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Arsenal

  • Schwarzer 86’ (o.g.)

Middlesbrough

  • Aliadière 24’
  1. Arsenal knocked off top by United

    Arsenal knocked off top by United

    A late Kolo Toure goal earned Arsenal a 1-1 draw against Middlesbrough at the Emirates Stadium, a result that saw Manchester United stay top of the Premier League. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Arsenal
    • Middlesbrough
    • 90+4 Another corner in injury time, but Halsey blows before they can take it! The four minutes weren't up either as there was an extra delay in that injury time. Bizarre ending to a bizarre game, to honest that was one of the worst refereeing displays I have ever seen. Shocking. Eboue Booked.
    • 90+3 Arsenal must score with WALCOTT FREE BUT BLOCKED, bodies everywhere and Walcott again but blocked for a corner. Corner sent far post and BENDTNDER MUST SCORE but flicked away for a corner! They got in each other's way there!
    • 90+2 Arsenal trying to turn the screw here as Walcott crosses in, but headed out for a throw.. Downing hashes the clearance, sent back in, hacked out for a throw, then played into BENDTNER but a brilliant block by Huth. Corner. Backs against the wall for Boro.
    • 90' Four minutes added time to be played...
    • 89' ARSENAL SUB: Clichy gets stretchered off with a cut face, Senderos on in his place.
    • 88' Mido is sent off for a high foot on Clichy! He went in with his boot very high, although he's about a foot taller than Clichy and didn't mean to catch him.
    • 86' Corner to Arsenal then on the right, Fabregas takes it and Adebayor rises with the header BUT A TOTAL HOWLER BY SCHWARZER WHO PUTS IT INTO HIS OWN NET! Terrible, he came to punch it clear, Flamini and Taylor obscured his vision but he was nowehere near contact and it came off his shoulder and went in.
    • 85' More Arsenal pressure breaks down as they over-cook it - shoot, man! - and Boateng races clear with the ball to win a free kick on the left, which is launched long upfield.
    • 83' Corner is played short to Toure who drills in a low cross for FLAMINI but gathered by Schwarzer.
    • 82' Brilliant slide tackle-cum-block from Taylor I think, Arsenal come again though and win a corner through Walcott.
    • 81' Flamini to Eboue, who sends it deep, too deep but Schwarzer makes a mess of claiming it with Adebayor and Bendtner flying in far post but it rebounds off a red and white shirt for a goal kick.
    • 80' A confrontation between O'Neil and Walcott after a foul by the Boro man, yellow for O'Neil.
    • 78' BORO SUB: Mido comes on for Aliadiere - a former Spurs player for a former Arsenal player, just to add insult to injury.
    • 76' Fabregas spreads it to Eboue who wins a corner off Pogatetz... Cesc swings it in but headed clear, back with the Spaniard on the right who puts in a better ball which Schwarzer claims under presure.
    • 73' Adebayor on the right, Arsenal have red and white shirts queueing in the box for his cross which lands on the head of the smallest man in there, Cesc's header bouncing agonisingly wide of the post!
    • 69' BORO SUB: Tuncay off for Andrew Taylor as Boro go 5-4-1.
    • 67' Downing with a great touch to kill the ball and send in a really good looking shot which goes well wide but had Arsenal worried.
    • 66' Hleb on the ball, beats his man and plays a disguised reverse pass to FABREGAS WHO IS CLEAN THROUGH BUT A SUPERB SAVE BY SCHWARZER DIVING OUT TO SMOTHER! Cesc should have lofted it over the big man diving low at his feet.
    • 64' Eboue on the right, hits the byline and swings it over for BENDTNER WITH THE HEADER but he can't connect properly and up in the air before Boro clear!
    • 63' Walcott with an immediate impact, finding himself on the right and tricky feet before playing it in and Flamini with the header but cleared.
    • 62' So Walcott has gone right wing, Bendtner up front and Eboue back to full back.
    • 61' ARSENAL DOUBLE SUB: Walcott and Bendtner on for Van Persie and Sagna.
    • 59' Clichy with a driving run through the middle after Tuncay gave it away but his shot is blocked.
    • 58' Van Persie goes down under a Young challenge on the left, Halsey points for a corner which Toure heads well wide.
    • 55' Arsenal still dominating as Fabregas almost plays in Van Persie again but too heavy and Schwarzer claims...
    • 52' Gallas tries to flick the ball on but out for a goal kick... Arsenal are going to be leaving a lot of space at the back and will have to be careful, although Boro hardly offer a lot going forward.
    • 50' Ball over the top sent into the path of Adebayor who heads on goal but over!
    • 48' Good play by Arsenal sees Clichy move it to Hleb who feeds Van Persie, he takes a touch to make space and fires low and just wide with Schwarzer scrambling across!
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 46' BORO SUB: Half-time chance with Shawky off for Cattermole.
    • 45' Half-time, Boro leading 1-0 although Arsenal have had a goal incorrectly ruled-out for offside.
