A red card was also collected by the French striker, in the moment, which seemed a harder decision from umpire Andre Marriner than the Sidwell termination. It hardly seemed a foul as Giroud questioned Stanislav Manolev by the touchline but it was accepted by Wenger a short while later. aI talked to Giroud and he said for the ball,a Wenger said when he went he did slip. aIt wasn't a handle but a bit was gone by him on the ball. Knowing that Sidwell had been sent off before I had no illusion on the card.a Fulham manager Martin Jol was under no illusion either. Sidwell overstretched to challenge Mikel Arteta and caught the midfielder on the leg. It may have already been very nasty; a likely leg-breaker. Marriner was nearby and the card was quickly out as Sidwell set on the grass, showing to feign injury, hoping for some sympathy. He knew the color. Jol said: aYou found from his response straight away he was in big trouble. But it ruined the overall game somewhat and was the first foul. But when you are reliable then, yeah, itas a red card.a Definitely, today, Arsenal could canter to victory and it had been game over? Intriguingly Fulham played better when paid down with clever participants such as for instance Dimitar Berbatov and Bryan Ruiz springing on the counter while there was threatening pace from Alexander Kacaniklic and Eyong Enoh split up play with increasing efficiency. Odds came. Ruiz broke and tucked the ball to Berbatov whose powerful right-footed travel was sent away by Wojciech Szczesny and then Kacaniklicas cut-back just evaded the striker before Urby Emanuelson matted with Monreal, acquired ownership, and pushed a sharp low save yourself from Szczesny at his near post. Arsenalas danger was small while there was a view of quality when Santi Cazorla found Giroud who hit a cross-shot that beat Mark Schwarzer a in his 500th Premier League sport a' to hit the beyond the article. Then came the Arsenal goal. It came with Walcott flighting a free-kick and Ruiz letting Laurent Koscielny to run free and head straight back across purpose. Mertesacker, perhaps not tracked by Philippe Senderos, then had constantly he wanted to nod the ball over the point. The time, just before half-time, was inappropriate on Fulham but Arsenal failed to press home their advantage and create person, and seemed seasoned with the second half winding. aIt was tight because we could not report the next goal and we turned cautious,a Wenger identified while Jol was more high a or certainly a' leonine: shock fought like lions and had greater chances than them.a Not that there were many chances even if Manolev had the ball in the net, after Szczesny spilt Kieran Richardsonas free-kick, only to be appropriately drawn up for offside. The tension grew. Fulham sensed their opponentsa nerves, and wearing confidence, and the tension mounted. Can they strike? Corners came, crosses came but there clearly was not a clear-cut possibility while Arsenal failed to make their numerical advantage count till they lost that advantage with Giroudas termination. Could Arsenal hold on? They did. Only. However it was definately not convincing.
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