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  1. Arsenal held by Fenerbahce

    Arsenal held by Fenerbahce

    Arsenal's miserable week continued as they were held to a goalless draw by Fenerbahce at the Emirates Stadium. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Arsenal
    • Fenerbahce
    • 90+4' Full-time and it's a disappointing goalless draw at the Emirates.
    • 90+3' Toure bursts into the area but he fails to deliver the final ball.
    • 90' Four minutes added time to be played.
    • 89' Gokhan is back on and his long ball forces Fabianski off his line to boot clear.
    • 87' The teams exchange words after Arsenal refuse to kick the ball out of play after an injury to Gokhan.
    • 85' With scores level in Ukraine, Arsenal would remain four points clear of third placed Porto with two games to go.
    • 83' Silvestre leaves the field with blood pouring from his nose and Alex Song is on.
    • 82' A flailing arm from Semih catches Silvestre in the face and the Arsenal defender is forced off. The visiting captain is a lucky boy.
    • 81' Toure's strike is a clean one from distance but well off target.
    • 79' Fener force just their second corner but Fener captain Semih Senturk is penalised for a push.
    • 78' Great skill from Van Persie to carve out a shooting chance but again it's blocked.
    • 77' Nasri's shot is blocked.
    • 76' Van Persie booked for a tackle from behind on Lugano.
    • 75' A lightning counter and it's 4 v 4 but Vela fails to pick out the right pass.
    • 74' The corner drops to Denilson but his volley from 25 yards out is not even close.
    • 73' Van Persie's free-kick into the mixer is flicked over the top by Selcuk.
    • 72' Vederson booked for a clumsy challenge on Toure.
    • 71' Easy catch for Volkan however.
    • 70' Fabregas gets to the by-line and forces a corner.
    • 69' And Roberto Carlos limps off to be replaced by Gokcek Vederson.
    • 68' Second change for Fener with the Spaniard Josico replacing Claudio Maldonado.
    • 67' Nasri's shot from 20 yards is high, wide and not very handsome.
    • 66' Van Persie gets a boot in the face from Lugano and needs treatment.
    • 65' Van Persie's reverse pass finds Vela but he is crowded out on the edge of the penalty area.
    • 64' Twinkle toes Diaby creates space for himself in the penalty area but his centre is cut out.
    • 63' A rare attacking chance for the visitors but Roberto Carlos' free-kick sails over all in the area.
    • 62' Clichy picks out Van Persie but he heads over the top, unmarked, from eight yards out.
    • 61' A poor headed clearance but the cross from the right is confidently held by Volkan.
    • 60' Double change for Arsenal. Abou Diaby and Carlos Vela on for Ramsey and Bendtner.
    • 59' Kazim is the man to make way.
    • 58' Toure's long ball is superbly plucked out of the air by Van Persie and Bendtner has all the time in the world to pick out his man but only manages to blast the ball straight at Gokhan.
    • 57' Luis Aragones preparing to make his first change with Bilgin about to come on.
    • 55' Toure's cross is nodded away by Gokhan only as far as Clichy whose ball back into the centre is hacked away.
    • 53' Roberto Carlos' deep free-kick forces Fabianski to step back onto his line but he catches cleanly.
    • 52' Bendtner's cross reaches Van Persie at the back post and he heads into the net - but he clearly pushes Roberto Carlos and a free-kick is awarded.
    • 50' A counter from Fener and Fabianski opts to stay on his line. Thankfully for him Ugur Boral decides to shoot speculatively from outside of the area and the Pole tips the ball around the post.
    • 49' Toure's free-kick is tipped over by Volkan.
    • 48' A clumsy challenge from Lugano who is nowhere near the ball as he brings down Van Persie who is racing through on goal and a yellow card is shown.
