Match report – Player ratings – By the numbers – Video Sometimes in games small moments can have a big impact. In the second minute, Ainsley Maitland-Niles played a pass back towards Gabriel but also sufficiently towards Bernd Leno that there was a second of hesitation/miscommunication between the new centre-half and the goalkeeper. Fulham were in, but the Arsenal keeper stuck out a big hand to prevent the ball going beyond him, Gabriel mopped up and calmly played the ball out to Rob Holding. It was a reminder of how important the German has been to us since his arrival, and it unquestionably prevented the complexion of the game being very different. For the Brazilian to...
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