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  • Bendtner 76’

Everton

  1. Bendtner wins it for Gunners

    Bendtner wins it for Gunners

    Nicklas Bendtner's second-half header saw Arsenal past Everton 1-0 at the Emirates and kept alive their hopes of finishing second in the Premier League. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Arsenal
    • Everton
    • 90+3 All over at the Emirates! Bendtner's goal is the difference and Everton will have to wait until next week to secure their European spot.
    • 90 Fernandes is off for Leighton Baines. Everton with one last chance...Yobo blasts a shot over!
    • 88 Philippe Senderos replaces Adebayor for Arsenal.
    • 85' Fernandes shoots from about 300 yards out. Pointless.
    • 80' Double change for Everton. Johnson and Carsley are off. Victor Anichebe and Yakuba are on.
    • 76' GOAL! Arsenal are ahead. Bendtner slid in Walcott on the left and he drifted forward before delivering a superb cross for Bendtner to head home!
    • 70' Two changes for the Gunners. Jens Lehmann gets a sentinmental introduction at the expense of Fabianski, while Kolo Toure makes way for Armand Traore.
    • 66' Everton have enjoyed the lion's share of possession in the second period, without really threatening.
    • 60' Adebayor beaten to the ball by Yobo, who's dealt with him expertly so far.
    • 56' Everton with some pressure here, but nobody seems prepared to PULL THE TRIGGER!!! The game's opening up a bit now.
    • 53' Very subdued atmosphere at fortress Emirates. It sounds more like a public swimming baths right now.
    • 49' Early pressure for Arsenal in the second half. The ball hasn't left Everton's half yet.
    • 47' Howard rushes out to deny Adebayor, and he's forced to chest the ball away.
    • 46' Here we go then! The second half gets underway.
    • 45+1 Eboue crosses for Adebayor, who beats Yobo to the ball but can't get a strong enough connection to find the target. And that's half-time!
    • 44' Walcott's corner and Gilberto has a free header...HIGH AND WIDE from 10 yards.
    • 42' Nice work from Lescott, who gets a cross in from the left. Arsenal clear.
    • 39' Adebayor and Joseph Yobo are in quite a tussle up top - all above board stuff - and an intriguing contest is unfolding.
    • 36' After that short burst of action we're back down to earth again. Fernandes blasts high and wide from 35 yards.
    • 32' Bentner with a wonderful one-two with Emmanuel Eboue, whose shot is deflected behind for a corner.
    • 31' Walcott 1-1 Hibbert. Great tackle from the full-back.
    • 29' Arsenal come close. Adebayor goes through and Howard saves.
    • 28' Joleon Lescott picks up a silly booking for trying to kick the ball out of Fabianski's hands - ala George Best back in the day.
    • 27' HANG ON A MINUTE! Fernandes sends Johnson through and Lukasz Fabianski saves with his legs.
    • 25' It's all gone a bit quiet here. Fabregas is having a right old chuckle on the sidelines by the way, not sure why.
    • 22' Johnson finally gets a ball to his feet, but Everton lose possession and Arsenal break. Fernandes wins it back.
    • 18' Nice play from Bendtner, he dinks a lovely ball over for Gilberto Silva, but he can't quite direct his header.
    • 16' Johnson is going to get very tired here if Everton continue their current trend of firing balls into the corners for him to hopelessly chase.
    • 14' Walcott cuts in and shoots, but it's wide. He's been Arsenal's most likely so far.
    • 12' Manual Fernandes tries to find Johnson, but his pass is too strong.
    • 10' All Arsenal so far. Everton are still on the coach, or plane - whatever it was that brought them here today.
    • 8' Slick one-touch stuff from the Gunners, who leave blue shirts standing all around them.
    • 5' Nice stuff from Walcott, who dummies and bursts away down the left flank. Good spell for Arsenal this. Kolo Toure's cross is gathered by Tim Howard and Everton clear.
    • 3' Lovely playing surface by the way. If you can't weave magic on a carpet like this, you can't weave magic.
    • 1' We're under way in North London, and Leon Osman's shot is deflected to give Everton an early corner. Arsenal clear.
    • - Everton can secure their Uefa cup spot today with a point. Arsenal can theoretically still finish second if Chelsea slip up and they win their two games, but title hopes have been quashed.
    • - TEAM NEWS: Cesc Fabregas is out for Arsenal, who go with Theo Walcott and Niklas Bendtner up top. Everton have Andy Johnson ploughing a lone furrow, with a five-man midfield. Phil Neville moves from full-back to join that fivesome, while Tony Hibbert comes in to marshall Walcott.
    • - Good afternoon and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE!! coverage of Arsenal v Everton from the Emirates.

