Fulham 2 Arsenal 1:BOBBY ZAMORA does not score enough goals for a centre forward at club level, let alone one with pretensions of the Euro 2012 finals with England. It is a source of deep frustration for Martin Jol, the Fulham manager. But all was forgotten in the delirious blur of Zamora's 92nd-minute winner, which sank Arsenal and gave Jol his first success over Arsene Wenger, his old adversary.

At full-time, Jol beamed his big smile and hugged Zamora. It had been an almost outrageous finale. Wenger fumed at the referee, Lee Probert, and his decision to dismiss Johan Djourou for a second bookable offence with 12 minutes to go as Fulham, who had dominated the second half, ratcheted up the pressure still further.

The equaliser came from a one-two punch from two of Arsenal’s less heralded old boys, Philippe Senderos heading a corner back for Steve Sidwell to nod home but Zamora’s goal stole the show, and sent Wenger stalking off for the dressing-room at full-time, nursing dark feelings of regret and recrimination.

Steven Kelly’s cross was contested by Sidwell but headed square by the Arsenal substitute, Sebastien Squillaci, and there was Zamora, watching the volley down onto his left boot and spearing it into the near corner.

The one certainty about Fulham under Jol has been that there is no certainty. His team can look a match for the very best – their results against Manchester City and Liverpool at home; Arsenal and Chelsea away – yet they have also plumbed the depths. This was their first home fixture since the 5-0 defeat to Manchester United. They mixed the encouraging with the erratic in the early running here.

Their wide men had been sent out to target Arsenal’s makeshift full backs – Francis Coquelin, the midfielder, doubles as the club’s fourth-choice left back these days – and there was an intensity about Fulham’s pressing.

Yet one shocking aberration served to condemn them to chase the game. After Mikel Arteta’s shot had been blocked, Gervinho fed Aaron Ramsey and when his cross flicked off Stephen Kelly, Fulham’s defenders were not so much wrong-footed as frozen.

Laurent Koscielny, of all people, wandered in, set his feet and planted a header past the exposed David Stockdale. It was the Frenchman’s first goal of the season.

Fulham might have led through Brede Hangeland only for him to head over when unmarked while, moments earlier, Arsenal felt they should have had a penalty after Senderos’s nibble at Gervinho. The Ivorian made the most of it, which possibly counted against him. The same might have been true of Fulham’s penalty shout in the 34th minute, when Bryan Ruiz went down under Alex Song’s challenge.

Arsenal would have been further in front were it not for a triple stop by Stockdale. The visitor’s approach work was slick and Ramsey’s shot from Theo Walcott’s cross was low and true yet Stockdale saved. In the ensuing melee, Sidwell’s tackle sent the ball spinning goalwards and Stockdale somehow palmed it on to his post. Gervinho drew the third save from a tight angle.

Fulham did not let their heads drop. Moussa Dembele probed with menace while Ruiz’s twinkle toes were also a feature.

The pace was unrelenting and even Wenger caught the mood. Having been slightly late to leave the dressing-room at the interval, he was forced to sprint across the Craven Cottage pitch to reach the dugout before the restart. It was an uplifting sight.

Fulham called the tune in the second half. Arsenal were stretched and Djourou’s tackle on Dembele, which saw him booked, symbolised their requirement to tough it out.

The attempts on goal from Fulham came, initially from distance, and then from more threatening areas.

The sending-off had Wenger flapping in a rage. Dempsey sprang Zamora through on 78 minutes and Djourou leaned in on him on the edge of the area. Down went Zamora and Probert did not hesitate to reach for yellow again.

Djourou’s suspension will further stretch Arsenal’s options at full back. There was even a sighting of Squillaci here. Arsenal looked to cling on. In dramatic fashion, they not only dropped two points but all three.