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Tuesday November 27, 2007 Finished Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán

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Sevilla

Keita 22’
Fabiano 33’
Kanouté 88’ (pen.)

Arsenal

Eduardo 10’

Group H: Gunners misfire

Arsene Wenger was sent to the stands as an under-strength Arsenal side slipped to their first defeat of the season against Sevilla. More

Live Commentary
Time:90'
- Sevilla
- Arsenal
- 90+5' And that's it! 3-1 the final score. Arsenal's unbeaten run is over, and Sevilla are worthy winners.
- 90+4' Navas sets up Kanoute, but his shot flies over.
- 90+1' Keita is booked and will miss Sevilla's next game.
- 90' Sevilla shore things up. Adriano is replaced by Jose Luis Marti.
- 89' Kanoute steps up... AND SCORES! Very cool, slotting it into the bottom right corner. 3-1!
- 88' Penalty to Sevilla! Navas fires a cross in from the right, and as Kanoute closes in he's bundled over by a combination of Toure and Sagna!
- 86' Arsenal play a corner into the box and it's put behind for a corner, but the ref awards a goal kick! Will Arsene not like that...
- 85' Kanoute is through on goal... but he's offside. That could have been curtains for Arsenal.
- 81' Arsene Wenger has been sent to the stands! He spoke to the referee during the last break in play, and is now lurking conspicuously behind the dug-outs. The fourth official wants him to move further away, but he's not having any of it!
- 80' Arsenal substitution. Theo Walcott comes on for Eboue.
- 79' Ouch! Daniel Alves hurdles a challenge by Denilson and lands heavily. It's hard to see exactly what damage he's done, but it looks like it hurts. And now he's back on his feet.
- 75' Substitution for Sevilla. Russian international Aleksandr Kerzhakov replaces Luis Fabiano.
- 71' There's a definite edge in the air now. Let's hope the minor squabbles that have punctuated the game thus far don't spill over into anything more unsightly.
- 67' Arsenal make their second change. The dreadlocked Bacary Sagna comes on for the rather more conventionally coiffured Justin Hoyte.
- 66' There's real confusion here! Senderos blocks a Daniel Alves cross with his chest just inside the Arsenal box, and the ref appears to point to the spot! But after a lengthy consultation with his linesman - and furious protests from both sides - he changes his mind and resumes play with a drop-ball!
- 63' Sevilla make a change. Crespo's mask is off, as he trots off to be replaced by the Colombian defender Aquivaldo Mosquera.
- 60' Another sight of goal for Sevilla! Navas cuts in from the right and fires in a left-footed shot, but it's deflected wide! The home side are getting a lot of joy down the right-hand side.
- 59' Chance for Sevilla! Alves puts in a cross from the right, but Luis Fabiano has to stretch for the volley and puts it wide!
- 58' Lovely stuff from Bendtner! He brings the ball down expertly on the edge of the area, but can't find Eduardo with his through-ball.
- 56' This doesn't look good for Arsenal. Cesc Fabregas, who's had a quiet night, makes way for Tomas Rosicky.
- 54' Lovely stuff from Eduardo! He tricks his way past Daniel Alves on the left touchline, but his path to goal is blocked and Sevilla clear the danger.
- 53' Arsenal press forward down the left, but Traore's cross is cleared.
- 50' Denilson is shown the yellow card after lunging into a challenge on the edge of the Sevilla penalty area. Sevilla 'keeper Palop complains a little too much about the challenge, and he goes into the book too.
- 49' Eboue goes down in the box under a challenge by Christian Poulsen, but the ref waves play on!
- 47' Glimpse of goal for Sevilla! And there are acres of space for them to exploit! Daniel Alves slips a ball down the line to Luis Fabiano, but his first touch is heavy and the best he can muster is a weak toe-poke that goes wide.
- 46' We're underway in the second period, and Arsenal are immediately in the hunt for an equaliser!
- 45+1' Keita meets a deep cross with a left-footed volley at the back post, but Almunia makes an easy save. And that's the end of the first half! Arsenal were looking pretty comfortable at 1-0, but they've been very much second-best since the equaliser.
- 44' Oh dear. We have some handbags. Hoyte reacts to a rash challenge from Adriano by stamping on the Brazilian's leg! Angry words are exchanged but it soon blows over. Hoyte is lucky the ref didn't see that.
- 42' That should have been 3-1! Luis Fabiano fires in a strong shot from a tight angle which Almunia can only parry, but with the goal at his mercy Kanoute sends the ball wide from the edge of the box!
- 40' Sevilla turning on the style now. Kanoute's back-heel finds Navas, but his shot is blocked.
- 38' Eduardo gets his head to the corner, but can't generate any power and the ball bounces wide of Palop's left-hand post.
- 37' Great stuff from Arsenal! Eboue crosses low into the box, Bendtner takes the ball past a couple of defenders and the 'keeper before rolling it back to Eduardo, and his effort is deflected wide for a corner!
- 34' GOAL! 2-1 Sevilla! Daniel Alves whips in the free-kick, and Luis Fabiano rises above the Arsenal defence to thump a header home past Almunia!
- 33' Free-kick to Sevilla wide on the right. Navas bamboozles Traore with a cheeky nutmeg, but then goes down a bit flamboyantly.
- 30' Chance for Sevilla! Gilberto Silva's terrible square pass is intercepted by Luis Fabiano, but Toure races back to make a superb tackle as the Brazilian is about to pull the trigger!
- 26' There's an injury concern for Arsenal here. Traore goes down and appears to be in some pain, but he's back on his feet soon enough.
- 24' GOAL! 1-1! Navas races down the right and crosses low into the box, Gilberto Silva diverts the ball to the edge of the box and Seydou Keita fires a delightful first-time shot into the roof of the net with the outside of his left foot!
- 21' Eboue's on the floor again, but this time it's rather more justified. Crespo throws himself into a challenge, and the Ivorian nutmegs him before dramatically plunging to the turf. The masked defender is carded.
- 20' Emmanuel Eboue is not happy. He tangles with Ivica Dragutinovic and goes down clutching his face. There didn't seem to be much in it though.
- 18' Lovely play from Jesus Navas! He jinks his way down the right and dinks a cross into the box, but Toure cuts it out and Almunia pounces on the ball.
- 17' Luis Fabiano stumbles into the box and goes down, but referee Eric Braamhaar is having none of it.
- 15' Daniel Alves finds a good position on the right, but his cross is disappointing.
- 11' GOAL! 1-0 Arsenal! And it's Eduardo. Bendtner crosses from the right, and the Croatian takes the ball on his chest before shrugging off Daniel Alves and poking the ball home!
- 10' Arsenal are starting to enjoy a lot of possession here. Sevilla will be desperate to stop them getting into their rhythm.
- 7' Emmanuel Eboue curls in a lovely cross from the right, but none of his team-mates can get on the end of it.
- 5' Sight of goal for Sevilla! Kanoute swivels on the edge of the box and fires in a shot, but it goes well over.
- 4' Armand Traore clatters into Jesus Navas on the far side of the pitch! Free-kick given.
- 3' Sevilla left-back Jose Angel Crespo is currently recovering from a fractured cheek-bone and he's wearing a pretty scary-looking face mask.
- 2' Daniel Alves puts in a cross from the right, but it's a comfortable catch for Manuel Almunia.
- 1' And we're off! Arsenal are wearing their special redcurrant-and-black Champions League away kit. Sevilla wear white shirts with a burgundy cross, white shorts and black socks.
- - Sevilla welcome back strikers Frederic Kanoute and Luis Fabiano from injury. Arsene Wenger has rested captain William Gallas and Emmanuel Adebayor, and given youngsters Justin Hoyte, Armand Traore, Denilson and Nicklas Bendtner a chance to shine.
- - Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Holland)
- - Arsenal: Almunia; Justin Hoyte, Toure, Senderos, Traore; Eboue, Fabregas, Gilberto Silva, Denilson; Eduardo, Bendtner
- - Sevilla: Palop; Daniel Alves, Fazio, Dragutinovic, Crespo; Jesus Navas, Poulsen, Keita, Adriano; Luis Fabiano, Kanoute
- - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of this Champions League game from the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in Seville. Kick-off is at 19h45, so join us then.

