Arsenal thrash Fulham for 9th straight win

Man Utd, Tottenham, Everton, Wolves, Bournemouth win

FE Team | Published: October 07, 2018 23:31:09

Arsenal's French striker Alexandre Lacazette celebrating with Arsenal's Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka after scoring the team's first goal during the English Premier League football match against Fulham at Craven Cottage in London on Sunday — AFP

LONDON, Oct 07 (Agencies): Arsenal swaggered to a ninth successive win as Alexandre Lacazette's double and a goal of the season contender from Aaron Ramsey inspired a 5-1 rout of Fulham on Sunday.
Unai Emery's side turned on the style on the banks of the River Thames, recording their biggest win of the season as the resurgent Gunners moved into the Premier League's top four.
Lacazette was at the centre of Arsenal's powerful show at Craven Cottage, with his superb second-half strike restoring their lead after Andre Schurrle had cancelled out his opener.
Ramsey's audacious back-heeled goal put Arsenal in complete control to cap a stunning move that recalled the club's finest days under Emery's predecessor Arsene Wenger.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang netted twice in the closing stages as Arsenal won six consecutive league matches within a single campaign for the first time since 2016.
They have also recorded three consecutive away league victories for the first time in two years.
Emery was expected to need a long period to revive Arsenal after the depressing final years of the Wenger era.
But the north Londoners are quickly rediscovering their verve and struggling Fulham had no answer to their enterprising display.
Meanwhile, Manchester United staged a dramatic comeback to come from two goals down to beat Newcastle 3-2 at Old Trafford in Saturday's late kick-off.
Alexis Sanchez scored a 90th-minute winner for United to ease the pressure on manager Jose Mourinho.
Elsewhere, Tottenham closed to within a point of leaders Manchester City, while 10-man Watford suffered a humbling home defeat.
Spurs moved to 18 points with a 1-0 win - matching their best Premier League tally from eight games - courtesy of midfielder Eric Dier's goal as Joe Ralls' second-half red card dented Cardiff's hopes of a comeback.
Watford were a goal down when defender Christian Kabasele was shown red, but ended up losing 4-0 at Vicarage Road as Bournemouth took full advantage.
Wolves stretched their unbeaten run to six games with a 1-0 win at Crystal Palace, Everton beat Leicester 2-1 and Huddersfield fought back to draw 1-1 with Burnley.
Tottenham took the lead after just eight minutes as Dier tucked home from close range after a corner and 10-man Cardiff could not find a way back into the game.
Joshua King scored his third and fourth Premier League goals of the season for Bournemouth, with Callum Wilson and David Brooks also getting on the scoresheet at Vicarage Road.
Matt Doherty's finish proved decisive for Wolves as Nuno Espirito Santo's side climbed up to seventh, while Gylfi Sigurdsson's superb long-range effort was the winner at the King Power after Leicester's Ricardo Pereira had cancelled out Richarlison's opener.
A point was good enough to move Huddersfield off the bottom of the table as Christopher Schindler equalised following Sam Vokes opener for Burnley at Turf Moor.
In the Championship, leaders Leeds needed Pontus Jansson's 88th-minute equaliser to earn a point in a 1-1 draw at home to Brentford.
Hibernian cut the gap to Scottish Premiership leaders Hearts to two points with a 4-0 win over Hamilton.