Arsenal will not go into 2024 top of the Premier League table, following their 2-1 defeat at Fulham on Sunday.
The Gunners had a chance to go above Liverpool, Manchester City and Aston Villa when they visited Craven Cottage.
And they went ahead within five minutes through Bukayo Saka.
Bernd Leno could only parry Gabriel Martinelli’s shot into Saka’s path.
However, the visitors took the game to Arsenal and responded, ending a run of three Premier League games without a goal as Raul Jimenez converted Tom Cairney’s cross to bring the hosts level.
It was another extremely difficult afternoon for Arsenal, who failed to muster a shot on target in the second half, and they could not halt Fulham’s momentum as Bobby De Cordova-Reid fired home the winner in the 59th minute to make it a happy end of year for Marco Silva’s side.
The win sees Fulham, who end a run of three straight defeats without scoring a goal, move up to 13th in the table.