Arsenal 3-3 Fulham (2012-13 Premier League)

Sat 10 Nov 2012 15:00	Arsenal	(2) 3-3 (2)	Fulham	Emirates Stadium, Islington, London Attendance: 60,093 Referee: Phil Dowd
	Giroud  11'  69' Podolski  23' Arteta  90+5' (saved)	Report	Berbatov  29'  67' (pen) Kačaniklić  40'

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ARSENAL (4-2-3-1) GK 24 Vito Mannone DR 3 Bacary Sagna DC 4 Per Mertesacker DC 6 Laurent Koscielny DL 5 Thomas Vermaelen (c) DM 8 Mikel Arteta DM 22 Francis Coquelin 56' MR 14 Theo Walcott 85' MC 19 Santi Cazorla ML 9 Lukas Podolski 76' ST 12 Olivier Giroud Substitutes: GK 1 Wojciech Szczęsny DF 11 André Santos DF 25 Carl Jenkinson MF 15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 76' MF 16 Aaron Ramsey 60' 56' MF 23 Andrei Arshavin 85' FW 29 Marouane Chamakh Manager: Arsène Wenger

FULHAM (4-2-3-1) GK 1 Mark Schwarzer DR 27 Sascha Riether DC 18 Aaron Hughes DC 5 Brede Hangeland (c) DL 3 John Arne Riise DM 6 Chris Baird 90+5' DM 7 Steve Sidwell 41' MR 24 Ashkan Dejagah 85' MC 11 Bryan Ruiz ML 15 Kieran Richardson 24' ST 9 Dimitar Berbatov Substitutes: GK 13 David Stockdale DF 4 Philippe Senderos MF 14 Giorgos Karagounis MF 16 Damien Duff 85' MF 31 Alex Kačaniklić 24' FW 10 Mladen Petrić FW 20 Hugo Rodallega Manager: Martin Jol

Assistant referees: Ron Ganfield Adrian Holmes Fourth official: Lee Probert Previous Meeting: Fulham 2-1 Arsenal (2011-12 Premier League) (2 Jan 2012) Following Meeting: Fulham 0-1 Arsenal (2012-13 Premier League) (20 Apr 2013) Trivia Ashkan Dejagah makes his first start for Fulham Statistics Arsenal Fulham Possession 56% 44% Shots on target 6 5 Shots off target 6 4 Shots blocked 2 2 Corner kicks 8 6 Fouls committed 11 12 Offsides 1 5 Yellow cards 1 2 Red cards 0 0 Total passes 556 439 Passing success 89% 85% Tackles 24 14 Tackles success 62% 86% Total crosses 39 16 Lost balls 142 136 Recoveries 52 58 Images The teams pay respect to those who lost their lives in World War I for Remembrance Sunday 1-0: Olivier Giroud loses his marker from a corner kick and easily heads home to put Arsenal ahead 2-0: Lukas Podolski shortly after made it 2-0 when an error from Chris Baird let in Arteta to cross low, where Podolski found plenty of time to poke the ball into the net with many Fulham players standing and staring 2-1: Fulham get back into the match as Berbatov clinically heads in a Bryan Ruiz corner 2-2: Alex Kačaniklić, having come on to replace Kieran Richardson, who had pulled a hamstring earlier, remarkably pulled Fulham level after a Berbatov cross was heading in by the young Swede 2-3: Fulham take the lead for the first time when Dimitar Berbatov grabs his second, this time from the penalty spot after Bryan Ruiz had been pulled down by Mikel Arteta in the area 3-3: Fulham's defence was not strong enough to hold out against an Arsenal side increasing the pressure every minute. Giroud grabs a brace as he heads in once more, seconds after hitting with the post when one-on-one with Schwarzer Penalty save: With only seconds left to play, referee Phil Dowd gave an incredibly harsh penalty against Fulham when the ball struck Riether's arm. Arteta placed the ball to Mark Schwarzer's left, who made a fantastic save to tip behind, whereby the full-time whistle went 2012-13 season Pre-season: HB Køge (n) • Lokomotive Leipzig (a) • Kaiserslautern (n) Wycombe (a) • Nice (a) • MK Dons (a) • Charlton (h) Premier League: Norwich (h) • Man Utd (a) • West Ham (a) • West Brom (h) • Wigan (a) • Man City (h) • Southampton (a) Aston Villa (h) • Reading (a) • Everton (h) • Arsenal (a) • Sunderland (h) • Stoke (a) • Chelsea (a) • Tottenham (h) Newcastle (h) • QPR (a) • Liverpool (a) • Southampton (h) • Swansea (h) • West Brom (a) • Wigan (h) • Man City (a) West Ham (h) • Man Utd (h) • Norwich (a) • Stoke (h) • Sunderland (a) • Tottenham (a) • QPR (h) • Newcastle (a) Aston Villa (a) • Chelsea (h) • Arsenal (h) • Everton (a) • Reading (h) • Liverpool (h) • Swansea (a) FA Cup: 3rd round: Blackpool (h) • Replay: Blackpool (a) | 4th round: Man Utd (a) League Cup: 2nd round: Sheff Wed (a)