ARSENAL bounced back from its mauling by Liverpool by easing past Fulham 4-1 in the Premier League to move to within two points of the Champions League qualification positions Tuesday.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang wrapped up a routine victory in the 84th minute with his 14th goal of the campaign, leaving him the league’s top scorer and giving him as many in 21 games as Alexandre Lacazette managed in leading Arsenal last season.

Lacazette was also on target at Emirates Stadium, scoring between strikes by Granit Xhaka and substitute Aaron Ramsey. There was a negative reaction from some Arsenal fans when manager Unai Emery chose to take off Lacazette for Ramsey in the 75th minute.

“I understand the supporters,” Emery said, “... but I need to do my work, Lacazette his work.”

Ramsey’s long-term future appears to be away from the Emirates after Arsenal retracted a contract offer that was on the table for the Wales international. With six months left on his current deal, he can speak to foreign clubs. Emery, though, expects the 28-year-old midfielder to remain at Arsenal rather than move away for a fee during the January window.

Asked if Ramsey would stay until the offseason, Emery said: “At the moment he is working with us and I think, yes.”

Fulham was well-beaten and stayed in next-to-last place but briefly just 2-1 down when substitute Aboubakar Kamara tapped in from close range in the 69th. Kamara was dropped to the bench against Arsenal after disobeying manager Claudio Ranieri’s orders by taking a penalty — which he subsequently missed — in a 1-0 win over Huddersfield on Saturday.

Arsenal was thrashed 5-1 by Liverpool on the same day in its heaviest loss since Unai Emery joined in the offseason.

Meanwhile, Harry Kane’s third-minute goal set Tottenham on its way to a 3-0 win at Cardiff on Tuesday, ensuring the prolific England striker has scored against all 28 teams he has faced in the Premier League.

Christian Eriksen and Son Heung-min also netted first-half goals as Tottenham moved back into second place, a point above Manchester City and six behind Liverpool.

Kane had failed to breach Cardiff’s defense in his three previous matches against the Welsh club and only did so this time because of a touch of fortune. Cardiff defender Sean Morrison tried to clear the ball out of his area but it struck the midriff of Kane and ended up dribbling over the goal line.

Eriksen received a pass from Son, took a touch, and sent a precise shot from the edge of the area just inside the post to make it 2-0 in the 12th minute.

Kane then played in Son, who found the corner with an angled shot in the 26th minute for his eighth goal in his past eight starts. Son has only one Premier League game left — against Manchester United on Jan. 13 — before he leaves to play for South Korea in the Asian Cup.

“That is football, we knew it would happen,” Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino said.  (SD-Agencies)