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Monday April 28, 2008 Finished Pride Park

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Derby County

  • McEveley 31’
  • Earnshaw 77’

Arsenal

  • Bendtner 25’
  • van Persie 39’
  • Adebayor 59’, 81’, 90’
  • Walcott 79’
  1. Rampant Arsenal crush Derby

    Rampant Arsenal crush Derby

    Emmanuel Adebayor notched a second-half hat-trick as Arsenal demolished Derby 6-2 at Pride Park. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Derby County
    • Arsenal
    • 90+2' Three sharp blasts of Andre Marriner's whistle bring Derby's misery to an end after another wonderful attacking performance from Arsene Wenger's Arsenal. 6-2 the final score at Pride Park.
    • 90+1' GOAL! 6-2 Arsenal! Adebayor sprints clear of the home defence and coolly rounds Carroll before sliding the ball into the empty net to claim his hat-trick!
    • 89' Walcott wastes a good opportunity by shanking a cross behind for a goal kick from the right. And then suddenly develops a suspiciously pronounced limp...
    • 88' Earnshaw draws a smart save from Fabianski with a crisply struck half-volley from the right-hand corner of the area.
    • 86' It's yet another thankless evening for Derby's commendably committed home support, who are slowly beginning to drift away from the stadium.
    • 83' Moore nicks the ball off Adebayor's toes as he hunts his hat-trick!
    • 82' 'We want six!' is now the chant from the away fans. You have to admire their persistence.
    • 81' GOAL! 5-2 Arsenal! Clichy crosses from the left and Adebayor has the freedom of Derby to tuck the ball home at the near post!
    • 79' GOAL! 4-2 Arsenal! Walcott finds space on the left, steps inside Todd and bends an accomplished finish inside Carroll's left-hand post! In other Arsenal-related news, Johan Djourou has come on for Kolo Toure.
    • 77' GOAL! 3-2! Todd splits the Arsenal defence with a through-ball, and Earnshaw sprints through, slots the ball past Fabianski and performs a well choreographed celebration that must have been a season in the making.
    • 76' Penalty shout for Derby! Lewis's cross from the left hits Toure's hand and goes behind, and the referee awards a corner!
    • 75' And now Thierry Henry and Tony Adams.
    • 74' Derby come forward, McEveley clips in a cross from the left, Song clears. Arsenal's fans are airing their appreciation of past heroes, apparently in reverse chronological order. We've had Patrick Vieira, Dennis Bergkamp and Ian Wright so far.
    • 73' Good save Fabianski! Feilhaber tries his luck from distance, Fabianski parries and then pounces on the ball before Villa can snaffle up the rebound!
    • 71' Eboue throws himself at Adebayor's low cross from the left and is inches, no, milimetres away from connecting with it!
    • 69' Eboue's corner from the right is headed over by Adebayor. Derby send on Wales's Robert Earnshaw for Mile Sterjovski.'Eng-er-lund, Eng-er-lund, Eng-er-lund!' is the chant from the visiting fans.
    • 68' They're queuing up here! Walcott is found at the back post in acres of space but his shot is blocked. This is all Arsenal now.
    • 65' Substitution for Arsenal. Gilberto Silva replaces his countryman Denilson.
    • 64' Walcott must score, but no! Bendtner releases Walcott down the middle and he draws Carroll before placing the ball wide of the right-hand post!
    • 61' Bendtner crosses to Adebayor at the back post, his header across goal is caught by Carroll.
    • 60' Derby respond with a change. Hossam Ghaly is replaced by Benny Feilhaber.
    • 59' GOAL! 3-1 Arsenal! Denilson finds Walcott on the right, he dances around Stubbs before cutting the ball back to Eboue, whose mishit shot is touched home at the back post by Adebayor!
    • 58' Chance for Arsenal! Bendtner finds Adebayor in space on the left-hand side but Carroll saves with his feet!
    • 57' Lewis crosses from the left, Fabregas heads clear.
    • 56' Bendtner runs into a cul-de-sac on the edge of the Derby area, but Arsenal quickly regain possession. The 'Ole's from the away fans have started already.
    • 55' More patient passing from Arsenal; more snappy tackling from the home side.
    • 54' Adebayor sets up Bendtner just outside the Derby box and he curls in a shot that is narrowly wide and high of Carroll's goal.
    • 53' Lovely football from Arsenal! Fabregas motors into the penalty area down the inside-right channel before backheeling a pass to Toure that the Ivorian lifts over the crossbar from 12 yards! That would have been a delightful goal.
    • 51' Walcott is well tackled by Todd on the Arsenal left. Ghaly's cross from the same side sails straight into the arms of Fabianski.
    • 50' Toure cracks in a right-footed effort from outside the box on the right that only just clears the crossbar!
    • 49' It's a 33,000 sell-out here tonight, which is testament to the madness/dedication of the Derby fans.
    • 48' Fabregas's second corner is brilliantly gathered by Carroll.
    • 47' Bendtner finds Adebayor in space on the edge of the Derby box, Adebayor lets the ball run under his foot but Savage steams in behind him to put the ball behind for a corner. Fabregas's corner is headed behind at the near post by Moore.
    • 46' Savage and Villa kick things off in the second half.
    • H-T Robin van Persie will not be able to continue for Arsenal, and he is replaced by top scorer Emmanuel Adebayor.
    • 45+1' Fabregas's corner is only half cleared, before Song curls in a cross from the left that drifts behind for a goal kick. And the half-time whistle goes. Arsenal lead 2-1 after an open first half.
