Captain Henry guns down Fulham

Arsenal 4 Fulham 1

The scoreline was given a somewhat misleading gloss at Highbury by sustained late pressure from Arsenal, with the unlikely figure of Pascal Cygan also scoring twice but Henry’s double moved him to within just one goal of matching Ian Wright’s all-time club goalscoring record.

The Gunners had taken time to shake off their Stamford Bridge hangover in this Premiership encounter, with Fulham seizing an early lead through Claus Jensen, who punished Kolo Toure’s mistake, while Lauren was denied from the penalty spot by on-loan keeper Tony Warner.