Team Stats

Sevilla	Stats	Arsenal
42%	Possession	57%
23	Shots	6
5	Shots on target	2
0	Saves	0
5	Corners	5
15	Fouls	17
2	Offsides	0
4	Yellow cards	2
0	Red cards	0
28	Tackles	14
241	Accurate passes	341
30	Bad passes	44

Player Stats

G =: Goals
S =: Shots
SoT =: Shot on Target

F =: Fouls
FW =: Fouls Won
O =: Offsides

A =: Assists
AP =: Accurate Passes
BP =: Bad Passes

T =: Tackles

Sevilla
Num	Name	G	S	SoT	F	FW	O	A	AP	BP	T
1	Andrés Palop	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
28	Federico Fazio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	1	2
26	José Ángel Rincón	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	16	6	2
4	Daniel Alves	0	2	0	2	3	0	1	40	0	7
3	Ivica Dragutinovic	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	30	3	7
8	Christian Poulsen	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	32	2	0
21	Seydou Keita	1	3	2	1	3	0	0	31	5	5
7	Jesús Navas	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	21	0	1
6	Adriano Correia	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	3	2
10	Luis Fabiano	1	6	2	2	1	0	0	12	0	0
12	Frederic Kanouté	1	6	1	1	2	1	0	20	7	1
13	Morgan De Sanctis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Arouna Koné	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Renato Dirnei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Tom De Mul	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Alexander Kerzhakov	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
18	José Luis Martií Soler	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
15	Aquivaldo Mosquera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1

