Sunday January 29, 2012 Elimination round 4 Finished Emirates Stadium

Arsenal 3 - 2 Aston Villa

  • van Persie 54’ (pen.), 61’ (pen.)
  • Walcott 57’
  • Dunne 33’
  • Bent 45’

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    Time:90'
    • Arsenal
    • Aston Villa
    • 90+5' There's the final whistle! An amazing turnaround and Arsenal, aided by a Villa capitulation, are into the fifth round where they will face Middlesbrough or Sunderland.
    • 90+4' Barry Bannan launches a high, swirling cross into the box, but Fabianski makes an unchallenged catch.
    • 90+3' Chance for Henry as he dribbles into the box, but he tries to cut back inside his man and loses possession.
    • 90+2' Arsenal doing a great job of milking the clock, protecting the ball inside the Villa half.
    • 90+1' I can't see more than three minutes of injury time - of course, it's four!
    • 90+1' Villa hit a quick free-kick towards the Arsenal box, but it's completely wasted.
    • 90' Villa will be praying for stoppage time, but there hasn't been much. I can't see any more than three minutes.
    • 89' Arsenal change: Thierry Henry comes on for Theo Walcott. And Bacary Sagna is back from injury! He comes on for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
    • 88' Clark upends Ramsey and that's a free-kick to Arsenal.
    • 88' Arsenal work a corner short as they try to run down the clock.
    • 87' Thierry Henry is preparing to come on...
    • 86' Oxlade-Chamberlain takes a low shot, but Hutton blocks. Arsenal looking to kill this off.
    • 85' Villa free-kick 35 yards out... Bannan to launch it into the Arsenal box... but Fabianski makes a good catch!
    • 83' Offside flag up against Robbie Keane - in fact he was onside, but the linesman thought he was off.
    • 82' Villa substitution: Barry Bannan comes on for Stiliyan Petrov.
    • 81' Villa are looking increasingly threatening, and wouldn't it be typical Arsenal to do the hard work then concede a late goal?
    • 80' Chance for Robbie Keane as the corner is headed down, but Van Persie gets a vital touch as Keane wants to pull the trigger!
    • 79' Yellow card Laurent Koscielny for pulling back Bent.
    • 78' Chance for Villa as Gardner meets Ireland's corner but Fabianski is equal to it!
    • 77' Clark's cross is blocked behind by Coquelin and that's a corner...
    • 75' Villa look a little bereft of ideas and there isn't a great deal on the bench. Well, there's Heskey...
    • 73' Walcott pulls a low ball back from the right and Van Persie takes on the shot... curls it over the bar! He had Arteta behind him and could have left it.
    • 72' Arsenal change: Mikel Arteta comes on for Tomas Rosicky.
    • 71' Villa change: Gary Gardner on for Gabriel Agbonlahor.
    • 71' Petrov beats the offside trap but cannot decide whether to shoot or square it. Bent's run is not great, and in the end Petrov's cross is blocked. But that's a real chance for Villa.
    • 70' Villa are looking to pass the ball around and just get a foothold. We know they have it in them to score, so this may not be over yet...
    • 68' In a way, this illustrates the frustration with Arsenal - when on song, they are still as devastating as anyone in the country. When not? Look out...
    • 67' Given is called into action again to repel a powerful Van Persie shot. Villa getting overrun at the moment.
    • 66' Well, Villa appear to have stopped the rot (read: it's five minutes since they conceded). Can they mount anything like a comeback?
    • 64' Stephen Ireland sends a raking diagonal ball into the Arsenal box, but Mertesacker does just enough to leap and get a touch with his header.
    • 63' On the down side, he isn't really. He just says he is.
    • 63' On the plus side, David Cameron is a Villa fan.
    • 62' The TV camera shows a shell-shocked young Villa fan. Poor lad, he's every reason to be unhappy. It has been chaos since half-time from the away team.
    • 61' GOAL!! Van Persie fires his second penalty into the opposite corner, finding the right corner as Given dives the wrong way. And he celebrates with Thierry Henry...
    • 60' PENALTY ARSENAL!! Darren Bent is penalised for a foul on Koscielny! It's a clumsy tackle but he does appear to get a piece of the ball. Villa imploding here...
    • 60' Ah, it never gets old. The Villa fans behind the goal are refusing to give the ball back to Fabianski. The goalkeeper finally gets a replacement.
