Mikel Arteta frustrated with Arsenal after home draw with Fulham

Mikel Arteta expressed his frustrated with his Arsenal team after their 2-2 home draw with Fulham on Saturday.

The Gunners manager felt his team should have scored “five, six, seven goals easily” at the Emirates Stadium, despite conceding after less than a minute.

Andreas Pereira had pounced on a loose back pass from Bakayo Saka and the midfielder saw goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale out of position, pulling the trigger from almost 30 metres to score and silence the home crowd.

Arsenal struggled to create quality chances in a second half played in the middle of a thunder storm that lit up the sky in North London, until substitute Fabio Vieira helped turn the game around.

The Portuguese midfielder first earned a penalty when he was brought down by Kenny Tete in the area, and Saka calmly converted from the spot.

Nketiah then put Arsenal ahead minutes later by poking home a low cross from Vieira and when Fulham Calvin Bassey was shown a second yellow card seven minutes from time, the Gunners looked on course for three points.

But Arsenal's defensive frailties surfaced again when Joao Palhinha's first-time finish from a corner in the 87th minute earned the away side a share of the spoils.

It was Arsenal's first dropped points of the campaign after opening with two wins, and the setback was largely self-inflicted.

“Right from the beginning, we gave an incredible goal away,” said Arteta. “You make life really difficult for yourself. But the team reacted really well.

“We dominated the game and created countless chances and should have scored five, six, seven goals easily. And when you have done the most difficult thing which is to get back ahead against a team that is well organised, you have to defend your box from one corner.

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