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Fulham stun Gunners

London, Jan 3, Reuters:

Fulham scored twice in the dying minutes to beat Arsenal 2-1 and deny them a return to the top four in a dramatic match at Craven Cottage on Monday.

Fulham’s Bobby Samora can’t hide his joy after scoring the winner against Arsenal on Monday. AFPArsenal led from the 21st minute with a Laurent Koscielny header but, after they had Johan Djourou sent off 12 minutes from time for hauling back Bobby Zamora, Fulham struck twice to win for the first time in four matches. Steve Sidwell, who started his career at Arsenal but never played for them, equalised for Fulham with a header after 85 minutes before Zamora smashed in a left foot volley in the third minute of added time to give Martin Jol's team all three points. Arsenal started the day in fourth place but were knocked back to fifth by Chelsea who won 2-1 at Wolverhampton Wanderers earlier on Monday.

Chelsea have 37 points, one clear of Arsenal on 36. The top three -- Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur -- were not in action.

Fulham manager Martin Jol, who enjoyed his first Premier League victory over Arsene Wenger's side in nine attempts, told Sky Sports: "It was amazing. It's a big compliment to all the players because in the second half they were on the front foot and to get the equaliser was a big boost. "We played very well in the second half after they outplayed us for the first 20 or 25 minutes."  However, Jol's adversary from the Dutchman's days of managing Arsenal's arch-rivals Spurs was far from happy.  Wenger claimed Djourou should not have been sent off and Arsenal should have had a penalty in the first half when Gervinho was tripped in the box.

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