Top of the table Arsenal welcomed relegation threatened London rivals Fulham to the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal having been nothing short of sensational so far this season, but it remains to be seen whether they can continue that till the end. Fulham are still adapting to life under a new manager, but some good signs are there.

René Meulensteen would have been very pleased with his side's performance in the first 45 minutes, with Fulham showing their ability to keep possession. The home side started the stronger, demonstrated their trademark slick and sharp passing to slice defences open. Serge Gnabry had several distance shots off target while Santi Cazorla's was blocked well. Olivier Giroud found a small amount of space inside the box, but his shot went high and wide.

After the Arsenal failed to capitalise on their quick start, Fulham started to play simple passes to keep possession. This forced Arsenal to chase the ball, creating space for the likes of Dimitar Berbatov, Alexander Kačaniklić and Scott Parker. Fulham failed to put in quality crosses from good positions, but they did test Wojciech Szczęsny between the sticks. Steve Sidwell hit a brilliantly struck volley from outside the box which appeared to be going in until Arsenal's number one stuck out a strong hand to palm it away.

Fulham became more confident with the ball and started to force the home side back, although Arsenal did put up a fight, with Bacary Sagna forcing a solid save out of  Maarten Stekelenburg from inside the box. Arsenal pushed hard late in the first half, which almost allowed Fulham to hit them on the counter attack. Dimitar Berbatov received the ball in Arsenal's half and played it to Alexander Kačaniklić running into the box. A shooting chance was wasted because of Kačaniklić poor touch allowing Szczęsny to intercept the ball.

Second half was a complete turnaround for Arsenal, who started strongly once again, but turned the high pressure and possession into goals. Serge Gnabry showed why Arsène Wenger entrust him with his starting position when he cut inside from the right, dancing through several defenders and got a shot off testing Fulham's keeper.

Shortly after, Arsenal had three consecutive shots cleared off the line or blocking an open goal. They did not dwell on this missed opportunity long with Santi Cazorla getting his first. The Spanish midfielder started with the ball on the left, passed in inside to Olivier Giroud who reversed passed to Jack Wilshere inside the box. The English midfielder then cut a pass back into the centre of the box, where Cazorla. who had continued his run, smashed the ball into the net.

It was only three minutes later that Cazorla got his second. This time, he picked the ball up outside the box, shifted it to his left foot and hit a shot across the floor into the bottom right corner. It went through several people meaning that Maarten Stekelenburg saw it late, but was a cool finish. Arsenal dominated the possession from this point on, with Lukas Podolski coming on and almost having an immediate impact when his powerfully hit close range shot was blocked.

Fulham did have one great chance to get on the score sheet when substitute Darren Bent beat Szczęsny to a lobbed through ball, but missed the open goal. In the Englishman's defence, he was running away from goal and was under pressure from Laurent Koscielny.

Arsenal's form continues, as does their run at the top of the table. With every positive result the gunners will become more confident about staying there till the end, and today was a solid second half display. For René Meulensteen, his side's first half showing would've given him great confidence that they can stay safe this season and will just have to write off the second half loss as simply being beaten by the better side.