Arsenal
Num	Name	G	S	SoT	F	FW	A	AP	BP	T
24	Manuel Almunia	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
5	Kolo Toure	0	2	0	1	0	0	33	0	2
30	Armand Traore	0	0	0	2	0	0	22	7	1
31	Justin Hoyte	0	0	0	0	2	0	31	0	0
6	Philippe Senderos	0	0	0	2	2	0	30	3	1
4	Francesc Fabregas	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	2	3
15	Denilson Pereira Neves	0	1	0	4	4	0	61	11	1
19	Gilberto Silva	0	0	0	1	1	0	46	4	5
27	Emmanuel Eboue	0	0	0	1	4	0	22	1	1
26	Nicklas Bendtner	0	0	0	3	1	1	22	6	0
9	Eduardo da Silva	1	3	2	2	2	0	14	9	0
7	Tomas Rosicky	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	1	0
32	Theo Walcott	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
3	Bacary Sagna	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
17	Alexandre Song	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Jens Lehmann	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Mathieu Flamini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Lassana Diarra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Summary
- 89' Kanoute steps up... AND SCORES! Very cool, slotting it into the bottom right corner. 3-1!
- 88' Penalty to Sevilla! Navas fires a cross in from the right, and as Kanoute closes in he's bundled over by a combination of Toure and Sagna!
- 81' Arsene Wenger has been sent to the stands! He spoke to the referee during the last break in play, and is now lurking conspicuously behind the dug-outs. The fourth official wants him to move further away, but he's not having any of it!
- 66' There's real confusion here! Senderos blocks a Daniel Alves cross with his chest just inside the Arsenal box, and the ref appears to point to the spot! But after a lengthy consultation with his linesman - and furious protests from both sides - he changes his mind and resumes play with a drop-ball!
- 60' Another sight of goal for Sevilla! Navas cuts in from the right and fires in a left-footed shot, but it's deflected wide! The home side are getting a lot of joy down the right-hand side.
- 59' Chance for Sevilla! Alves puts in a cross from the right, but Luis Fabiano has to stretch for the volley and puts it wide!
- 47' Glimpse of goal for Sevilla! And there are acres of space for them to exploit! Daniel Alves slips a ball down the line to Luis Fabiano, but his first touch is heavy and the best he can muster is a weak toe-poke that goes wide.
- 42' That should have been 3-1! Luis Fabiano fires in a strong shot from a tight angle which Almunia can only parry, but with the goal at his mercy Kanoute sends the ball wide from the edge of the box!
- 37' Great stuff from Arsenal! Eboue crosses low into the box, Bendtner takes the ball past a couple of defenders and the 'keeper before rolling it back to Eduardo, and his effort is deflected wide for a corner!
- 34' GOAL! 2-1 Sevilla! Daniel Alves whips in the free-kick, and Luis Fabiano rises above the Arsenal defence to thump a header home past Almunia!
- 30' Chance for Sevilla! Gilberto Silva's terrible square pass is intercepted by Luis Fabiano, but Toure races back to make a superb tackle as the Brazilian is about to pull the trigger!
- 24' GOAL! 1-1! Navas races down the right and crosses low into the box, Gilberto Silva diverts the ball to the edge of the box and Seydou Keita fires a delightful first-time shot into the roof of the net with the outside of his left foot!
- 11' GOAL! 1-0 Arsenal! And it's Eduardo. Bendtner crosses from the right, and the Croatian takes the ball on his chest before shrugging off Daniel Alves and poking the ball home!
- - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of this Champions League game from the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in Seville. Kick-off is at 19h45, so join us then.

Live Team Line-Up

Referee: Sig. Braamhaar
Sevilla

Manager: Manuel Jiménez

Captain: Andrés Palop

On the Field
- Palop
- Alves
- Fazio
- Dragutinovic
- Crespo
- Keita
- Poulsen
- Navas
- Correia
- Kanouté
- Fabiano
Subs
- De Sanctis
- Martí
- Kerzhakov
- de Mul
- Renato
- Koné
- Mosquera
Injured
- Escudé
- Navarro
- Barbosa "Duda"
- Bouhlarouz
Suspended

None
Arsenal

Manager: Arsene Wenger

Captain: Cesc Fabregas

On the Field
- Almunia
- Hoyte
- Toure
- Senderos
- Traore
- Eboue
- Gilberto Silva
- Fabregas
- Denilson
- Eduardo
- Bendtner
Subs
- Lehmann
- Rosicky
- Flamini
- Sagna
- Song
- Diarra
- Walcott
Injured
- Hleb
- van Persie
- Diaby
Suspended

None