Arsenal conquered Fulham 3-1 after a late twitch in this London derby which never lived up to the first half.

The Gunners took an early lead after a wonderful cross from Adebayor which even Julio Baptista couldn't miss from. The Brazilian loanee could have put the game out of Fulhams reach early on but managed to miss a couple of good chances.

As is the way with Arsenal this season, the opposition came back into the match and it was no surprise to me when a Jens Lehmann mistake allowed ex-Spurs man Simon Davies to cash in and level the scores.

Now I am sure Mystic Begg will be on the site soon posting about how Lehmanns new contract is good news for the club, but I still feel he is a liability. He had no need to race to the edge of his box and flap at this hit and hope ball, but he did and as with most of Lehmann's mistakes it leads to a goal for the opposition.

To be fair to Arsenal after being dormant as an attacking force, in the main, for over an hour, the goal sparked them into life and it was a brilliant strike from Ade which restored the Gunners lead. It was an Henryesque strike which he bent round the glovemans hand. There was only going to be one winner from here on in and when Alexander Hleb (consistently inconsistent today again and had trouble staying on his feet) was felled in the area by Moritz Volz, Gilberto stroked home the resulting penalty and make the game safe.

Looking at the league table, this was a significant three points for Arsenal and gives them a glimpse of third place now despite having Chelsea at home and Pompey away (two matches you wouldn't choose for a run in) to play.

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Finally, the best bit of news of the whole season broke today as the Arsenal game kicked off...


Bye bye you bung taking walrus faced tosser.

Jimmy

I think you mean Portsmouth away