    • 47' An early 25-yard effort from Bendtner sails wide.
    • 46' The second-half gets underway with no changes to either side.
    • 45+1' Half-time!! Arsenal have had all the chances but it's goalless.
    • 45' Bendtner's pass into the penalty area is intercepted.
    • 44' Ramsey goes down on the edge of the penalty area but no free-kick.
    • 42' Bendtner's chip is too deep but Clichy keeps the ball in play before teeing up Ramsey whose shot is deflected through to Volkan.
    • 40' Fabregas tries to pick out Ramsey but crossed wires and Carlos clears.
    • 38' A cross from the right is flicked into the path of Nasri whose curling shot from the corner of the area is pushed away by Volkan.
    • 36' Kazim, who has bought 80 tickets for this match, tries to thread a ball into the penalty area but Clichy intercepts.
    • 34' Gokhan unleashes a shot from all of 35 yards which forces Fabianski into a save.
    • 32' One for the cameras from Volkan as he claws away a deep free-kick in acrobatic fashion.
    • 31' Van Persie hits the crossbar from six yards. He collects a neat pass from Toure and cuts back inside Lugano before his shot is tipped onto the woodwork by Volkan.
    • 29' Kazim wins a free-kick from Van Persie as he switches flanks to the left but the Turks over play and fail to get the ball into the danger zone.
    • 28' Roberto Carlos' deep free-kick is held by Fabianski.
    • 27' Wild 30 yard shot from Denilson is miles off target.
    • 26' 3000 visiting fans and they are booing as Arsenal have lengthy possession.
    • 24' Roberto Carlos has an audacious attempt from long range and it's a comfortable save for Fabianski.
    • 23' Bendtner's pull back from the by-line is just behind Ramsey and out of his reach.
    • 22' Johan Djourou is booked for something of a two-footed lunge on Selcuk.
    • 21' Fener break quickly but Ugur Boral is hustled off the ball by Ramsey.
    • 20' Van Persie's free-kick is headed narrowly past his own post by Roberto Carlos.
    • 19' Selcuk Sahin booked for handball and he will miss the next match.
    • 18' Ramsey heads a cross back into the penalty area but the ball is nicked away from Van Persie.
    • 16' Nasri deliciously dinks the ball through to Fabregas whose effort is clawed away by Volkan..the ball drops to Van Persie seven yards out but his effort is deflected wide.
    • 14' Van Persie's cross clips the heels of a visiting defender inside the six-yard box and drops to Nasri but he is unable to take the ball first time and a great chance is lost.
    • 13' Fabregas finds Nasri but his cross is too high for Nicklas Bendtner.
    • 12' A hopeful ball from Kazim Kazim is headed clear by Mikael Silvestre.
    • 10' Fabregas picks out Ramsey who shifts the ball to his right foot and his low shot is well held by Volkan.
    • 8' Volkan needs treatment after the collision but is ok to continue.
    • 7' Roberto Carlos gifts the ball away and a superb pass from Fabregas picks out Van Persie but he pokes the ball narrowly past the post as Volkan Demirel races from his goal.
    • 6' The ball is headed dangerously around the Gunners penalty area before Gael Clichy finally puts his boot through it.
    • 5' Arsenal have had 87% of the possession in the opening five minutes.
    • 3' A surging run from Kolo Toure is halted on the edge of the penalty area.
    • 2' An early Robin van Persie free-kick is headed away by Lugano before Gokhan Gonul clears his lines.
    • 1' We are underway at the Emirates!
    • 19:35 Fenerbahce are without playmaker Alex, who has a thigh strain, but fellow Brazilian Roberto Carlos starts as do Spain striker Daniel Guiza and Londoner Colin Kazim Kazim.
    • 19:30 Manuel Almunia is not in the Arsenal 18 for tonight's game due to illness so Lukasz Fabianski is in goal. Aaron Ramsey, Nasri, Robin van Persie and Johan Djourou also come in after the defeat to Stoke.

