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  1. Bendtner fires Arsenal to win

    Bendtner fires Arsenal to win

    Arsenal reached the last 16 of the Champions League as sub Nicklas Bendtner scored the only goal of the game against Dynamo Kiev. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Arsenal
    • Dynamo Kiev
    • 90+2' Arsenal reach the knockout phase for the sixth consecutive time! Full-time at the Emirates.
    • 90' Song meets Denilson's cross but his effort is wide.
    • 89' Aliyev has completely lost his rag and is shown a red card for pushing the ref.
    • 87' Kiev were furious as they thought the ball was still moving when Fabregas took the free-kick and Aliyev is booked.
    • 86' Bendtner is booked for removing his shirt in celebration after his first goal since September 23.
    • 85' GOAL!! Kiev are caught napping as Fabregas takes a quick free-kick. His raking long ball is picked up Bendtner who fires past Bogush at the near post.
    • 83' Johan Djourou goes down heavily on his shoulder.
    • 81' Arsenal will reach the last 16 of the Champions League if things stay the same as Porto are leading 2-1 in Istanbul.
    • 79' Wilshere finds van Persie with an exquisite pass and his square ball across the six-yard box is enticing but Bendtner is unable to apply the finishing touch.
    • 78' VITAL SAVE FROM ALMUNIA!! The Spaniard custodian is quick off his line to deny Milevskiy from close range after Arsenal's high line is again exposed.
    • 77' Jack Wilshere becomes Arsenal's youngest ever player in Europe as the 16-year-old replaces Vela.
    • 75' Roman Eremenko sees his cross from the left cut out.
    • 73' Again the flag goes up and this time Gallas was definitely playing Aliyev onside. A lucky break.
    • 71' Arsenal playing a high line and Bangoura is ruled offside although it was very close.
    • 69' Aliyev goes down looking for treatment but as soon as the ball reaches him he is up in a flash!
    • 67' Ramsey is replaced by Nicklas Bendtner.
    • 65' Aliyev's corner is headed away by van Persie.
    • 64' Song's clearing header bounces off Silvestre and goes behind for a Kiev corner.
    • 62' Pape Diakhate heads the near post corner away.
    • 61' A surging run from Vela and he wins another Arsenal corner.
    • 59' Van Persie's square pass in the penalty area is stabbed clear by Asatiani.
    • 58' Bogush punches the resulting corner clear.
    • 57' Vela goes for a near invisible gap at the near post and it forces a plunging stop from Bogush.
    • 56' Kiev pressing for the goal they need to stay in the competition and Almunia claims Aliyev's 25-yard shot at the second attempt.
    • 55' Bangoura cuts inside and tries his luck from 20 yards and his shot is not too far past the far post.
    • 53' Tiberiu Ghioane runs at the Arsenal defence but his final shot is very wayward.
    • 51' A scrappy opening to the second-half.
    • 49' Aliyev was booked following that goalmouth scramble.
    • 48' Bogush makes a hash of the free-kick. Van Persie's initial effort is blocked by Milevskiy and then the rebound is cleared from in front of the goal by Gallas!! The former skipper just couldn't get out of the way of the goalbound shot in time.
    • 47' Denilson wins a free-kick on the left flank.
    • 46' The second-half is underway with no changes to either side.
    • 45+1' Half-time at the Emirates and all square.
