Marco Silva was left to rue two ‘lucky’ goals after Fulham suffered late heartbreak at league leaders Arsenal last night.

Aleksandar Mitrovic profited from an error by Gabriel Magalhaes to give the visitors a second-half lead.

But Arsenal turned defeat into victory thanks to Martin Odegaard’s deflected shot and Gabriel’s winner, five minutes from time, which came after a corner dropped his way.

‘It was a tough, tough result,’ Silva said. ‘They didn’t have many clear chances, they had two goals and both were lucky goals… the way they scored the first goal with the deflection is really bad luck and we don’t know how they scored the second.’

The Fulham boss added: ‘Credit for our players, they deserved more than we took from this game.

‘Arsenal’s obligation was more possession, more shots, more corners, but I didn’t see many clear chances from them.

With the score at 1-1, Mitrovic had a header beaten away by Aaron Ramsdale before a shot hit Ben White and Fulham demanded a penalty for handball.

Then, after Gabriel’s late goal, Nathaniel Chalobah forced another smart save by Ramsdale.

‘It’s a tough defeat for us. My players deserve to get something more from the game,’ Silva added.

‘They are confident, creating so many chances against the teams we have played so far.’

Silva was also unhappy at some refereeing decisions but admitted afterwards that Fulham need reinforcements.

‘Everyone who sees football or understands football can see that,’ he added.

‘We don’t have wingers on the bench, we don’t have a striker on the bench.

‘I’m not here to find excuses, but at this level you have to have more solutions.’

The result means Arsenal have now won four from four, while a first defeat for newly-promoted Fulham sees them drop to 11th.