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Arsenal

  • Toure 68’
  • Rosicky 80’

Bolton Wanderers

  1. Gunners battle for points

    Gunners battle for points

    Arsenal showed they have the stomach for a title battle as they overcame Bolton 2-0 at Emirates Stadium to consolidate their place at the top of the Barclays Premier League. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Arsenal
    • Bolton Wanderers
    • 90'+2 There it is! All over at the Emirates and it's another three points for the league leaders! Arsenal consolidate their position at the top of the Premier League, while things look bleak for Bolton.
    • 89' Hleb is taken off and replaced by Diaby...
    • 87' Kevin Davies goes into the book... and that's about the only thing of note the Bolton man has done all afternoon.
    • 85' Clichy jinks into the box and is brought down by O'Brien! Must be a penalty! No! Referee Wiley fails to give it and play goes on! Bad decision....
    • 83' Could be a chance for a third here... but Hleb loses control on the ball on a quick break, leaving Adebayor fuming - he was all alone in the box.
    • 80' GOAL! Rosicky finishes with a neat flick from close range after super work from Walcott on the right! There's a hint of offside when the ball is initially played through to the youngster, but the flag stays down and Arsenal have all three points wrapped up!
    • 79' Rosicky now... he jinks inside and has a go! Good hit from the Czech, but it skews wide of the far post...
    • 77' Bolton make another change... Stelios comes on to replace Guthrie...
    • 76' Adebayor's through here! He takes it round Jaaskelainen! Must be! No! The leggy striker goes too wide and then falls over!
    • 74' Everyone seems to be getting in on the attacking act at the moment... Clichy moves forward and lets fly! But it's poor from the young Frenchman and well wide of the mark...
    • 71' Nolan goes into the book... and he should really stop his moaning there or the colour of that card could be changing...
    • 69' Great play from Walcott now on the right hand side! He motors past Gardner but there's no one in the box to get on the end of his cross!
    • 68' Bolton make a change straight away... Diouf off and Braaten on.
    • 67' GOAL! Arsenal take the lead through a Kolo Toure free kick! The Ivorian smashes home from a dead ball just outside the Bolton area... and there's no denying they deserve it!
    • 66' It's all Arsenal at the moment, although there is a sense of desperation creeping into their attacking...
    • 65' Great work from Adebayor on the left... he gets past Gardner to deliver a decent cross which is put behind at the near post!
    • 62' A double change coming up here for Arsenal... Walcott and Rosicky come on to replace Eboue and Eduardo...
    • 61' Adebayor again makes a burst through the Bolton defence... but again the Togolese striker's effort is rather wild and the ball sails into the stands behind Jaaskelainen's goal!
    • 60' Adebayor blazes over the bar! Arsenal getting closer to breaking the deadlock...
    • 58' Hleb links up well with Eduardo... but the midfielder's eventual effort is blocked by O'Brien...
    • 55' Penalty shout from Arsenal after Eboue appears to be shoved off the ball in the box! The ref waves play on and replays show the Ivorian to have taken a little dive...
    • 52' Fagregas lets fly from 25 yards! It's not a bad strike from the Spaniard! Straight at Jaaskelainen though who takes it comfortably...
    • 47' McCann makes a complete hash of a clearance... it's straight to Eboue! Must be! No! The returning Arsenal man loses his head and blazes wide of the mark!
    • 46' Back underway at the Emirates!
    • 45' There goes the half time whistle! And the teams heads in goalless after a physical opening 45 minutes of football...
    • 44' Adebayor slides in on Guthrie... it's a foul but the ref decides to keep his cards in his pocket this time...
    • 41' Adebayor should do better here! But his header goes wide of the post when he was all alone at the far post!
    • 38' O'Brien and Eduardo clash on the far side... six of one and half a dozen of the other, but it's the Arsenal man who comes out worse off...
    • 33' Diouf now in danger of a red card... that's a terrible challenge on Sagna... but again the ref shows leniancy and Diouf stays on the pitch...
    • 31' Loud penalty shout for Arsenal as Adebayor takes a tumble under the challenge of McCann! Play on says the ref!
    • 25' Arsenal well on top during the opening stages of the match... as you would expect from the league leaders...
    • 23' Things warming up nicely at the Emirates!
    • 22' Fabregas is in danger of being sent off here! He goes in late on Campo moments after his initial booking.... but he's a lucky boy and the ref lets him off...
    • 20' McCann goes in slightly too late on Sagna... the Arsenal man is sent tumbling and that will be a booking for the Bolton man.... Fabregas also goes into the book for a little bit of aggro after the incident... and Diouf...
    • 9' Adebayor gets up well to meet a Sagna cross... but his effort goes wide of the post!
    • 3' Bright sunshine in north London... perfect playing condiditions...
    • 1' Underway at the Emirates!
    • - Referee: Mike Riley (Yorkshire)
    • - Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Joey O'Brien, Meite, Andrew O'Brien, Gardner, Nolan, Campo, McCann, Guthrie, Diouf, Davies - Subs: Al Habsi, Hunt, Giannakopoulos, Cid, Braaten
    • - Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna, Toure, Gallas, Clichy, Eboue, Fabregas, Flamini, Hleb, Eduardo, Adebayor - Subs: Fabianski, Diaby, Rosicky, Silva, Walcott
    • - Arsenal have been unstoppable of late, whereas Bolton head into the match without a manager after the sacking of Sammy Lee and his microphone. The wrtiting already seems to be on the wall... or is it? Kick off is at 15h BST so be sure to join us then for all the action!
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of Bolton's trip to the Emirates to face high-flying Arsenal!

