00:01After another European adventure for the Gunners, attention turns back to the Premier League and this afternoon they have the
00:09opportunity to go six points clear of Manchester City.
00:13Pep Guardiola's men will have games in hand but for Arsenal the aim is to put the points on the
00:19board and ramp up the pressure on their title rivals.
00:23Well the sun was shining brightly over the North London sky it's not anymore but regardless Emirates Stadium on a
00:29spring evening like this is quite the picture.
00:33The players greeted by a sea of red and white, fantastic noise and support.
00:39Let's have a look at the two teams, Mikel Arteta has made five changes to the side that started in
00:45Madrid on Wednesday.
00:46Riccardo Calafiore, Myles Luz Skelly, Eberichi Eza, Leandro Chossard and Bukayo Saka come into the 11.
00:54They are replacing Cafier, Zubimendi, Odegaard, Martinelli and Madueke.
01:00As for Fulham, Marco Silva has made two changes to the side that beat Aston Villa last time out.
01:06Harrison Reid and Anthony Robinson come into the 11 and they replace Ryan Sessegnon and Sander Berger.
01:16Robinson works in inside, Jokeres looking to intersect.
01:20Luz Skelly wins it for Arsenal, he's used his body well there Myles Luz Skelly.
01:24Just comes off of Calafiore's heel.
01:27Trossard might yet make good of it, Trossard's effort flashes wide of the right hand post.
01:32An early effort, a goal from the Gunners.
01:34Yeah, good play by Myles Luz Skelly, what, 30 yards to goal, shields the ball really well.
01:41Trossard then just opened up and then flashed a shotgun cross across the far post.
01:52There's Luz Skelly, now Saka.
01:56The big boys are still forward from the back.
01:58Can Saka provide the cross?
02:00Lovely skill from Bukayo Saka, low delivery.
02:03And Victor Jokeres scores!
02:08Magic from Bukayo Saka on the right hand side.
02:13And Jokeres in the right place at the right time to turn it in.
02:19And Arsenal have the start they were hoping for.
02:22Arsenal 1, full of nil.
02:23Yeah, brilliant goal by Arsenal.
02:26Saka goes to the line, looks like he's going to cut back inside, then goes to the line again.
02:32Leaves to Fulham players sitting on his backside.
02:33And then you're thinking, come on, what can you do with this?
02:36And then whips it.
02:39Across, four yards out.
02:41But Leno can't get there.
02:43And there is Jokeres.
02:50Mike takes that on the chest nicely.
02:53Saka looking to turn.
02:56Now Trossard.
02:57Thinks about the shot, takes it on, and that's not a million miles away from Leandro Trossard.
03:01A decent effort.
03:03Trossard's there, takes a couple of touches, what, 20 yards from goal.
03:06Strikes his shot, pulls across it a little bit, widen the target.
03:17Calafiore launches this into the box.
03:19Fulham have yet to clear it, though.
03:21Luis Skelly into Eza.
03:23Under pressure from Chukwesi, but he manages to find Trossard anyway.
03:27His balls towards that far post.
03:28Leno came, Leno didn't get there.
03:30Plays allowed to continue, and Jokeres forces a save out of the German.
03:34And then Saka fires wide.
03:37Big Arsenal chances.
03:41Well, it was a big chance.
03:43It was a good save by Leno, and then Saka fired the shot wide of the target.
03:49I'm sure if that had gone in, we'd have been looking at VAR.
03:51Was this a foul initially?
03:53I'm not sure it was, actually.
03:55Goalkeeper comes over the top.
03:57Drops the ball.
04:00Saka inches wide of the target.
04:09Rice looking for Saka, who will get to the byline.
04:11Lovely cut back.
04:13And Eza almost makes it two.
04:16It's still alive for Arsenal.
04:17White cuts it back to Trossard.
04:21Calafiore!
04:22Oh, it's brilliant!
04:25Riccardo Calafiore!
04:27Back in the side and in among the goals!
04:31It could be offside.
04:33I think he's offside.
04:35I think this is going to be ruled out.
04:39Yep, it's the correct call.
04:44Right down the line.
04:47Eza picks up the scraps and picks out Victor Jokeres with a wonderful pass.
04:54Lovely ball into Saka.
04:57Bukayo Saka!
05:01Back with a bang.
05:04Arsenal's star boy.
05:08Showing his importance.
05:11Showcasing his talent.