  • Team Stats

    Arsenal Stats Fenerbahce
    67% Possession 32%
    16 Shots 7
    4 Shots on target 2
    0 Saves 2
    6 Corners 2
    16 Fouls 17
    0 Offsides 2
    2 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    24 Tackles 24
    552 Accurate passes 231
    119 Bad passes 17

  • 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
      21 Lukasz Fabianski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
      20 Johan Djourou 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 40 1 3
      22 Gaël Clichy 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 67 36 5
      5 Kolo Toure 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 66 1 3
      18 Mikael Silvestre 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 26 3 0
      4 Francesc Fabregas 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 84 20 1
      15 Denilson Pereira Neves 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 71 13 6
      16 Aaron Ramsey 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 51 6 1
      8 Samir Nasri 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 70 21 1
      26 Nicklas Bendtner 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 15 5 0
      11 Robin Van Persie 0 6 1 3 2 0 0 25 3 2
      12 Carlos Vela 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 2 0
      40 Kieran Gibbs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Bacary Sagna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Vito Mannone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Vasiriki Abou Diaby 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 16 7 2
      19 Jack Wilshere 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Alexandre Song 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
    • Fenerbahce
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Volkan Demirel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      4 Edu Dracena 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 0 3
      3 Roberto Carlos 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 23 2 1
      77 Gökhan Gönül 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 24 0 2
      2 Diego Lugano 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 15 0 4
      21 Selçuk Sahin 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 28 4 3
      33 Claudio Maldonado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 2 5
      25 Ugur Boral 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 18 4 0
      23 Semih Sentürk 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 29 3 1
      14 Daniel Güiza 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 10 0 0
      8 Colin Kazim-Richards 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 19 0 2
      16 José Joaquin Moreno Verdú 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 1
      99 Deivid de Souza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Burak Yilmaz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      88 Volkan Babacan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Wederson Luiz Da Silva Medeiros 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 1
      53 Yasin Cakmak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Ali Bilgin 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 1

  • Summary

    • 52' Bendtner's cross reaches Van Persie at the back post and he heads into the net - but he clearly pushes Roberto Carlos and a free-kick is awarded.
    • 38' A cross from the right is flicked into the path of Nasri whose curling shot from the corner of the area is pushed away by Volkan.
    • 31' Van Persie hits the crossbar from six yards. He collects a neat pass from Toure and cuts back inside Lugano before his shot is tipped onto the woodwork by Volkan.
    • 14' Van Persie's cross clips the heels of a visiting defender inside the six-yard box and drops to Nasri but he is unable to take the ball first time and a great chance is lost.
    • 7' Roberto Carlos gifts the ball away and a superb pass from Fabregas picks out Van Persie but he pokes the ball narrowly past the post as Volkan Demirel races from his goal.
    • 19:30 Manuel Almunia is not in the Arsenal 18 for tonight's game due to illness so Lukasz Fabianski is in goal. Aaron Ramsey, Nasri, Robin van Persie and Johan Djourou also come in after the defeat to Stoke.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Roberto Rosetti

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsene Wenger

    Captain: Kolo Toure

    Starting line-up

    • L. Fabianski
    • K. Toure
    • M. Silvestre Substitution Out (83′)
    • J. Djourou Yellow Card
    • G. Clichy
    • S. Nasri
    • .. Denilson
    • C. Fabregas
    • A. Ramsey Substitution Out (60′)
    • N. Bendtner Substitution Out (60′)
    • R. van Persie Yellow Card

    Subs

    • B. Sagna
    • A. Song Substitution In83′
    • A. Diaby Substitution In60′
    • C. Vela Substitution In60′
    • V. Mannone
    • G. Hoyte
    • J. Wilshere

    Injured

    • T. Rosicky
    • W. Gallas
    • E. Adebayor
    • E. Eboue
    • T. Walcott
    • D. Eduardo

    Suspended

    None

  • Fenerbahce

    Manager: Luis Aragonés

    Captain: Demirel Volkan

    Starting line-up

    • D. Volkan
    • G. Gokhan
    • .. Lugano Yellow Card
    • E. Edu
    • D. Roberto Carlos Substitution Out (69′)
    • C. Maldonado Substitution Out (68′)
    • S. Sahin Yellow Card
    • S. Senturk
    • K. Kazim Substitution Out (59′)
    • U. Boral
    • D. Guiza

    Subs

    • 6. J. Moreno "Josico" Substitution In68′
    • D. Deivid
    • A. Bilgin Substitution In59′
    • B. Volkan
    • C. Yasin
    • G. Vederson Substitution In69′ Yellow Card
    • B. Yilmaz

    Injured

    • D. Alex

    Suspended

    None

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