  • Team Stats

    Arsenal Stats Everton
    52% Possession 47%
    12 Shots 11
    2 Shots on target 4
    3 Saves 0
    8 Corners 3
    5 Fouls 10
    1 Offsides 2
    0 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    24 Tackles 28
    463 Accurate passes 408
    88 Bad passes 68

  • 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 1 0 0 12 0 0
      10 William Gallas 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 50 1 1
      22 Gaël Clichy 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 58 28 4
      5 Kolo Toure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 2
      19 Gilberto Silva 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 53 6 4
      15 Denilson Pereira Neves 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 63 18 5
      27 Emmanuel Eboue 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 2
      32 Theo Walcott 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 26 13 1
      17 Alexandre Song 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 7 5
      25 Emmanuel Adebayor 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 19 4 0
      26 Nicklas Bendtner 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 41 5 0
      20 Johan Djourou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Philippe Senderos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      1 Jens Lehmann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      34 Kieran Gibbs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Armand Traore 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 11 6 0
    • Everton
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      24 Tim Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
      4 Joseph Yobo 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 29 3 4
      5 Joleon Lescott 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 44 17 1
      2 Tony Hibbert 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 34 0 4
      21 Leon Osman 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 39 9 1
      18 Philip Neville 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 56 7 5
      26 Lee Carsley 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 31 1 2
      23 Manuel Fernandes 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 34 4 1
      20 Steven Pienaar 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 57 15 3
      16 Phil Jagielka 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 48 7 4
      8 Andrew Johnson 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 14 2 1
      28 Victor Anichebe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1
      22 Yakubu Aiyegbeni 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1
      3 Leighton Baines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0
      37 Jack Rodwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Stefan Wessels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 76' GOAL! Arsenal are ahead. Bendtner slid in Walcott on the left and he drifted forward before delivering a superb cross for Bendtner to head home!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsene Wenger

    Captain: William Gallas

    On the Field

    • Fabianski Substitution Out (70′)
    • Toure Substitution Out (70′)
    • Gallas
    • Song
    • Clichy
    • Eboue
    • Denilson
    • Gilberto Silva
    • Walcott
    • Adebayor Substitution Out (88′)
    • Bendtner Goal

    Subs

    • Lehmann Substitution In70′
    • Senderos Substitution In88′
    • Djourou
    • Traore Substitution In70′
    • Gibbs

    Injured

    • Rosicky
    • Hoyte
    • Flamini
    • van Persie
    • Sagna
    • Diaby
    • Eduardo

    Suspended

    • Hleb

  • Everton

    Manager: David Moyes

    Captain: Philip Neville

    On the Field

    • Howard
    • Lescott Yellow Card
    • Jagielka
    • Yobo
    • Hibbert
    • Neville
    • Carsley Substitution Out (81′)
    • Osman
    • Fernandes Substitution Out (90′)
    • Pienaar
    • Johnson Substitution Out (81′)

    Subs

    • Wessels
    • Yakubu Substitution In81′
    • Baines Substitution In90′
    • Anichebe Substitution In81′
    • Rodwell

    Injured

    • Gardner
    • Cahill
    • Vaughan

    Suspended

    None