05:13It's Arsenal two full of nil.
05:15Brilliant goal again by Arsenal.
05:18Lovely play.
05:19Great run by Jokeres.
05:21Was fed in down the right hand side inside the box.
05:25Hold it up brilliantly.
05:27Or holds it up should I say brilliantly.
05:29It's then fed back inside to Saka.
05:31He takes a touch.
05:32Takes it inside.
05:34Fires it past Leno.
05:35I don't think there's any doubt.
05:37With this goal.
05:39Great goal by Arsenal.
05:402-0.
05:40They fully deserve that.
05:42There could be three or four ahead.
05:46It's going to be three minutes of time.
05:49And at the end of this first half we're told.
05:52As Calafiore works this inside to Eza.
05:55Eza's effort.
05:57Nearly caught Bern Leno out.
06:00Opens it up with his right foot.
06:01Tries to feed it across to Bern Leno's left hand side.
06:09Here's Bukayo Saka.
06:12He put Gabriel under a little bit of pressure.
06:14But he navigated the situation brilliantly.
06:18And Arsenal break forward again.
06:19Here's Trossard.
06:21Brilliant from the Belgian.
06:23In towards Jokeres!
06:26A wonderful Arsenal goal.
06:31Sublime.
06:33From the Belgian.
06:36And executed with brilliance once again.
06:40By Arsenal centre forward Victor Jokeres.
06:44Arsenal 3.
06:46Fulham 0.
06:48This is another brilliant goal.
06:57And that's an effort from Jimenez that was never really troubling David Raya.
07:02But he had to make sure.
07:03Yeah.
07:04Right hand side.
07:0525.
07:06At least 25 yards and goals.
07:11In comes the delivery into the box.
07:13Zubimendi rose.
07:14So did Gabriel.
07:15Not quite sure who got the final touch.
07:17But Jimenez hooks it back into the box.
07:19Calafiore with the clearance.
07:21Kearney back into the mix.
07:22And that's an effort.
07:24Straight at David Raya from Timothy Castaña.
07:30Not sure if the goalkeeper saw much of this Raya.
07:33It's a good job it was straight down the middle.
07:35Little warning sign for Arsenal.
07:39Arsenal corner.
07:41Donnie Maduweke to take it.
07:43Into the box it goes.
07:44Leno comes and Calafiore got something on it.
07:46And it cannons back off the woodwork.
07:50Arsenal so nearly making it for.
07:59Zubimendi into Daumann.
08:00Lovely turn from Max Daumann.
08:02And he speed away from Lukic.
08:05Still going Max Daumann.
08:06Lovely trickery.
08:07Daumann's right footed effort.
08:10So desperately unlucky.
08:11But just look at the response.
08:14To Max Daumann's brilliance from the crowd.
08:16He just excites people doesn't he?
08:18Every time he gets on the ball.
08:19Well he's got that power.
08:20We talked about at such a young age.
08:21Receives the ball with his back to goal.
08:24Turns the players.
08:25Driving forward.
08:27Daumann has got such great poise when he's on the ball.
08:33Gabriel will send this forward.
08:35He's out towards the left-hand side.
08:37No one in Arsenal Reds anywhere near it in the end.
08:40And there it is.
08:42The full-time whistle.
08:43And Arsenal goes six points clear at the top of the Premier League.
08:48Yes, Manchester City have games in hand.
08:52But for Arsenal today it was about putting the points on the board.
08:55And they've done exactly that.
08:59Victor Jokeres opened the scoring after nine minutes.
09:03He was picked out in the middle of the goal by Bukayo Saka after some brilliant wide play from him.
09:09It was Bukayo Saka himself that doubled Arsenal's lead on 40 minutes.
09:14And then Victor Jokeres right on the stroke of half-time.
09:18Heading in Leandro Trossard's cross.
09:21To make it Arsenal three full of nil.
09:24And the second half was far more comfortable for the Gunners.
09:30There wasn't a great deal of action to shout about.
09:32But Arsenal cruised through it and were able to make changes.
09:36Ahead of that big semi-final second leg coming up here on Tuesday night.
09:41A good win for the Gunners.
09:42Job done.
09:43And a healthy three goals added to the goal difference.
09:46It might just come down to that, you know.
09:48It's finished here at Emirates Stadium.
09:49Arsenal three full of nil.
09:52Arsenal three full of nil.
09:55Arsenal three full of nil.
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