    • 44' Boateng brings the ball away and plays a great ball wide for Downing who has it on here and slides a low ball in for Aliadiere but hacked away by Gallas.
    • 43' Hleb plays the ball to Adebayor bursting into the box and he tries a cross which Young blocks and they think it's a handball and the replay shows it hit him in the midriff - although his hands were outstretched, what was he doing?!
    • 42' Van Persie goes down on the edge of the box again but Young clearly got the ball and Boro clear.
    • 41' Sustained Arsenal pressure sees Eboue on the right, in to Adebayor who backheels it back to Eboue who cuts across on the overlap and can shoot but it's blocked, the ball is played back across and Fabregas shoots but straight at Schwarzer.
    • 39' Hleb with a great pass to Fabregas who releases Adebayor down the left and Van Persie is screaming for it but Boro get bodies back to block and clear!
    • 37' Van Persie wide to Adebayor but a superb piece of defending by Pogatetz to bring the ball away.
    • 36' The Arsenal fans howl with derision after Mark Halsey blows for a free kick against them, but Adebayor clearly pushed Huth off the ball.
    • 34' Corner to Arsenal on the left but Schwarzer punches clear, messily but he gets it away.
    • 33' Eboue again in on the right, comes towards the goal-line and goes down after going shoulder-to-shoulder with Pogatetz but no penalty!
    • 31' Hleb is in space and has time on the left but a terrible connection with the cross and out for a throw.
    • 29' Sagna drives down the right, bursts into the box and goes down but no way was that a penalty, corner rightly given as Wheater didn't touch him.
    • 28' Fabregas with a lovely ball wide to Van Persie in space on the left hand side of the area, he drills in a cross-shot but it's just too far ahead of Adebayor and spins wide!
    • 26' Van Persie with a late foul on Boateng, but Wheater is booked for a previous foul for which advantage had been played.
    • 24' Schwarzer to take the free kick in the left corner... he lumps it long, Arsenal step up way too late and Tuncay is in on the left to ping a superb low cross FOR ALIADIERE UNMARKED WHO MAKES IT 1-0 WITH THE SIMPLE FINISH! He scores against his former club! Boro ahead against Arsenal.
    • 23' Adebayor is somewhat harshly adjudged to have fouled Boateng as the pair tussle for the ball...
    • 21' Fabregas goes for a long high ball through the middle and Adebayor gets behind the last defender and must score but he has to stretch to finish and pokes it straight at Schwarzer! Great chance, bad defending.
    • 20' Eboue jogs off for treatment, nothing more than an over-exerted knee it seems as he comes back on.
    • 19' Eboue, Fabregas and Van Persie combine, Adebayor now back to Eboue who cuts it back for Persoe but his shot is blocked. Eboue got a knock in that incident.
    • 16' Boro with a rare forway forward, nosebleed territory here, Tuncay on the right lays it off for O'Neil who has a crack but sends it well over.
    • 16' Corner to Arsenal, way too deep by Fabregas, Gallas picks it up but his cross spins out of play for a goal kick.
    • 15' Eboue on the right, Pogatetz stands off him and he fires in a shot that Schwarzer can only parry but the clearance is completed and Arsenal have a corner.
    • 14' Toure plays it long and high for Van Persie, who has drifted away from the last man and can control and score but tries a first-time volley, kicking air. Oops.
    • 11' Fabregas and Adebayor almost combine again as Arsenal lay down the law early in this game.
    • 10' Eboue to Van Persie, one touch lay off to Fabregas on the overlap who clips a cross over to ADEBAYOR but his header is weak and blocked by Huth who clears!
    • 8' Arsenal still bossing possession as Fabregas looks wide for Eboue who hits the byline and swings over a cross that bounces off the top of the bar and away! He certainly didn't mean that but almost a freak opener!
    • 6' Good play by Arsenal, spreading the ball the full breadth of the pitch but Fabregas's through ball is intercepted...
    • 4' Flag up as Adebayor is played in... he fires past Schwarzer and the goal is disallowed. Now he was in an offside position, but the ball was played in by a Boateng error. That should have stood but Halsey, who was five yards away, missed it, thinking Hleb played the pass in.
    • 3' Arsenal fans take great pleasure in Aliadiere's poor touch on the left...
    • 2' Boro win a corner on the left but well-cleared by Arsenal.
    • 1' Match underway! Can Boro do the double over Arsenal after winning 2-1 at the Riverside?
    • - BORO TEAM NEWS: Aliadiere returns after suspension to face his alma mater, while Julio Arca stays on the bench following good recent form by Mohammed Shawky.
    • - ARSENAL TEAM NEWS: So Robin van Persie starts, fit and well after a spell out, with Theo Walcott sufficiently recovered from a knock in a training match to make the bench.
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of Arsenal v Middlesbrough, from Anfield at 17:15.

