At four o'clock in the afternoon, the London derby starts.

Fulham used a 3-4-3 formation in this game. In terms of the back line, the starting players are Ream, Odoi and Le Marchand. In the midfield, Zambo, Ryan Sessegnon and

Serri needs to provide ammunition for the striker. Mitrovic, Schürrer and Vietto are responsible for the forward attack.

On the other side, Arsenal used a 4-2-3-1 formation. At the goalkeeper position, Leno was still starting. Per Mertesacker was rotated at the back, and Holding replaced him in the starting lineup. The other positions were different from those in mid-week.

Change.

Xhaka and Torreira occupy the defensive midfield positions, the three in front are Ronaldo (Smith Rowe), Mkhitaryan and Luo Wu, and the forward is Lacazette.

At the beginning of the game, Lineker expressed his support for Arsenal: "Although Arsenal are playing away from home, they are unstoppable. Fulham cannot resist them. Fulham should not worry about it and save their energy for the next game."

Bar."

But Danny Murphy, the famous Liverpool star who was partnering with him, said: "Not necessarily. This is a London derby. It cannot be judged by ordinary thinking. It is all in London, and no one has home and away advantages."

"I personally feel that the previous issue of Ramsey's contract extension is likely to affect the mood of Arsenal's locker room."

"Danny, what impact can it have? You have to know that the Chinese will definitely solve the problem. Everyone else is green leaves. As long as the Chinese Luo Wu plays normally, there will be no suspense in this game. This is the Chinese team. This is

It's completely different from Liverpool." Lineker shook his head and disagreed with Murphy's statement.

"Here's the problem. Luo Wu earns the highest weekly salary in the Premier League, while other Arsenal players only earn a mid-table weekly salary in the Premier League. Can they be happy? Now Ramsey just wants to increase his weekly salary.

To 220,000 pounds, this request is not excessive at all. Has Ramsey not paid enough for Arsenal in recent years? There is no problem with him receiving this salary, but Emery and Arsenal gave up on him.

What will other Arsenal players think? They will feel that one day they will be treated like this. What's the point of working for Arsenal? Why not leave as soon as possible?"

"Anyway, if it were me, I would think so. I believe that Ramsey's incident before the game will definitely affect their mood."

"Oh, then if they are really like this, wouldn't they be too unprofessional?" Lineker raised his eyebrows, "But I still believe them."

…

While the two were discussing, Fulham completed its first attack.

The German Schürrle dribbled the ball from the left wing and advanced rapidly. He and Vietto cooperated like hitting the wall, then went down to the bottom line and passed back in an inverted triangle. Mitrovic followed up and met the ball with a furious shot!

The shot was so fast that Mustafi, who was originally marking him, had no time to block it. Fortunately, the German defender was very focused and pushed the ball out of the baseline with one palm.

Fulham won a corner kick.

Unexpectedly, when the corner kick was taken, it was Mustafi! Mitrovic got on top of him and grabbed the spot! He headed the ball towards the upper right corner of the goal, just a hair’s breadth away!

The ball didn't go in!

"Yo,"

"Without Mertesacker, Arsenal's defense is still unstable. A veteran is too important to the team."

"Obviously Mustafi's marking was slow."

Mustafi was criticized again. Every time Mertesacker is not around, he is a little confused.

Arsenal attacked. Mkhitaryan, who started today, was very active after receiving the ball. He stopped the ball and passed the ball in one go. After turning around, he immediately gave the ball to Luo Wu on the right!

There were two people watching behind Luo Wu. He didn't take any risks and immediately responded to Torreira. The Spaniard Torreira made a long pass! Looking for Lacazette, Lacazette held the opponent's defender, but there was no

Instead of unloading the ball, he volleyed sideways to meet the ball and hit it!

boom!

This shot went ridiculously wide, not like a world-class center at all...

Each side completes an attack.

