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Saturday March 1, 2008 Finished Emirates Stadium

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Arsenal

  • Bendtner 90’

Aston Villa

  • Senderos 27’ (o.g.)
  1. Bendtner saves Arsenal

    Bendtner saves Arsenal

    Nicklas Bendtner struck deep into injury time as Arsenal snatched a 1-1 draw against Aston Villa at the Emirates Stadium. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Arsenal
    • Aston Villa
    • 90+4' And immediately after the re-start, the final whistle goes. Arsenal escape with a point to stay top of the Premier League.
    • 90+3' GOAL!! Bendtner strikes in the third minute of injury time. Clichy's deep cross is headed back across goal by Adebayor and the young Dane was left unmarked five yards out to stroke home the equaliser.
    • 90+2' Osbourne is booked for dissent.
    • 90' Four minutes added time to be played.
    • 88' Corner for Arsenal but Villa smuggle clear.
    • 86' Arsenal are offering little as an attacking force and could be about to relinquish top spot in the Premier League.
    • 84' Walcott stands a cross up in the middle but Adebayor heads over from four yards under pressure.
    • 82' Hleb produces some trickery on the left but Barry is in the right place to cut out the centre.
    • 81' Barry booked for a late lunge on Denilson.
    • 80' Denilson and Gilberto on for Flamini and Senderos.
    • 79' Hleb pulls the ball back to Flamini who tries to place the ball in the top corner from 20 yards but it's over the crossbar.
    • 78' Harewood wins another corner, he is a man possessed, but Carew hacks over.
    • 76' Harewood posing real problems and Almunia saves a fierce drive with his knee after Senderos is turned by the sub.
    • 74' Harewood surges past Senderos and wins a free-kick off Clichy but Barry's free-kick is high, wide and not very handsome.
    • 72' Laursen has been immense for Villa and he comes across to cover as Fabregas bursts into the penalty area.
    • 70' Harewood replaces Maloney.
    • 67' John Carew tracks back with Adebayor but gives away a free-kick which the big Togo striker then heads over.
    • 65' Carson fails to hold Hleb's drive but Knight clears his lines. End to end stuff now which has roused the 60,097 in attendance.
    • 63' Quick break from Villa and this time it's Agbonlahor who warms the keeper's fingers.
    • 62' Great play from Clichy who bursts forward and unleashes a 30-yard shot with Carson covers.
    • 60' Arsenal win a fortunate free-kick on the edge of the penalty area only for Bendtner to flick Fabregas' chip over the crossbar.
    • 59' The big Dane replaces Diaby.
    • 58' Nicklas Bendtner is set to come on for Arsenal.
    • 56' Clichy's cross is headed clear by the staunch Laursen.
    • 54' Mathieu Flamini has a shot from 25 yards but it's not a great contact and fails to test Carson.
    • 52' Space for Young down the right and his stinging drive is destined for the bottom corner before Almunia makes a fine diving save to push the ball around the post.
    • 50' Gael Clichy gets a strong talking to after a sliding tackle from behind on Ashley Young. The left-back then makes a mess of his attempted clearance and gives away a corner.
    • 48' Space for Hleb 20 yards out but he makes a complete hash of his shot which is skewed wide past the post.
    • 46' We are back underway at the Emirates and within 25 seconds Walcott stings Carson's palms with a fierce shot from the right channel.
    • 45+4' Half-time in North London and Villa are decent value for their lead.
    • 45+2' Senderos makes a vital clearance to cut out a probing cross from the right. Arsenal launch a lightning counter-attack through Walcott, he finds Adebayor who in turn tees up Fabregas but the young Spaniard leans back and lofts his shot over the top.
    • 45' Fabregas' chip into the middle is claimed by Carson with Adebayor waiting to pounce.
    • 43' This time Gareth Barry tries his luck from distance and his effort is deflected for corner.
    • 42' Off the crossbar! Almunia's gets a vital fingertip to push Maloney's 20-yard piledriver onto the woodwork.
    • 40' Isaiah Osbourne comes on for Davies.
    • 38' A serious looking injury for Davies and he leaves the field on a stretcher.
    • 36' Arsenal win another corner but Carson gets enough purchase on his punch this time to clear his lines.
    • 34' Appeals for handball as Walcott's cross is cut out but Mark Clattenburg waves away the pleas.
    • 32' Nigel Reo-Coker has picked up a knock and is replaced by Zat Knight.
    • 29' Agbonlahor is lightning quick and this time Gallas' tackle is late and he is shown a yellow card.
    • 27' OWN GOAL!! Agbonlahor takes Gallas on down the left channel and his centre hits the unfortunate Senderos and nestles in the net leaving Almunia with no chance.
    • 25' Another long ball over the top for Agbonlahor to chase but again Gallas gets back to block the shot.
    • 23' Carson comes off his line but flaps at Fabregas' corner and the ball falls to Philippe Senderos unmarked 12 yards out but he leans back and shanks his shot wide.
    • 21' Alexander Hleb tries his luck from long-range but the effort is blocked.
    • 19' A dangerous centre from the right but Shaun Maloney can't reach the cross to apply the finishing touch.
    • 17' Fabregas' free-kick from the right is comfortably caught by Carson.
    • 15' Probing ball over the top but Manuel Almunia is smartly off his line to claim.
    • 13' Villa counter and Gabriel Agbonlahor is clean through on goal but William Gallas makes a captain's tackle to save his team just as the young striker was about to pull the trigger.
    • 12' A little dink into the area by Fabregas but Adebayor's lay-off is cut out.
    • 11' Cesc Fabregas' free-kick into the penalty area is headed clear.
    • 10' Nothing from Villa yet as an attacking force and Wilfred Bouma gets a warning for a late tackle on Sagna.
    • 7' A great save from Scott Carson to deny Walcott. The England keeper dives full length to his right to palm away a 15-yard drive after Curtis Davies was easily turned on the edge of the penalty area.
    • 5' Lengthy spell of possession from Arsenal but this time Diaby over plays on the edge of the penalty area and loses the ball.
    • 3' A surging run from Bacary Sagna and he wins a free-kick on the edge of the penalty area which is headed over by Adebayor.
    • 2' Nice trickery from Diaby sends Walcott away down the left channel but Martin Laursen gets back to make a vital block and prevent the cross.
    • 1' We are underway at the Emirates Stadium.
    • - Olof Mellberg is again missing for Villa who have Marlon Harewood in his usual role on the bench.
    • - Theo Walcott will partner Emmanuel Adebayor in attack for the Gunners with Abou Diaby coming into midfield.

