At 22 pm Beijing time on August 26, the third round of the 2023-24 Premier League season ushered in a London derby, with Arsenal hosting Fulham at Emirates Stadium. Just 57 seconds into the first half, Saka returned a pass and missed a gift, and Pereira shot a blitz to score; In the second half, Arsenal scored two goals from Saka and Nketiah in three minutes before Fulham's Bassi was sent off, but Palinha equalised in the final minute. In the end, Arsenal were drawn 2-2 at home by ten-man Fulham.
In the new season, Arsenal beat Manchester City in the Community Shield and went unbeaten in the first two rounds of the league against Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace respectively. Fulham won one and lost one in the first two rounds, beating Everton and losing to Brentford. In this summer transfer window, Fulham's top centre forward Mitrovic moved to Riyadh Crescent in Saudi Arabia.
Just 57 seconds into the opening period, Fulham hit the home blitz and Saka missed a return pass on the left side of the midfield, Pereira scored the ball to form a single knife, he saw the goalkeeper too far away from the goal and chose a hanging shot, Ramsdale could not defend it, Fulham led Arsenal 1-0.
In the 4th minute, Odegaard crossed diagonally from the right side of the pitch and Martinelli on the left side of the box received the ball and shot into the far corner. In the 11th minute, Arsenal picked out a cross from the left side of the penalty area, and Saka at the back post put the ball back in the middle, and Havertz flew and shot wide.
In the 18th minute, Trossad went straight in front and Martinelli received the ball and burst into the box, dangling a defender's right-footed volley, and goalkeeper Leno held the ball. In the 20th minute, Arsenal's corner kick from the left went into the box and Martine, who was unguarded in the scuffle, used his abdomen to stop the ball and volley with his left foot, which Raul Jimenez blocked.
In the 22nd minute, Fulham picked out a cross in front, Ben White in the box headed not far away, Raul Jimenez dashingly sideways, but unfortunately the ball was deflected.
In the 26th minute, Harry Wilson picked up the ball in front and swung a left-footed shot from the defender, which was deflected. In the 31st minute, Trossard crossed 45 degrees from the left side of the pitch and Saka in the penalty area headed a header that bounced off the crossbar.
In the 40th minute, Martinelli's volley from the left side of the box was saved by Leno. In the 41st minute, Kai Havertz received the ball into the left side of the penalty area, then crossed back to the top of the arc and the unguarded Odegaard fired a low left-footed shot into the net. But Havertz was offside before receiving the ball and the goal was invalidated. At the end of the first half, Arsenal were temporarily behind.
In the second half, Reid dribbled the ball into the box on the left and fired into the far corner, which Ramsdale saved. In the 56th minute, Fabio Vieira and Zinchenko replaced Kai Havertz and Thomas.
In the 61st minute, Odegaard received the ball into the right side of the penalty area, dangled past the defender in front of the baseline, cut inside and volleyed with his left foot, the ball went over the crossbar. In the 67th minute, substitute Fabio Vieira was tackled in front of the left bottom line of the penalty area and the referee awarded a penalty.
The penalty was headed by Saka and his low left-footed shot into the bottom right corner of the goal tricked the goalkeeper into scoring the ball as Arsenal equalised 1-1.
In the 72nd minute, Arsenal counter-attacked in front of the counter-attack, Fabio Vieira crossed with a low flat ball from the left side, and another substitute in the middle of the box, Nketiah, easily pushed the goal, and Arsenal won 2-1.
In the 83rd minute, Arsenal launched a quick counterattack at the back, Nketiah wiped the ball past defender Bashi, who as the last defender could only block Nketia and let go of Nketiah, resulting in the second yellow card of the game, two yellows turned one red and was sent off, and the trailing Fulham played one less.
In the 87th minute, Fulham equalised with one less player, and a corner from the right drove into the box and Palinha scored in the middle to make it 2-2 to Arsenal.
In the 94th minute, Martinelli picked out a cross on the left side of the box, the Fulham defender's header was not cleared, Fabio Vieira on the right side of the box volleyed into the goal, Leno subconsciously saved the ball, and Vieira's shot was blocked.
In the end, the game was over, and Arsenal were forced to draw 2-2 at home by ten-man Fulham.