    • 58' Coquelin brings down Agbonlahor, who wins a free-kick near the left corner flag.
    • 57' What a turnaround! Villa have been abject since half-time, and Arsenal have just sliced through them.
    • 56' GOAL!! ARSENAL LEVEL!! It's calamitous for Villa, but Walcott claims it! The England winger cuts inside from the right, Hutton hits his clearance straight into Walcott and it loops into the net. An ugly goal, but one of the most important he might ever score!
    • 55' Dunne could easily have been booked for his foul on Ramsey, which would of course have been his second yellow card. A bit lucky the Irishman. It was a hopeless tackle.
    • 54' GOAL!! Van Persie sends Given the wrong way, plants the ball into the bottom-left corner and Arsenal have reduced the arrears.
    • 53' PENALTY! Dunne takes out Ramsey and that is a clear spot-kick - an early chance for Arsenal to get right back in this game!
    • 51' Nice one-touch play results in a chance for Ramsey, who tries a shot with the outside of his right foot and that will never beat Given. Cuellar appeared to take out Rosicky in the build-up.
    • 50' I was just about to complain about the Arsenal fans ambling back to their seats, and suggest it wasn't exactly conducive to mounting a stirring comeback. I guess that showed me.
    • 49' Off the line! Mertesacker's goalbound header from a corner is cleared by Ireland who is in perfect position!
    • 48' Rosicky stands up a good cross from the right, and it needs a Stephen Ireland header to put the ball behind.
    • 47' So, can Arsenal come back? They certainly had their moments in the first half. I'd absolutely back them to score. But given the way they've defended, I'd back Villa to score again, too.
    • 46' Second half under way, with no personnel changes from either side.
    • 45+2' Yet more iffy defending from Arsenal, and they trail by two goals at the break! Another real test of Arsene Wenger's management as the boos ring around the Emirates Stadium.
    • 45+1' GOAL!! DARREN BENT!! It's two!! Villa race clear on the break, Ireland feeds Bent - the first shot is well-saved by Fabianski but Bent slots the rebound brilliantly from a really tight angle!
    • 45' Oxlade-Chamberlain hits a low shot that brings another good save out of Given!
    • 45' Bobby Pires is in the crowd. There's a chance he is more fondly remembered by Arsenal fans than Villa ones.
    • 44' Ooh, that's a fearful challenge as Dunne completely pole-axes Rosicky! Yellow card to the big Irishman.
    • 42' Great run by Ramsey, who comes inside from the left... he tries a shot from too tight an angle and Given saves.
    • 41' Coquelin drills a low shot that deflects off a defender and Villa scramble it away. Still under the cosh, though.
    • 40' Arsenal mounting a good spell of pressure now inside the Villa half. Little penetration at the moment, though.
    • 39' Good defensive header by Cuellar as a high ball comes into the Villa box towards RVP.
    • 37' Keane almost gets lucky - a Koscielny clearance hits him and sails back towards goal, but Fabianski catches.
    • 36' Rosicky hits a low shot from distance... it bounces in front of Given who spills it, but the keeper dives on the rebound!
    • 35' Oxlade-Chamberlain races down the left and clips in a cross... Villa shuttle the ball clear as their fans bounce around in the away end.
    • 34' That's exactly the sort of goal you would expect Aston Villa against Arsenal. Koscielny was dominated in the air by Dunne.
    • 33' GOAL!! Richard Dunne with a header for Aston Villa! Petrov and Keane work a corner short, the Irishman stands up a cross and Dunne leaps highest to power his header past Fabianski!
    • 32' Keane tries to hook the ball into the centre but it hits Koscielny and goes behind for a corner.
    • 31' Man in the crowd, seemingly fast asleep... he does eventually stir, but he's hardly riveted.
    • 30' Walcott crosses from the right, but he has only one option in the middle (Van Persie) surrounded by four defenders.
    • 28' Van Persie's cross is blocked and Arsenal have a corner on their left...
    • 27' Keane tries to stand up a cross from Bent - it's the right idea, but the execution is all wrong and the ball sails over Bent's head.
    • 25' Villa come away on the break and Keane feeds Agbonlahor - he does well to get past Coquelin but overhits the cross from the left.
