Fulham 2 - Arsenal 2

Djourou leads final push for silverware

Points Awards

• Assist (1): P. Senderos
• Assist (1): J. Djourou
• Assist (1): A. Ramsey
• Disappointing player (3): J. Djourou
• Assist (1): P. Senderos
• Assist (1): B. Hangeland
• Assist (1): J. Djourou
• Yellow Card (1): J. Greening
• Yellow Card (1): S. Sidwell
• Yellow Card (1): R. Persie
• Red Card (4): Z. Gera

By Boyd Robinson
The game was already up, the scores were in and, for both teams, the cupboard was bare – so on paper it looked like this would be a quiet afternoon for everyone. Not so. With Fulham motivated by the prospect of European action and Arsenal looking for a pass into the Champions league, there was something to play for – and for an Arsenal team that had missed out yet again on silverware, there were still plenty of points up for grabs in the F**kwit stakes.

It was all pretty even for the first 20 minutes until a daft back pass by Aaron Ramsey handed the ball to the Cottagers and let Bobby Zamora close in on Wojciech Szczesny. With Arsenal’s defence back-peddling, Steve Sigwell picked up the cross and nailed the ball into the back of the net. What was Ramsey thinking? Where was Johan Djourou? No-one knows, but both get a point for the assist.

Robin van Persie struck back within minutes, with Diaby making himself useful in midfield and Philippe Senderos earning a point for snoozing in defence. Which basically got us to half time.

Soon after the break van Persie and Jonathan Greening were both in the book and the f**kwit haul was starting to look pretty good. Greening was straight back in the action, though, this time with a great cross which Zamora headed in for Fulham’s second. Once again, Djourou wasn’t up to the challenge, losing his man and getting a further point for propelling the Cottagers into the lead for the second time.

A poor studs-up challenge from Zoltan Gera earned a straight red and a whopping four points, before Theo Walcott squeezed through most of the defence – and a few Arsenal players for good measure – to bag the equalizer, earning Brede Hangeland and Philippe Senderos points for the assist.

Most disappointing player? Our money’s on Djourou.

So that’s it, the season’s up. Where’s the cheque book, Wenger?

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