  • Team Stats

    Arsenal Stats Aston Villa
    69% Possession 30%
    16 Shots 10
    5 Shots on target 4
    2 Saves 3
    8 Corners 7
    13 Fouls 8
    1 Offsides 7
    1 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    21 Tackles 19
    447 Accurate passes 163
    62 Bad passes 33

  • 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
      24 Manuel Almunia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
      6 Philippe Senderos 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 35 3 1
      22 Gaël Clichy 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 54 14 2
      3 Bacary Sagna 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 39 0 3
      10 William Gallas 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 36 1 3
      32 Theo Walcott 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 11 2 0
      4 Francesc Fabregas 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 67 7 2
      16 Mathieu Flamini 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 45 2 4
      13 Alexander Hleb 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 52 13 3
      2 Vasiriki Abou Diaby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 12 3
      25 Emmanuel Adebayor 0 3 0 2 2 0 1 34 2 0
      19 Gilberto Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
      15 Denilson Pereira Neves 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 2 0
      1 Jens Lehmann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      31 Justin Hoyte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Nicklas Bendtner 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 12 4 0
    • Aston Villa
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Scott Carson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
      5 Martin Laursen 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 1 1
      3 Wilfred Bouma 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 6 1
      26 Craig Gardner 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17 2 1
      15 Curtis Davies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2
      20 Nigel Reo-Coker 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 8 0 2
      6 Gareth Barry 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 26 8 3
      28 Shaun Maloney 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 19 6 2
      10 John Carew 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 15 4 2
      11 Gabriel Agbonlahor 0 3 1 2 1 4 0 12 2 1
      7 Ashley Young 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 16 2 2
      16 Zatyiah Knight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1
      9 Marlon Harewood 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
      1 Thomas Sorensen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Isaiah Osbourne 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13 0 1
      17 Moustapha Salifou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+3' GOAL!! Bendtner strikes in the third minute of injury time. Clichy's deep cross is headed back across goal by Adebayor and the young Dane was left unmarked five yards out to stroke home the equaliser.
    • 84' Walcott stands a cross up in the middle but Adebayor heads over from four yards under pressure.
    • 76' Harewood posing real problems and Almunia saves a fierce drive with his knee after Senderos is turned by the sub.
    • 52' Space for Young down the right and his stinging drive is destined for the bottom corner before Almunia makes a fine diving save to push the ball around the post.
    • 46' We are back underway at the Emirates and within 25 seconds Walcott stings Carson's palms with a fierce shot from the right channel.
    • 45+2' Senderos makes a vital clearance to cut out a probing cross from the right. Arsenal launch a lightning counter-attack through Walcott, he finds Adebayor who in turn tees up Fabregas but the young Spaniard leans back and lofts his shot over the top.
    • 42' Off the crossbar! Almunia's gets a vital fingertip to push Maloney's 20-yard piledriver onto the woodwork.
    • 27' OWN GOAL!! Agbonlahor takes Gallas on down the left channel and his centre hits the unfortunate Senderos and nestles in the net leaving Almunia with no chance.
    • 23' Carson comes off his line but flaps at Fabregas' corner and the ball falls to Philippe Senderos unmarked 12 yards out but he leans back and shanks his shot wide.
    • 13' Villa counter and Gabriel Agbonlahor is clean through on goal but William Gallas makes a captain's tackle to save his team just as the young striker was about to pull the trigger.
    • 7' A great save from Scott Carson to deny Walcott. The England keeper dives full length to his right to palm away a 15-yard drive after Curtis Davies was easily turned on the edge of the penalty area.
    • - Theo Walcott will partner Emmanuel Adebayor in attack for the Gunners with Abou Diaby coming into midfield.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mark Clattenburg

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsene Wenger

    On the Field

    • Almunia
    • Sagna
    • Gallas Yellow Card
    • Senderos Own Goal Substitution Out (80′)
    • Clichy
    • Hleb
    • Fabregas
    • Flamini Substitution Out (80′)
    • Diaby Substitution Out (59′)
    • Adebayor
    • Walcott

    Subs

    • Lehmann
    • Gilberto Silva Substitution In (80′)
    • Hoyte
    • Bendtner Substitution In (59′) Goal
    • Denilson Substitution In (80′)

    Injured

    • Rosicky
    • Toure
    • van Persie
    • Song
    • Djourou

    Suspended

    • Eboue

  • Aston Villa

    Manager: Martin O'Neill

    On the Field

    • Carson
    • Gardner
    • Davies Substitution Out (40′)
    • Laursen
    • Bouma
    • Reo-Coker Substitution Out (32′)
    • Maloney Substitution Out (70′)
    • Barry Yellow Card
    • Agbonlahor
    • Young
    • Carew

    Subs

    • Taylor
    • Harewood Substitution In (70′)
    • Knight Substitution In (32′)
    • Osbourne Substitution In (40′) Yellow Card
    • Salifou

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None