Arsenal avoided the defeat against Fulham (1-1) in the last minute, this Sunday at the Emirates Stadium, in the 32nd match of the English Premier League.
This draw is not good for either team, who will end the season far from their goals.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was hoping for better, after two convincing home victories for Shieffield United (3-0) and Slavia Prague (4-0). But, despite dominating, his attackers were imprecise and failed the various chances they had.
The Cottagers knew how to take advantage of one of their rare forays to get a penalty, transformed by Josh Maja (59, 0-1).
The Gunners did not manage to overcome the defense until the last moments.
After entering in the 70th minute in place of the injured Alexandre Lacazette, Edward Nketiah was able to equalize in the seventh minute of extra time.
The Gunners are embedded a little more in the middle of the table (9th, nine points behind the first team in the Champions League zone.
Nor is it a good result for Fulham, promoted this year. In places of descent (18º) he is six points behind the teams that precede him in the zone of
– Results of the matches of the 32nd day of the English football championship, and classification table:
– Friday:
Everton – Tottenham 2 – 2
– Saturday:
Newcastle – West Ham 3 – 2
Wolverhampton – Sheffield United 1 – 0
– Sunday:
Arsenal – Fulham 1 – 1
(15h00 GMT) Mánchester United – Burnley
– Monday:
(19h00 GMT) Leeds – Liverpool
– Tuesday:
(19h00 GMT) Chelsea – Brighton
– Wednesday:
(19:15 GMT) Aston Villa – Manchester City
– Thursday:
(19h00 GMT) Leicester – West Bromwich
. Postponed
Southampton – Crystal Palace
Classification: Pts JGEP GF GC Diff
1. Manchester City 74 32 23 5 4 67 23 44
2. Manchester United 63 31 18 9 4 61 34 27
3. Leicester 56 31 17 5 9 55 37 18
4. West Ham 55 32 16 7 9 53 42 11
5. Chelsea 54 31 15 9 7 50 31 19
6. Liverpool 52 31 15 7 9 53 37 16
7. Tottenham 50 32 14 8 10 54 37 17
8. Everton 49 31 14 7 10 43 40 3
9. Arsenal 46 32 13 7 12 44 36 8
10. Leeds 45 31 14 3 14 49 49 0
11. Aston Villa 44 30 13 5 12 43 33 10
12. Wolverhampton 41 32 11 8 13 32 41 -9
13. Crystal Palace 38 31 10 8 13 33 52 -19
14. Southampton 36 31 10 6 15 39 56 -17
15. Newcastle 35 32 9 8 15 35 53 -18
16. Brighton 33 31 7 12 12 33 38 -5
17. Burnley 33 31 8 9 14 25 42 -17
18. Fulham 27 33 5 12 16 25 43 -18
19. West Bromwich 24 31 5 9 17 28 59 -31
20. Sheffield United 14 32 4 2 26 17 56 -39
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