BY KAI BENNETT
Fulham supervisor Scott Parker is definite that Arsenal’s last-minute equaliser was offside and mentioned that it was “clear as day”.
The Whites appeared to be heading for all three factors when Josh Maja scored a penalty with half an hour to go earlier than Eddie Nketiah scored an equaliser within the seventh minute of stoppage time.
Fulham are six factors off security with 5 video games to play.
Arsenal’s equaliser was controversial, Rob Holding appeared to be in an offside place and Parker was dissatisfied in regards to the choice.
Speaking to Fulham’s membership web site, he mentioned: “Their purpose seemed offside, clear as day. Rob Holding’s in an offside place, he’s standing two yards in entrance of my keeper and three yards from the goaline and the consequence of him being in an offside place has an impact on the keeper.
“The keeper needed to parry one as a substitute of coming and amassing it. We have the perfect keeper within the division at managing and controlling his field.
“He was standing in an offside place, however Alphonse [Areola] doesn’t know that. He thinks the participant’s going to faucet one in, so he higher put a hand on it. If Holding wasn’t there then what adopted would have been very completely different. I’m dissatisfied with that.
“The final two weeks have been painful, they’ve ben actual sucker blows. Last week towards Wolves, they scored with the final kick of the sport. Today the final kick of the sport once more.
“I’m gutted for the staff, they present nothing however power, they present an actual ardour and need, like they’ve for almost all of the season.
“I’m completely devastated that they haven’t managed to get the three factors and it’s been changed into one [point]. It was such a merciless choice actually and an unfair one.
“It was at all times going to be a sport the place Arsenal would have their moments. They’ve received high quality and they’re on a great run. So after all we needed to be resilient, we needed to be robust and keep agency, which we did.
“We received our noses in entrance and the longer the sport went on, it appeared as if we have been in complete management. The final bit [the goal] is gutting.
“[Defensively] we have been stable right now. We gave ourselves a platform. We seemed a menace on the break. Ultimately we have been very stable and we gave ourselves a great probability of successful the sport.
“At this current time it looks like a defeat. But we’ve proven many occasions this yr, we are able to win soccer matches on this league. Six factors [off safety] now it’s. We want to fret about ourselves and preserve attempting to win soccer matches on this league.
“We are nonetheless in with a preventing probability [of staying up] and we have to consider that. We must preserve going and attempt to get outcomes.
“When they [Arsenal] scored their purpose, we simply wanted to get out of right here with a draw. This is an effective level, this can be a massive level however It’s disappointing the way in which their purpose has come.
“It’s robust proper now, the final two performances [have been good] and the way in which I deal with them is troublesome. Today’s much more troublesome as a result of I don’t really feel it was proper the way in which their purpose occurred.
“As at all times, we will probably be gutted tonight. But we are going to get up tomorrow morning and put the gloves again on and begin swinging once more. That’s the way in which you must be and that’s the way in which now we have been. We will go once more.”
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