    • 24' Van Persie gets beyond Dunne, but Warnock is there to put the ball out for a corner.
    • 23' The replay shows Bent got there ahead of Fabianski and really should have scored.
    • 22' Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain cuts inside from the left and drills a low shot just wide from the edge of the box.
    • 21' Chance for Villa as Hutton crosses from the right, Bent and Fabianski arrive at the same time and neither can get a telling touch on the ball!
    • 20' Robin Van Persie strikes the free-kick into the wall, and the Dutchman follows up with a kung-fu kick that is deemed dangerous by referee Mike Jones.
    • 19' Warnock sticks out a leg and brings Ramsey down inside the D. Great chance for Arsenal from the free-kick.
    • 18' Walcott drills a low cross in from the right but Van Persie cannot help the ball goalwards.
    • 17' Some big names on the Arsenal bench - Benayoun, Arteta, Arshavin, Sagna and of course Thierry Henry, who scored the winner against Leeds in the last round.
    • 15' It's panning out pretty much as you'd expect - Arsenal bossing possession, Villa backn in numbers attempting to press and frustrate.
    • 14' Jack Wilshere is in the crowd, having this week suffered a setback in his return from a long-term ankle injury.
    • 13' Stat: Darren Bent has scored six goals in his last eight Premier League games against Arsenal.
    • 12' Arsenal win a corner that is whipped in from the lef from Rosicky... it goes all the way through to Shay Given.
    • 10' Villa are attempting to play to their attacking strength of pace - plenty of early, direct balls down the channels.
    • 8' Van Persie crosses, but it sails over everyone and bounces meekly out for a goal kick.
    • 7' Here come Arsenal on the break as Walcott feeds Van Persie... but the Dutchman trips over his feet and is lucky to get as much as a corner.
    • 6' Good, positive start from Arsenal who have something to prove after their match against Manchester United ended amid acrimony and crowd unrest.
    • 5' VERMAELEN!! An Arsenal free-kick is teed up for the Belgian, and Given does well to tip a scorching strike over!
    • 4' Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain again starts ahead of Andrei Arshavin today - not sure Arsene Wenger will be swapping those two again.
    • 3' Ramsey has a low shot from long range - easily held by Shay Given.
    • 2' Song tries to loft a ball over the top for Walcott, but it is cut out by Dunne.
    • 1' Game on at The Emirates! Arsenal playing from left to right as we see it. Villa in a white and light blue away strip.
    • 15:55 The last cup tie where Arsenal faced a team managed by Alex McLeish was the Carling Cup Final of 2011, where Birmingham won 2-1.
    • 15:50 Arsenal and Aston Villa have been drawn together nine times in the FA Cup with the Gunners progressing six times and the Villans on three occasions.
    • 15:46 Millwall/Southampton v Bolton Wanderers
    • 15:45 Sunderland/Middlesbrough v Arsenal/Aston Villa
    • 15:45 Norwich City v Leicester City
    • 15:44 Stevenage v Tottenham Hotspur
    • 15:44 Crawley Town v Stoke City
    • 15:44 Chelsea v Birmingham City
    • 15:43 Everton v Blackpool/Sheffield Wednesday
    • 15:43 Liverpool v Brighton and Hove Albion
    • 15:40 Right, well, we're at Wembley with Jim Rosenthal for the FA Cup fifth round draw... Gaizka Mendieta and Mark Noon, who featured in Middlesbrough's 1-1 draw with Nuneaton Town in 2006.
    • 15:35 Today's early game ended in a 1-1 draw between Sunderland and Middlesbrough at the Stadium of Light. Here's how it happened.
    • 15:30 The fifth round draw takes place at Wembley in 10 minutes time, and we will bring you news from there as it happens.
    • 15:25 Mike Jones is the ref; linesmen David Bryan and David Richardson; fourth official Neil Swarbrick.
    • 15:20 TEAMS: ARSENAL: Fabianski, Coquelin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Song, Rosicky, Ramsey, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Van Persie, Walcott... Subs: Szczesny, Sagna, Arteta, Benayoun, Arshavin, Park, Henry. /// ASTON VILLA: Given, Hutton, Cuellar, Dunne, Warnock, Ireland, Clark, Petrov, Agbonlahor, Keane, Bent... Subs: Guzan, Heskey, Bannan, Weimann, Lichaj, Baker, Gardner.
    • 15:15 Welcome to LIVE coverage of the FA Cup fourth round match between Arsenal and Aston Villa from the Emirates Stadium!

