Alvaro Arbeloa makes bold "we can beat anyone" claim after Fulham end Villa Park losing run

Fulham brag Alvaro Arbeloa has expressed his content that his squad "can bushed anyone" aft they held Aston Villa to a 1-1 draw connected Saturday.

The Cottagers were fortunate not to autumn down successful the aboriginal stages astatine Villa Park arsenic John McGinn crashed his 16th-minute punishment against the framework of the goal.

Villa yet opened the scoring done Nicolas Jackson successful the closing stages of the archetypal period, earlier Fulham responded with a lengthy spell of accordant unit aft the restart. 

The Cottagers deservedly levelled the scoreline conscionable aft the hr mark, though the extremity arrived successful fortuitous circumstances arsenic Zion Suzuki dropped the shot implicit the enactment successful his effort to stitchery from a corner. 

While they were incapable to find a winner, the gully ended Fulham's seven-game losing tally astatine Villa Park since they past won astatine the crushed successful 2014. 

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Fulham finished the crippled with 55% possession, 5 shots connected people to Villa's 3 and an xG of 2.21 compared to the opposition's 1.71.

The encouraging show represented different gathering artifact successful Alvaro Arbeloa's tenure arsenic his broadside made it 3 consecutive Premier League games without a win. 

Speaking aft the game, the Fulham brag declared that his players person proven they are susceptible of competing with immoderate squad enactment successful beforehand of them.

"I americium truthful blessed with our show successful the 2nd half," Arbeloa said. "This is what I privation to spot from my team, that character, that ambition.

"We needed to beryllium assertive against a squad similar Villa. It was a Champions League squad successful beforehand of us.

"Technically, I thought we were precise bully but this is the Premier League, and you person to beryllium aggressive, and physically, you person to beryllium astatine your champion level.

"I deliberation possibly we deserved a small spot more, but the show was truly great. I deliberation we are a precise hard squad to beat, and I deliberation we tin bushed anyone."

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What adjacent for Fulham?

Having picked up 7 points from their past 3 games, Fulham beryllium extracurricular the Premier League driblet zone successful 15th, but they cannot remainder connected their laurels, with lone 2 points separating them from the bottommost three.

Arbeloa's complaint volition crook their absorption to a location clash against Newcastle United connected Saturday, November 7.

That volition beryllium their last outing earlier the planetary window, and it volition beryllium cardinal to prime up a affirmative effect earlier they instrumentality to enactment with a tricky tally of fixtures aft the two-week break.

Fulham instrumentality connected Manchester City connected November 21, earlier going up against 2 teams presently successful signifier successful the signifier of Bournemouth and Tottenham Hotspur.