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  1. Arsenal end City's perfect start

    Arsenal end City's perfect start

    A Cesc Fabregas goal 10 minutes from time inflicted Manchester City's first defeat of the season as Arsenal ran out 1-0 winners at the Emirates Stadium. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Arsenal
    • Manchester City
    • 90'+3 There it is! All over at the Emirates and it's Arsenal who run out 1-0 winners to end Manchester City's 100% start to the season!
    • 90' Oooh! Schmeichel comes up for a City corner in the dying moments and he gets his head to it! Oooh! Saved by Almunia! What a story that would have been!
    • 89' Three minutes of added time to be played...
    • 87' Time running out and it looks like Arsenal are going to be the first team to beat City this season...
    • 84' Arsenal are finishing strongly here! Rosicky forces Schmeichel into a save... the ball falls to Hleb who fires inches wide of the far post! All Arsenal at the moment!
    • 80' GOAL! FABREGAS GIVES ARSENAL THE LEAD! Hleb plays the ball into the Spaniard who fires past Schmeichel with a thunderbolt into the roof of the net!
    • 75' Three changes to tell you about... Geovanni and Bianchi on for City, Elano and Mpenza off. And Adebayor makes way for Eduardo for Aresenal.
    • 73' Great run from Adebayor! But his finish is poor and the ball balloons high over the bar!
    • 72' Hleb rolls the ball across the penalty area to FABREGAS! But the Spaniard can't get any kind of good contact on the ball and it rolls through to Schmeichel...
    • 70' That could prove to be the decisive moment in this game... Casper's dad Peter looks like a happy man in the stands at the Emirates...
    • 69' Van Persie looking to make amends for his penalty miss... he lets fly again! But Schmeichel is equal to it again!
    • 68' What a turn of events! The young Dane is playing a blinder...
    • 67' SAVED BY SCHMEICHEL! VAN PERSIE MISSES! Great save from the youngster!
    • 66' PENALTY TO ARSENAL! Richards slides in on the flying Hleb! And replays show there to be contact... City can't be unhappy about that one...
    • 62' Mpenza's in here! GREAT SAVE FROM ALMUNIA! The Belgian doesn't keep his composure and the ball hits Almunia's body before squirming away to safety....
    • 60' City are coming back into this now... Petrov sends over a dangerous looking cross... it's cleared this time, but Sven's men are definitely the more likely to score...
    • 58' Ooooh! Best chance of the game for City! Elano spots Petrov in acres of space on the left hand side... the Bulgarian sets his sights before hitting the ball first time! It's a crisp strike, but about a foot wide of the far post!
    • 57' At the other end, Rosicky tries to walk the ball into the back of the net... of course, he can't and the crowd voice their disapproval...
    • 56' Garrido crosses in towards Mpenza, but Gilberto's there to nod clear... City are playing very cleverly here... Arsenal beware...
    • 54' Arsenal are bossing the game at the moment... but still no way through... and City are dangerous on the break....
    • 52' Hamann again goes in hard, this time on Clichy... he'd better watch himself here... a red card can't be that far away.
    • 49' Adebayor's through here! No, the flag's gone up and play will be brought back.
    • 48' Dunne easily clears the corner... and City break with Petrov... but his ball towards Mpenza is behind the Belgian and the move breaks down.
    • 47' Arsenal burst out of the blocks as Adebayor gets on the end of Rosicky pass to shoot goalwards! Deflected behind for the first corner of the second half!
    • 46' Back underway at the Emirates! No changes to tell you about...
    • 45' Garrido makes a hash of a clearance, but there won't be time for the resulting Arsenal corner as referee Foy toots on his whistle... half time at the Emirates and it's all square at 0-0.
    • 45' Two minutes of added time to be played.
    • 44' Great defending from Toure to deny Petrov a run on goal after the Bulgarian had been sent on his way by a nice one-two with Garrido...