    • 45+1 Bogush flaps at the corner and Alexandre Song heads the ball through to Gallas who turns the ball home. BUT Kiev were quick to clear their six-yard box and the offside flag correctly goes up.
    • 45' Bogush flicks the corner behind for another.
    • 44' Great trickery from van Persie on the right hand side of the area but Asatiani turns the cross behind for a corner.
    • 42' Kiev win their first corner but the ball runs out of play after a sharp turn by Bangoura.
    • 41' Another dangerously whipped free-kick from van Persie is diverted over the top by Silvestre from close range.
    • 40' Asatiani booked for a cynical foul on Vela.
    • 39' Awful mistake from Gallas as a heavy touch gifts Bangoura possession. The Frenchman is happy to see that the Guinean striker's effort comes off the outside of the post.
    • 38' Fabregas does well to keep the ball alive on the by-line but his chip is too close to the keeper.
    • 37' Clichy's cross is just too high for Vela and Bogush punches away.
    • 35' Vela's cross reaches van Persie in the penalty area, he cuts inside and his shot bounces off the chest of keeper Bogush.
    • 34' Arsenal win a second corner but Asatiani heads clear.
    • 33' Indeed van Persie was booked for that tackle.
    • 32' El Kaddouri does well to create enough space to get his cross in but is delivery is overhit.
    • 30' van Persie has to receive treatment after a heavy tackle for which he is penalised.
    • 28' Kiev make a complete mess of a cross from the right by Vela but Ramsey's shot is off target at the far post.
    • 26' Great build-up play from Kiev but Aliyev's final effort only trickles through to Almunia.
    • 24' Great link up play between Fabregas and Van Persie but Arsenal can't create a shooting opportunity.
    • 22' Porto have scored in Kiev and if both results stay the same in Group G then Arsenal and the Portuguese side will qualify tonight.
    • 20' Ramsey looks to head home Clichy's deep cross at the back post but Badr El Kaddouri does enough to put off the young Welshman.
    • 18' Stanislav Bogush punches clear Van Persie's dangerously whipped free-kick.
    • 17' Artem Milevskiy is booked after some nonsense in the penalty area before the free-kick.
    • 16' Rapid counter from the Gunners and Robin van Persie wins a free-kick.
    • 14' Mikael Silvestre pokes the ball behind but referee Alain Hamer from Luxembourg fails to award Kiev the corner.
    • 12' Gallas is shaken but back with us.
    • 10' Arsenal have nine first-teamers out and Gallas goes down injured after a clash with Vela.
    • 9' Gael Clichy's cross is intercepted.
    • 8' Vela picks out Ramsey with a clever pass but his near post flick is put behind for a corner.
    • 7' Ramsey is playing on the right flank and his cross is cut out by Malkhaz Asatiani.
    • 6' Manuel Almunia claims a cross from the right.
    • 5' Olexandr Aliyev's speculative free-kick is blocked.
    • 4' Vela tries to pick up a cross from the left but is caught offside.
    • 2' Ismael Bangoura picks up a loose ball and drives at the home defence but is eventually crowded out.
    • 1' We are underway at the Emirates Stadium.
    • 19:30 William Gallas returns to the side for the Champions League clash against Dynamo Kiev. Cesc Fabregas will skipper the side and features in a midfield also including Aaron Ramsey while Carlos Vela is given the nod ahead of Nicklas Bendtner in attack.