  • Team Stats

    Arsenal Stats Middlesbrough
    74% Possession 25%
    20 Shots 4
    7 Shots on target 1
    0 Saves 5
    12 Corners 1
    9 Fouls 8
    3 Offsides 1
    1 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 1
    13 Tackles 36
    554 Accurate passes 111
    97 Bad passes 34

  • 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 13 1 0
      5 Kolo Toure 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 56 2 1
      22 Gaël Clichy 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 73 34 3
      3 Bacary Sagna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 2
      10 William Gallas 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 45 8 0
      4 Francesc Fabregas 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 89 11 2
      16 Mathieu Flamini 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 74 15 1
      27 Emmanuel Eboue 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 40 2 2
      13 Alexander Hleb 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 55 13 2
      25 Emmanuel Adebayor 0 4 1 3 3 2 0 21 3 0
      11 Robin Van Persie 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 20 3 0
      19 Gilberto Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Philippe Senderos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      1 Jens Lehmann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Theo Walcott 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0
      26 Nicklas Bendtner 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 0
    • Middlesbrough
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Mark Schwarzer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
      14 Robert Huth 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 2
      6 Emanuel Pogatetz 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 5 2
      2 Luke Young 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 1 8
      31 David Wheater 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 4
      15 Mohamed Shawky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 3
      7 George Boateng 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 21 8 7
      4 Gary O'Neil 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 12 1 0
      19 Stewart Downing 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 6 3
      17 Tuncay Sanli 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 13 7 1
      11 Jeremie Aliadiere 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 1 1
      21 Ross Turnbull 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Ahmed Hossam Mido 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
      3 Julio Arca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Andrew Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      27 Lee Cattermole 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 4