    • 42' Van Persie's looking dangerous at the moment... he breaks free on the right here but his cross runs all the way through after Adebayor decides not to continue his run into the box....
    • 40' Rosicky plays a great cross into the box with the outside of his right boot.... VAN PERSIE! Oooh! That would have been goal of the season so far, but the Dutchman's effort is blocked!
    • 39' City try to break away with Johnson but that's a great challenge from Fabregas to nip any danger in the bud!
    • 37' Adebayor lets fly! It takes a deflection for a corner to Arsenal! The Gunners are mounting the pressure now...
    • 36' Oooh! Van Persie's getting closer! Adebayor plays in Fabregas on the right... he plays the ball across the face of goals and Van Persie's just inches away from getting on the end of it!
    • 33' Petrov breaks for City! Oh dear, but Mpenza is caught way offside and the move breaks down as quickly as it started.
    • 32' Flamini jinks inside and lets fly! But Garrido throws his body at the ball to block the Frenchman's effort!
    • 31' City make hard work of clearing their lines from the corner... but they get there in the end...
    • 30' Arsenal are coming back into the game a little now... Richards heads behind to give the Gunners a corner now...
    • 26' Rosicky very nearly finds Van Persie with a neat pass through... but Schmeichel is off his line like a rocket to claim at the feet of the Dutchman!
    • 25' City are looking very solid at the moment, and Arsenal are having problems finding any kind of way through.
    • 24' By the way, Flamini has slotted into the left-back posisition after the departure of Sagna... and Denilson is playing in midfield.
    • 23' City are creating chances here...
    • 22' Elano with a chance to shoot! It just opens up in front of the Brazilian... but his shot is weak and Almunia claims without too many problems!
    • 19' Sagna has to come off here... he can't run any more... young Brazilian Denilson comes on to replace him.
    • 19' Mpenza's through here! Great pass from Elano to find him, but the Belgian's finish is woeful and the ball rolls tamely wide!
    • 18' Fabregas fires a dangerous free kick into the City box... Dunne heads clear.
    • 16' Hamann piles into Van Persie... that'll be a yellow card for the German, and deservedly so! That could even have been red...
    • 15' Sagna's back on, but he's having problems running... don't be surprised if he is forced to come off soon.
    • 14' Adebayor thinks he's won a corner here... but he hasn't. And to make matters worse, Sagna has gone down after a clash with his own team-mate Hleb... the trainer's on... and the Frenchman hobbles off to have something sprayed on his bottom.
    • 10' City break now with Johnson! The midfielder breaks right through the Gunners' back line after the ref plays advantage for a handball against Toure! He gives it to Petrov on his left, who strikes! Wide of the mark! Good chance gone begging...
    • 8' Lovely play from City and in particualar Elano and Petrov... Toure does well to stamp out the danger though.
    • 7' Sagna gets well forward down the right hand side... but his cross is off the radar and spoons into the stands...
    • 5' First half chance of the game falls to Van Persie... it opens up for the Dutchman 25 yards out... he lets fly, but his effort is always rising and the ball flies into the stands behind Schmeichel's goal!
    • 2' Bright sunshine in London today! It's a fine day for football...
    • 1' Underway at the Emirates!
    • - Referee: C Foy (England)
    • - Man City line-up: Schmeichel, Corluka, Dunne, Richards, Garrido, Ireland, Hamann, Johnson, Petrov, Elano, Mpenza - Subs: Hart, Ball, Onuoha, Geovanni, Bianchi
    • - Arsenal line-up: Almunia, Sagna, Toure, Silva, Clichy, Hleb, Fabregas, Flamini, Rosicky, Adebayor, Van Persie - Subs: Fabianski, Eduardo, Denilson, Song, Bendtner
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  • Team Stats