Fulham's counterattack speed was quite concise. After passing the ball with two feet, it hit Arsenal's left backcourt. Mitrovic pulled up and competed with Monreal for the top. Monreal's figure was obviously at a disadvantage and was beaten by Mitrovic.

Qi couldn't exert his strength, so he looked back at the moon with a move, and the ball was hit behind Arsenal's defense in the middle!

Sessegnon, who followed, was very fast! He threw Mustafi, who was a little messy, behind him! When Mustafi reacted, Sessegnon thrust his right foot violently!

The ball instantly rolled past Holding. Leno in front of the goal did not expect that Sessegnon would not hit the goal, so he quickly moved a big step to the left.

Bellerin looked around to follow Vietto, but found that Xhaka did not follow Schürrer.

The German strode into the left side of the penalty area and slammed his left foot towards the ball in front of him.

The ball flew into the upper left corner of the goal like a flying fire. Although Leno made a save, it was of no avail.

"goooooooal!"

"goooooooooooooal!"

"goooooooooooooooooooal!"

"Schürrle's unstoppable heavy artillery."

"Haha, the German Schürrle opened his goal account this season. Unexpectedly, the first goal was scored in the London Derby."

Danny Murphy laughed.

"No one was optimistic about Fulham before the game, even if it was a real London derby."

"It would be different if it were Chelsea or Tottenham. The fact now is that Schürrle helped Fulham take the lead."

"1:0, Fulham leads at home."

"Wardfalk?"

"What on earth is this guy Granit looking at?!" Mertesacker cursed on the bench, and even head coach Emery who was not far away could hear clearly.

"Don't follow anyone at all!"

"Where did the attention go?"

Big Brother was very angry and dissatisfied with this defense.

"It's like taking a walk." Cech beside him spread his hands.

"This guy's defense has always been like this."

"As long as I run..."

Coach Emery also shook his head, but said nothing. Now conceding the ball has no pressure on him anymore.

The ball rolled to Luo Wu's feet, and Luo Wu didn't think anything of it. After all, Arsenal conceded goals in every game, and it was the forwards who wiped their butts for them.

However, after the ball was restarted, he realized that Xhaka was really out of shape today.

After getting the ball, he thought about hitting the wall with Torreira, but the ball was passed too hard and passed directly over his head. The ball rolled to the feet of Sessegnon!

"Amateur! You can miss this ball?!"

Sessegnon immediately sent a through ball!

Mitrovic!

Mustafi, who was following Mitrovic, panicked. He was afraid that Mitrovic would throw him away, so he hugged Mitrovic with both hands and held him back.

The referee's whistle sounded immediately, he took out a topaz card from his pocket to warn Mustafi, and gave Fulham a frontcourt set kick on the right side of the arc in the penalty area!

"Oh haha,"

"The start was really beyond our expectations."

"I didn't expect Fulham to play so well and Arsenal to be in such bad shape?"

"Arsenal won't concede two goals again, will they?"

"This looks like match-fixing." Lineker exclaimed, "It's impossible to play like this?"

"It's Granit Xhaka again, in this state it's better for me to go up."

After receiving the card, Mustafi couldn't help but yelled at Xhaka:

"Granit, please be more energetic!"

"What are you thinking about!"

"Sh-it!"

He was very depressed after receiving the yellow card, so he could only take it out on Xhaka. It was Xhaka's fault in the first place, as was the goal he conceded just now.

"Human wall!"

"Make a human wall!"

"What are you doing!"

Leno in front of the door was also yelling, and everyone seemed to be in a bad mood.

"On the left, there is still one person missing on the left!"

In the end, Mkhitaryan ran over and joined the human wall.

The German Schürrle took the set kick and whipped out an inswinging curve ball with his left foot! The ball passed Holding's head with a strong spin and went straight to the upper right corner of the goal!

Leno stood on the goal line and had almost no reaction. In the end, he could only save with his eyes!

The ball slides out!

Almost, Fulham took a two-goal lead!
To be continued...