Arsenal drop points in title chase, Bournemouth stun Ipswich

LONDON : Arsenal lost precious ground on leaders Liverpool in the Premier League title race with a 1-1 draw at Fulham on Sunday as Bournemouth staged a 2-1 comeback win to deny Ipswich Town their first home victory.

Leicester City also came from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Brighton & Hove Albion.

William Saliba scored and Bukayo Saka had a late goal chalked off for offside for Arsenal, who remained second in the table on 29 points, one ahead of third-placed Chelsea who play Tottenham Hotspur in Sunday's late game.

Liverpool remained top on 35 points with a game in hand after Saturday's Merseyside derby against Everton at Goodison Park was postponed due to Storm Darragh.

Champions Manchester City, who drew 2-2 at lowly Crystal Palace on Saturday, are fourth in 27 points.

Raul Jimenez stunned title-chasing Arsenal when he put Fulham on the scoresheet in the 11th minute on a wet and grey afternoon. Saliba equalised from point-blank range shortly after the interval.

Arsenal thought they had won it in the 88th minute when Saka headed the ball in from close range, but the goal was ruled out VAR.

"We dominated most of the game... It's frustrating not to win," Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard told Sky Sports. "We have to focus on ourselves. We don't care about the other teams (in the title race). It's a very long way to go. We've said hundreds of times we have to keep going game by game."

Fulham, who also thwarted the Gunners both home and away last season, have lost just one of their last seven league games to climb to 10th.

Bournemouth climbed to eighth in the table after goals from substitutes Enes Unal and Dango Ouattara propelled them to victory over Ipswich, who are four points adrift of the safety zone in 18th place.

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