Fulham captain Cairney: Defeating Arsenal the statement we wanted

Fulham captain Tom Cairney says victory over Arsenal was deserved.

The Cottagers won 2-1 as Raul Jimenez and Bobby Cordova-Reid struck after Bukayo Saka had given Arsenal the lead.

Cairney later said: "We have been great at home, not so good away.

"We were very disappointed with the Boxing Day performance [3-0 loss at Bournemouth] and wanted to make a statement today. We were on top form.

"To react the way we did to going a goal behind was very good."