  • Team Stats

    Arsenal Stats Bolton Wanderers
    61% Possession 38%
    23 Shots 2
    4 Shots on target 0
    0 Saves 1
    5 Corners 3
    20 Fouls 14
    1 Offsides 2
    1 Yellow cards 5
    0 Red cards 0
    24 Tackles 21
    458 Accurate passes 245
    68 Bad passes 23

  • 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 1 0 0 13 0 0
      5 Kolo Toure 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 49 1 2
      22 Gaël Clichy 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 55 18 7
      3 Bacary Sagna 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 51 0 1
      10 William Gallas 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 35 1 1
      4 Francesc Fabregas 0 4 1 2 3 0 0 72 7 5
      16 Mathieu Flamini 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 58 7 3
      27 Emmanuel Eboue 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 18 0 1
      13 Alexander Hleb 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 49 15 3
      25 Emmanuel Adebayor 0 7 0 2 3 0 0 29 9 1
      9 Eduardo da Silva 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 16 5 0
      19 Gilberto Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Tomas Rosicky 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 7 3 0
      2 Vasiriki Abou Diaby 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0
      32 Theo Walcott 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0
      21 Lukasz Fabianski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Bolton Wanderers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Jussi Jaaskelainen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
      31 Andy O'Brien 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 1
      11 Ricardo Gardner 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 24 8 1
      24 Joey O'Brien 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 0 3
      5 Abdoulaye Meite 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 2 0
      4 Kevin Nolan 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 29 0 4
      19 Gavin McCann 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 30 3 5
      8 Ivan Campo 0 1 0 3 5 0 0 41 5 3
      17 Danny Guthrie 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 14 1 0
      14 Kevin Davies 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 20 1 3
      21 El Hadji Diouf 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 17 3 1
      15 Gérald Cid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Stelios Giannakopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
      2 Nicky Hunt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Daniel Braaten 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
      26 Ali Al-Habsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 85' Clichy jinks into the box and is brought down by O'Brien! Must be a penalty! No! Referee Wiley fails to give it and play goes on! Bad decision....
    • 83' Could be a chance for a third here... but Hleb loses control on the ball on a quick break, leaving Adebayor fuming - he was all alone in the box.
    • 80' GOAL! Rosicky finishes with a neat flick from close range after super work from Walcott on the right! There's a hint of offside when the ball is initially played through to the youngster, but the flag stays down and Arsenal have all three points wrapped up!
    • 79' Rosicky now... he jinks inside and has a go! Good hit from the Czech, but it skews wide of the far post...
    • 76' Adebayor's through here! He takes it round Jaaskelainen! Must be! No! The leggy striker goes too wide and then falls over!
    • 67' GOAL! Arsenal take the lead through a Kolo Toure free kick! The Ivorian smashes home from a dead ball just outside the Bolton area... and there's no denying they deserve it!
    • 60' Adebayor blazes over the bar! Arsenal getting closer to breaking the deadlock...
    • 52' Fagregas lets fly from 25 yards! It's not a bad strike from the Spaniard! Straight at Jaaskelainen though who takes it comfortably...
    • 47' McCann makes a complete hash of a clearance... it's straight to Eboue! Must be! No! The returning Arsenal man loses his head and blazes wide of the mark!
    • 41' Adebayor should do better here! But his header goes wide of the post when he was all alone at the far post!
    • 22' Fabregas is in danger of being sent off here! He goes in late on Campo moments after his initial booking.... but he's a lucky boy and the ref lets him off...
    • - Arsenal have been unstoppable of late, whereas Bolton head into the match without a manager after the sacking of Sammy Lee and his microphone. The wrtiting already seems to be on the wall... or is it? Kick off is at 15h BST so be sure to join us then for all the action!
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of Bolton's trip to the Emirates to face high-flying Arsenal!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mike Riley

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsene Wenger

    Captain: William Gallas

    On the Field

    • Almunia
    • Sagna
    • Toure
    • Gallas
    • Clichy
    • Eboue
    • Fabregas
    • Flamini
    • Hleb
    • Adebayor
    • Eduardo

    Subs

    • Rosicky
    • Gilberto Silva
    • Diaby
    • Walcott
    • Fabianski

    Injured

    • Senderos
    • van Persie

    Suspended

    None

  • Bolton Wanderers

    Manager: Archie Knox

    Captain: Kevin Nolan

    On the Field

    • Jaaskelainen
    • O'Brien
    • O'Brien
    • Meite
    • Gardner
    • McCann
    • Campo
    • Nolan
    • Guthrie
    • Diouf
    • Davies

    Subs

    • Giannakopoulos
    • Cid
    • Hunt
    • Braaten
    • Al Habsi

    Injured

    • Anelka
    • Samuel
    • Helguson
    • Wilhelmsson
    • Vaz Te
    • Dzemaili

    Suspended

    None