  • Summary

    • 90+3 Arsenal must score with WALCOTT FREE BUT BLOCKED, bodies everywhere and Walcott again but blocked for a corner. Corner sent far post and BENDTNDER MUST SCORE but flicked away for a corner! They got in each other's way there!
    • 90+2 Arsenal trying to turn the screw here as Walcott crosses in, but headed out for a throw.. Downing hashes the clearance, sent back in, hacked out for a throw, then played into BENDTNER but a brilliant block by Huth. Corner. Backs against the wall for Boro.
    • 88' Mido is sent off for a high foot on Clichy! He went in with his boot very high, although he's about a foot taller than Clichy and didn't mean to catch him.
    • 86' Corner to Arsenal then on the right, Fabregas takes it and Adebayor rises with the header BUT A TOTAL HOWLER BY SCHWARZER WHO PUTS IT INTO HIS OWN NET! Terrible, he came to punch it clear, Flamini and Taylor obscured his vision but he was nowehere near contact and it came off his shoulder and went in.
    • 73' Adebayor on the right, Arsenal have red and white shirts queueing in the box for his cross which lands on the head of the smallest man in there, Cesc's header bouncing agonisingly wide of the post!
    • 66' Hleb on the ball, beats his man and plays a disguised reverse pass to FABREGAS WHO IS CLEAN THROUGH BUT A SUPERB SAVE BY SCHWARZER DIVING OUT TO SMOTHER! Cesc should have lofted it over the big man diving low at his feet.
    • 64' Eboue on the right, hits the byline and swings it over for BENDTNER WITH THE HEADER but he can't connect properly and up in the air before Boro clear!
    • 48' Good play by Arsenal sees Clichy move it to Hleb who feeds Van Persie, he takes a touch to make space and fires low and just wide with Schwarzer scrambling across!
    • 43' Hleb plays the ball to Adebayor bursting into the box and he tries a cross which Young blocks and they think it's a handball and the replay shows it hit him in the midriff - although his hands were outstretched, what was he doing?!
    • 28' Fabregas with a lovely ball wide to Van Persie in space on the left hand side of the area, he drills in a cross-shot but it's just too far ahead of Adebayor and spins wide!
    • 24' Schwarzer to take the free kick in the left corner... he lumps it long, Arsenal step up way too late and Tuncay is in on the left to ping a superb low cross FOR ALIADIERE UNMARKED WHO MAKES IT 1-0 WITH THE SIMPLE FINISH! He scores against his former club! Boro ahead against Arsenal.
    • 21' Fabregas goes for a long high ball through the middle and Adebayor gets behind the last defender and must score but he has to stretch to finish and pokes it straight at Schwarzer! Great chance, bad defending.
    • 15' Eboue on the right, Pogatetz stands off him and he fires in a shot that Schwarzer can only parry but the clearance is completed and Arsenal have a corner.
    • 10' Eboue to Van Persie, one touch lay off to Fabregas on the overlap who clips a cross over to ADEBAYOR but his header is weak and blocked by Huth who clears!
    • 8' Arsenal still bossing possession as Fabregas looks wide for Eboue who hits the byline and swings over a cross that bounces off the top of the bar and away! He certainly didn't mean that but almost a freak opener!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Arsenal

    Captain: William Gallas

    On the Field

    • Almunia
    • Sagna Substitution Out (61′)
    • Toure
    • Gallas
    • Clichy
    • Eboue Yellow Card
    • Flamini
    • Fabregas
    • Hleb
    • van Persie Substitution Out (61′)
    • Adebayor

    Subs

    • Lehmann
    • Senderos
    • Gilberto Silva
    • Bendtner Substitution In (61′)
    • Walcott Substitution In (61′)

    Injured

    • Rosicky
    • Diaby
    • Eduardo

    Suspended

    None

  • Middlesbrough

    Manager: Gareth Southgate

    On the Field

    • Schwarzer Own Goal
    • Young
    • Huth
    • Wheater Yellow Card
    • Pogatetz
    • O'Neil Yellow Card
    • Shawky Substitution Out (46′)
    • Boateng
    • Downing
    • Aliadière Goal Substitution Out (78′)
    • Tuncay Substitution Out (68′)

    Subs

    • Arca
    • Mido Substitution In (78′) Red Card
    • Turnbull
    • Cattermole Substitution In (46′)
    • Taylor Substitution In (68′)

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None