    Arsenal Stats Manchester City
    62% Possession 38%
    25 Shots 11
    9 Shots on target 3
    0 Saves 0
    8 Corners 2
    9 Fouls 9
    3 Offsides 5
    0 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    20 Tackles 20
    400 Accurate passes 231
    71 Bad passes 53

  • 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 6 0 0
      5 Kolo Toure 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 4
      22 Gaël Clichy 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 43 20 0
      3 Bacary Sagna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
      19 Gilberto Silva 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 41 4 1
      16 Mathieu Flamini 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 43 1 2
      4 Francesc Fabregas 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 48 6 2
      13 Alexander Hleb 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 40 1 3
      7 Tomas Rosicky 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 44 15 2
      25 Emmanuel Adebayor 0 3 0 1 1 3 0 24 5 1
      11 Robin Van Persie 0 6 2 3 2 0 0 22 5 2
      15 Denilson Pereira Neves 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 42 11 3
      9 Eduardo da Silva 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 3 0
      26 Nicklas Bendtner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Alexandre Song 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Lukasz Fabianski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Manchester City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      19 Kasper Schmeichel 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 7 0
      22 Richard Dunne 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17 1 4
      16 Vedran Corluka 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 19 0 2
      2 Micah Richards 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 19 2 2
      11 Blumer Elano 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16 7 2
      21 Dietmar Hamann 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 24 6 1
      6 Michael Johnson 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 24 3 5
      24 Javier Garrido 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 31 9 0
      7 Stephen Ireland 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 0 2
      15 Martin Petrov 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 29 11 0
      9 Emile Mpenza 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 12 4 1
      8 Marcio Geovanni 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7 3 1
      4 Nedum Onuoha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Michael Ball 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Joe Hart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Rolando Bianchi 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90' Oooh! Schmeichel comes up for a City corner in the dying moments and he gets his head to it! Oooh! Saved by Almunia! What a story that would have been!
    • 84' Arsenal are finishing strongly here! Rosicky forces Schmeichel into a save... the ball falls to Hleb who fires inches wide of the far post! All Arsenal at the moment!
    • 80' GOAL! FABREGAS GIVES ARSENAL THE LEAD! Hleb plays the ball into the Spaniard who fires past Schmeichel with a thunderbolt into the roof of the net!
    • 73' Great run from Adebayor! But his finish is poor and the ball balloons high over the bar!
    • 72' Hleb rolls the ball across the penalty area to FABREGAS! But the Spaniard can't get any kind of good contact on the ball and it rolls through to Schmeichel...
    • 69' Van Persie looking to make amends for his penalty miss... he lets fly again! But Schmeichel is equal to it again!
    • 67' SAVED BY SCHMEICHEL! VAN PERSIE MISSES! Great save from the youngster!
    • 66' PENALTY TO ARSENAL! Richards slides in on the flying Hleb! And replays show there to be contact... City can't be unhappy about that one...
    • 62' Mpenza's in here! GREAT SAVE FROM ALMUNIA! The Belgian doesn't keep his composure and the ball hits Almunia's body before squirming away to safety....
    • 58' Ooooh! Best chance of the game for City! Elano spots Petrov in acres of space on the left hand side... the Bulgarian sets his sights before hitting the ball first time! It's a crisp strike, but about a foot wide of the far post!
    • 40' Rosicky plays a great cross into the box with the outside of his right boot.... VAN PERSIE! Oooh! That would have been goal of the season so far, but the Dutchman's effort is blocked!
    • 37' Adebayor lets fly! It takes a deflection for a corner to Arsenal! The Gunners are mounting the pressure now...
    • 36' Oooh! Van Persie's getting closer! Adebayor plays in Fabregas on the right... he plays the ball across the face of goals and Van Persie's just inches away from getting on the end of it!
    • 22' Elano with a chance to shoot! It just opens up in front of the Brazilian... but his shot is weak and Almunia claims without too many problems!
    • 19' Mpenza's through here! Great pass from Elano to find him, but the Belgian's finish is woeful and the ball rolls tamely wide!
    • 10' City break now with Johnson! The midfielder breaks right through the Gunners' back line after the ref plays advantage for a handball against Toure! He gives it to Petrov on his left, who strikes! Wide of the mark! Good chance gone begging...
    • 5' First half chance of the game falls to Van Persie... it opens up for the Dutchman 25 yards out... he lets fly, but his effort is always rising and the ball flies into the stands behind Schmeichel's goal!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Chris Foy

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsene Wenger

    On the Field

    • Almunia
    • Sagna
    • Gilberto Silva
    • Toure
    • Clichy
    • Hleb
    • Flamini
    • Fabregas
    • Rosicky
    • Adebayor
    • van Persie

    Subs

    • Bendtner
    • Denilson
    • Fabianski
    • Eduardo

    Injured

    • Gallas
    • Senderos

    Suspended

    None

  • Manchester City

    Manager: Sven-Göran Eriksson

    On the Field

    • Schmeichel
    • Corluka
    • Dunne
    • Richards
    • Garrido
    • Ireland
    • Hamann
    • Johnson
    • Petrov
    • Elano
    • Mpenza

    Subs

    • Ball
    • Bianchi
    • Geovanni
    • Onuoha
    • Hart

    Injured

    • Isaksson
    • Bojinov

    Suspended

    None