Having remained winless in our last two visits to Craven Cottage, Mikel Arteta was determined to change the script this time, and thanks to Leandro Trossard’s second half goal, that’s exactly what happened.
Our sixth league win of the season – and ninth in all competitions – was built on another hard-working, defensively sound performance, for our eighth clean sheet of the campaign.
“I’m really pleased,” the boss said afterwards. “We experienced in the last two seasons how difficult it is to win here, and we have experienced it today again. I love the mindset of the team.