Arsenal fans furious at what Fulham players did in training ahead of Man City showdown

Fulham players, including former Arsenal star Willian, were flying kites at the club’s training ground (Picture: Instagram)

Despite sweeping virtually all before on the domestic front since the turn of the year, Arsenal’s Premier League title hopes are not in their own hands.

The Gunners have won 15 of their 17 games in 2024, but will be powerless to prevent Manchester City sealing a fourth successive title should they win their final three matches.

Pep Guardiola’s relentless machine begin the final week of their campaign on Saturday at Craven Cottage, where they will be overwhelming favourites to notch up a seventh league win in a row.

Arsenal require a favour from one of Fulham, Tottenham and West Ham, as well as taking care of business themselves against Manchester United and Everton, if they are to overhaul the reigning champions.

Hopes of Marco Silva’s men pulling off an unlikely upset though were hardly raised by footage that emerged from Fulham’s Motspur Park training ground on Tuesday.

Brazilian trio Rodrigo Muniz, Andreas Pereira and former Arsenal flop Willian were all captured by teammate Raul Jimenez flying kites on a glorious early summer’s afternoon.

Fulham have already done as much as anyone to derail Arsenal’s hopes of a first Premier League crown in 20 years.

Fulham beat Arsenal 2-1 at Craven Cottage earlier this season (Picture: Getty)

The west London side held Mikel Arteta’s men to an unlikely 2-2 draw back in August when Joao Palhinha scored a late equaliser, shortly after his team had been reduced to 10 men.

Fulham went one better on New Year’s Eve, securing a 2-1 victory that still represents Arsenal’s most recent defeat away from home and most Gooners aren’t holding out much hope that they’ll be able to repeat that shock result against City.

‘We’re praying to the lord they get a result out of City and they’re training flying kites?’ wrote one worried Arsenal fan.

Joao Palhinha scored Fulham’s surprise equaliser in a 2-2 draw against Arsenal back in August (Picture: Getty)

‘This team we need to beat or draw to City, man we’re cooked,’ wrote another concerned Gooner.

‘Our hopes are pinned on these guys,’ added another less than optimistic Arsenal supporter,’ while another said ‘Our hopes are pinned on these guys.’

Despite the frustrating nature of their current plight, Bukayo Saka insists he and his teammates remain confident they can still finish the campaign with major silverware their fans crave.

‘You can see it in two ways,’ said Saka. “You can either view it as frustrating or as a beautiful challenge.

‘Everybody knows [City] are one of the best teams in the world, they have been on the top for the past five years, challenging for everything.

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‘So, for ourselves to be up there competing with them is good. We are pushing them the whole way and let’s see what happens.

‘But we’re not getting frustrated, we see it as a challenge that we want to fight until the end.

‘They have set a standard and it’s up to the rest of us to try to be better than them.’

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