  • Summary

    • 80' Chance for Robbie Keane as the corner is headed down, but Van Persie gets a vital touch as Keane wants to pull the trigger!
    • 78' Chance for Villa as Gardner meets Ireland's corner but Fabianski is equal to it!
    • 73' Walcott pulls a low ball back from the right and Van Persie takes on the shot... curls it over the bar! He had Arteta behind him and could have left it.
    • 61' GOAL!! Van Persie fires his second penalty into the opposite corner, finding the right corner as Given dives the wrong way. And he celebrates with Thierry Henry...
    • 60' PENALTY ARSENAL!! Darren Bent is penalised for a foul on Koscielny! It's a clumsy tackle but he does appear to get a piece of the ball. Villa imploding here...
    • 56' GOAL!! ARSENAL LEVEL!! It's calamitous for Villa, but Walcott claims it! The England winger cuts inside from the right, Hutton hits his clearance straight into Walcott and it loops into the net. An ugly goal, but one of the most important he might ever score!
    • 54' GOAL!! Van Persie sends Given the wrong way, plants the ball into the bottom-left corner and Arsenal have reduced the arrears.
    • 53' PENALTY! Dunne takes out Ramsey and that is a clear spot-kick - an early chance for Arsenal to get right back in this game!
    • 49' Off the line! Mertesacker's goalbound header from a corner is cleared by Ireland who is in perfect position!
    • 45+1' GOAL!! DARREN BENT!! It's two!! Villa race clear on the break, Ireland feeds Bent - the first shot is well-saved by Fabianski but Bent slots the rebound brilliantly from a really tight angle!
    • 45' Oxlade-Chamberlain hits a low shot that brings another good save out of Given!
    • 42' Great run by Ramsey, who comes inside from the left... he tries a shot from too tight an angle and Given saves.
    • 33' GOAL!! Richard Dunne with a header for Aston Villa! Petrov and Keane work a corner short, the Irishman stands up a cross and Dunne leaps highest to power his header past Fabianski!
    • 5' VERMAELEN!! An Arsenal free-kick is teed up for the Belgian, and Given does well to tip a scorching strike over!
    • 15:20 TEAMS: ARSENAL: Fabianski, Coquelin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Song, Rosicky, Ramsey, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Van Persie, Walcott... Subs: Szczesny, Sagna, Arteta, Benayoun, Arshavin, Park, Henry. /// ASTON VILLA: Given, Hutton, Cuellar, Dunne, Warnock, Ireland, Clark, Petrov, Agbonlahor, Keane, Bent... Subs: Guzan, Heskey, Bannan, Weimann, Lichaj, Baker, Gardner.

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    • Player Y! Users Expert My Rating
      Goalkeeper
      4.8 6
      Defenders
      5.3 5
      Yellow Card 5.9 7
      5.5 5
      6.3 6
      Midfielders
      5.5 6
      5.8 6
      Substitution Out89′ 6.7 7
      Substitution Out72′ 5.7 6
      Strikers
      Goal Substitution Out89′ 5.8 7
      Goals ×2 7.5 6
      Subs
      Substitution In89′ 7.1 -
      Substitution In72′ 6.4 6
      Substitution In89′ 7 -
    • Player Y! Users Expert My Rating
      Goalkeeper
      6.2 6
      Defenders
      5.3 6
      Goal Yellow Card 6.2 5
      5.3 7
      5.2 5
      Midfielders
      Substitution Out82′ 5.6 6
      5.2 7
      5.4 6
      Strikers
      Substitution Out72′ 5.7 6
      6.7 7
      Goal 6.3 7
      Subs
      Substitution In82′ 4.3 -
      Substitution In72′ 3.8 6

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