sixth straight season in the lucrative Premier League - a stunning achievement by manager Sean Dyche given the budget he works under. They had one decent attempt in open play. Kai Havertz doubled his Premier League goals tally with a brace as Chelsea edged rivals Fulham closer to the relegation trap door with a 2-0 victory at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. You cannot get confused with the table. Starting Ceballos and Elneny…..salvaging a 1 – 1 at home to a team in 18th? Onwards… Read more ». 1-1 Arsenal. A simple, easy standard for anyone (with the possible exception of Mike Dean) to judge quickly and fairly. It’s the dumb mistakes and switching off in a half-dozen earlier games this season that doomed our European hopes. I’m going to stop calculating how many points the teams above us need to drop for us to get ahead, because then out of nowhere we inexplicably drop points to Fulham at home. Arsenal didn’t deserve to lose this game but neither were they convincing enough to justify a win. The squad has shown it’s as flawed as it is capable. Those two goals today would have tasted sweet. Also a purveyor of football boots and fresh kits. I hope not but that may have been Laca’s last game for the club. but… Read more ». We know auba could need weeks to get back from malaria so laca is our best striker atm, whatever you think of him and we have EL to play for. But VAR is the thing that’s killing me. “In between both boxes, we have had our moments and looked a good side,” Parker said. You’re right, safe to say the league season is done. It was tough for us, but we hang in the game. It’s frustrating but not the end of the world. Results, summary and postgame analysis I do want to praise Xhaka’s commitment. Yes.. same. Who would you play there tbh? This is where we excel. Ceballos and Elneny as the midfield axis. (Who knows if Auba is coming back this season.