You can't score 3 at home and not win the match. Another 2-0 lead lost in a week and our defensive woes continue. Finally Theo Walcott was given the responsibility of taking corners after he assisted from two against Reading and he whipped one in for Giroud to header home to make it 1-0 after 11 minutes. 12 minutes later we made it 2-0 when Arteta pulled the ball back to Podolski who beat the keeper from 6 yards.
Unfortunately the 2-0 lead didn't last long. Before the match Fulham were the second highest scorers in the league so you thought they would have goals in them and they proved they did. First Berbatov became the next person to score past our zonal marking from a corner when he nodded in Bryan Ruiz's corner. We were beaten by another header before the break when Berbatov became provider and whipped in a cross for Kacaniklic who made it 2-2.
Fulham took the lead in the second half. Arteta lost the ball in his own area to Ruiz who he then tripped up trying to claim the ball back. Berbatov stepped up and coolly converted. Fulham's lead didn't last too long and we soon made it 3-3 when Cazorla played in Giroud who's shot hit the post but bounced out to Theo Walcott who crossed back in for Giroud to equalise.
In the dying moments of the match we had a golden chance to claim victory when we were awarded a penalty for a really harsh handball by Sascha Riether. It wasn't s pot kick in my book and when Arteta stepped up and his shot was saved justice was done as much as it hurts me to say so. Arteta got blamed by a lot of fans for missing the penalty and costing us the game but at the end of the day we shouldn't be letting 3 goals in at home in the first place. So far this season we've found ourselves lacking goals or shipping in too many. I can't see this team every turning up and winning 3-0 comfortably against anyone at the moment. This should have been one of those games and at 2-0 up we should have held on and built on our lead. A lot of work needs to be done at this club. The North London derby would be a great game to turn our fortunes around.
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