Fulham 1-1 Arsenal: Saka's late strike chalked off as Gunners held

Bukayo Saka seemed to have nodded home a winner in the 88th minute of Sunday’s contest at Craven Cottage.

However, the goal was overturned after a VAR review – Gabriel Martinelli having strayed offside before he delivered the cross – as Arsenal missed the chance to move within four points of leaders Liverpool, whose game against Everton was called off on Saturday.

VAR had earlier upheld Arsenal's equaliser, with William Saliba having turned in from Kai Havertz's header.

Fulham went ahead after 11 minutes, when Raul Jimenez drilled in to round off a swift counter-attack.

With Chelsea playing Tottenham later on Sunday, Arsenal climbed to second place on 29 points – six more than ninth-place Fulham.

6 - Arsenal haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their last six Premier League away games; their joint-longest run without one during Mikel Arteta’s time in charge. Stung. pic.twitter.com/g4cKOhpFhZ

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Now unbeaten in their last nine Premier League London derbies, Fulham are the only team to have avoided defeat against Arsenal in the competition since the start of last season.

The Gunners have now won just one of their last six league matches on the road, while failing to keep a clean sheet during that span.

Jimenez opened the scoring at Craven Cottage. All five of his goals this season have been the first of the game, with Dimitar Berbatov (nine in 2012-13) and Clint Dempsey (seven in 2011-12) the only Fulham players to net more openers in a single campaign.