  • Team Stats

    Arsenal Stats Dynamo Kiev
    67% Possession 32%
    13 Shots 8
    5 Shots on target 3
    2 Saves 4
    7 Corners 2
    15 Fouls 15
    7 Offsides 6
    2 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 1
    24 Tackles 15
    460 Accurate passes 193
    87 Bad passes 47

  • 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
    • Arsenal
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Manuel Almunia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
      10 William Gallas 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 50 0 2
      17 Alexandre Song 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 39 8 6
      22 Gaël Clichy 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 55 30 6
      20 Johan Djourou 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 52 0 2
      18 Mikael Silvestre 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 53 3 1
      4 Francesc Fabregas 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 82 20 2
      15 Denilson Pereira Neves 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 42 9 5
      16 Aaron Ramsey 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 33 2 0
      11 Robin Van Persie 0 5 3 2 1 2 0 21 6 0
      12 Carlos Vela 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 11 5 0
      26 Nicklas Bendtner 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0
      50 Jay Simpson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Lukasz Fabianski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      43 Fran Merida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Jack Wilshere 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 0
      41 Gavin Hoyte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      40 Kieran Gibbs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Dynamo Kiev
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      31 Stanislav Bogush 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0
      15 Pape Malikou Diakhate 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 2 1
      30 Badr El Kaddouri 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 8 2
      3 Betao Ebert Willian Amancio 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 16 2 4
      5 Ognjen Vukojevic 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 18 1 1
      4 Tiberiu Ghioane 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 15 0 3
      11 Roman Eremenko 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 26 13 0
      32 Malkhaz Asatiani 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 3 1
      10 Ismael Bangoura 0 3 0 2 0 3 0 12 0 0
      25 Artem Milevskiy 0 1 1 1 9 1 0 25 5 1
      8 Oleksandr Aliev 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 37 10 2
      2 Oleh Dopilka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      70 Andriy Yarmolenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Oleksandr Shovkovskiy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Maksim Shatskikh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Florin Cernat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Carlos Correa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Goran Sabljic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 89' Aliyev has completely lost his rag and is shown a red card for pushing the ref.
    • 85' GOAL!! Kiev are caught napping as Fabregas takes a quick free-kick. His raking long ball is picked up Bendtner who fires past Bogush at the near post.
    • 79' Wilshere finds van Persie with an exquisite pass and his square ball across the six-yard box is enticing but Bendtner is unable to apply the finishing touch.
    • 78' VITAL SAVE FROM ALMUNIA!! The Spaniard custodian is quick off his line to deny Milevskiy from close range after Arsenal's high line is again exposed.
    • 56' Kiev pressing for the goal they need to stay in the competition and Almunia claims Aliyev's 25-yard shot at the second attempt.
    • 55' Bangoura cuts inside and tries his luck from 20 yards and his shot is not too far past the far post.
    • 48' Bogush makes a hash of the free-kick. Van Persie's initial effort is blocked by Milevskiy and then the rebound is cleared from in front of the goal by Gallas!! The former skipper just couldn't get out of the way of the goalbound shot in time.
    • 41' Another dangerously whipped free-kick from van Persie is diverted over the top by Silvestre from close range.
    • 39' Awful mistake from Gallas as a heavy touch gifts Bangoura possession. The Frenchman is happy to see that the Guinean striker's effort comes off the outside of the post.
    • 35' Vela's cross reaches van Persie in the penalty area, he cuts inside and his shot bounces off the chest of keeper Bogush.
    • 8' Vela picks out Ramsey with a clever pass but his near post flick is put behind for a corner.
    • 19:30 William Gallas returns to the side for the Champions League clash against Dynamo Kiev. Cesc Fabregas will skipper the side and features in a midfield also including Aaron Ramsey while Carlos Vela is given the nod ahead of Nicklas Bendtner in attack.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Alain Hamer

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsene Wenger

    Captain: Cesc Fabregas

    Starting line-up

    • M. Almunia
    • J. Djourou
    • M. Silvestre
    • W. Gallas
    • G. Clichy
    • .. Denilson
    • C. Fabregas
    • A. Song
    • A. Ramsey Substitution Out (67′)
    • C. Vela Substitution Out (77′)
    • R. van Persie Yellow Card

    Subs

    • 26. N. Bendtner Substitution In67′ Goal Yellow Card
    • 21. L. Fabianski
    • 40. K. Gibbs
    • 43. F. Merida
    • G. Hoyte
    • 50. J. Simpson
    • 19. J. Wilshere Substitution In77′

    Injured

    • S. Nasri
    • T. Walcott
    • D. Eduardo

    Suspended

    None

  • Dynamo Kiev

    Manager: Yurij Semin

    Captain: Andriy Nesmachniy

    Starting line-up

    • S. Bogush
    • E. Betao
    • P. Diakhaté
    • T. Mikhalik
    • A. Nesmachniy
    • R. Eremenko
    • T. Ghioane
    • O. Vukojevic
    • O. Aliyev Red Card
    • I. Bangoura
    • M. Ninkovic

    Subs

    • 16. M. Shatskikh
    • 1. O. Shovkovskyi
    • 19. F. Cernat
    • 6. G. Sabljic
    • 7. C. Correa
    • 2. O. Dopilka
    • 70. A. Yarmolenko

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    • B. El Kaddouri

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