    • 45' Clichy marauds down the left before whipping in a cross that McEveley heads behind at the back post.
    • 44' Walcott's cross from the left is headed away by McEveley.
    • 43' Mears swings a cross to the back post that Lewis can't control.
    • 42' Bendtner is the victim of another debatable offside call.
    • 41' Bendtner looks to attack Eboue's low cross from the right but Stubbs does just enough to put him off and the ball rolls back to Carroll.
    • 40' Van Persie took that goal beautifully, but it doesn't look like he'll be with us for long. He apparently has a tight hamstring, and Emmanuel Adebayor is preparing to come on.
    • 39' GOAL! 2-1 Arsenal! Toure picks out van Persie with a chipped pass over the Derby defence, and the Dutchman brings the ball down on his chest before clipping a right-footed effort into the roof of the net!
    • 37' Bendtner smuggles the ball through to van Persie on the right side of the box and he draws a save from Carroll, but the flag is up for offside.
    • 36' Lewis momentarily gets away from Song but Clichy comes across from left-back to clear.
    • 35' Good save Carroll! Fabregas takes aim from 25 yards and Carroll springs to his right to push the ball away! The ball falls for Walcott, who cuts inside on the left before clipping in a cross that Savage heads clear.
    • 34' Villa goes down after being caught by Denilson inside the centre circle, but he's soon back on his feet.
    • 33' Van Persie takes aim from the edge of the Derby box but he's leaning back and the ball sails well over the crossbar.
    • 31' GOAL! 1-1! Savage's inswinging free-kick hits McEveley on the head and then drops invitingly for him, and he prods the ball past Fabianski and into the net! And Pride Park erupts!
    • 30' Song is penalised for tripping Sterjovski wide on the Derby left. Free-kick to the home side.
    • 29' Derby come forward but Todd's pass is cut out by Denilson.
    • 28' What a miss! Walcott finds van Persie in acres of space inside the Derby box, and he has time to compose himself before curling the ball wide of the left-hand post from 15 yards! That really should have been two-nil.
    • 27' Eboue's cross from the right is headed away by Andy Todd.
    • 26' Fabregas is caught in the face by a flailing arm from Ghaly, but referee Andre Marriner decides to take no action.
    • 25' GOAL! 1-0 Arsenal! Moore gives the ball straight to Bendtner, who exchanges passes with van Persie on the edge of the box before driving the ball beneath Carroll and into the bottom-left corner! 'That's why you're going down!' is the chant from the fans in the away end. They're not wrong.
    • 23' Stubbs's long ball is flicked on by Mears on the Derby right and then cleared by Song.
    • 22' Oh dear! Walcott receives the ball in space in an advanced position on the Arsenal left before running it straight out of play.
    • 21' Arsenal are seeing plenty of the ball, as usual, but they can't find a way through Derby's defence at the moment.
    • 20' Gallas pulls Sterjovski back after being outwitted by the Derby man on the Arsenal left but no free-kick is given!
    • 19' Savage halts van Persie's progress down the Arsenal left with another blood-and-thunder challenge.
    • 18' McEveley flicks on Lewis's corner at the near post but the ball drifts across goal and goes out for a goal kick.
    • 17' Chance for Derby! Mears whips in an excellent cross from the right and Villa's powerful header nicks off Gallas for a corner.
    • 16' Emmanuel Eboue's low cross from the Arsenal right is put behind for a corner by Savage. Robin van Persie sweeps it into the box, William Gallas hooks it back across goal at the back post and Derby clear.
    • 15' Fifteen minutes gone, and we look to be in for an open game.
    • 14' Lewis curls the corner into the box and Fabianski once again opts to punch it away.
    • 13' Savage touches the ball to Lewis and Alan Stubbs cracks in a fierce drive that is deflected wide of the right-hand post for a corner.
    • 12' Denilson slides in on Lewis from behind, earning Derby a free-kick about 30 yards from goal in a central position.
    • 11' Fabianski runs to the edge of his box to collect a high ball from McEveley. Bendtner is inaccurately given offside at the other end.
    • 10' Toure motors infield from the right flank and stabs a pass towards Walcott down the inside-right channel that's just too strong and is fielded by Roy Carroll.
    • 9' Walcott can't control a pass that's fizzed towards him on the left flank, and it'll be a throw-in to Derby on halfway.
    • 8' Derby inches away! Villa tees up Mile Sterjovski on the edge of the box and the Australian's shot is deflected just wide of the right-hand post by Alexandre Song with Fabianski completely wrong-footed! Derby have started well here.
    • 7' Great chance for Derby! Lewis finds Mears in space on the right and he swings in a low cross that Villa scuffs completely, the ball trundling wide of the far post.
    • 6' First chance for Arsenal! Bendtner clips in a cross from the left and Kolo Toure flings himself at a right-footed back-post volley that goes well over the bar.
    • 5' Lewis's inswinger is punched clear rather unconvincingly by Fabianski and Arsenal clear.
    • 4' Mears wins a corner off Walcott on the Derby right. Eddie Lewis will take it.
    • 3' First chance for Walcott to stretch his legs down the left, but he's stopped in his tracks by a typically uncompromising (and illegal) challenge from Robbie Savage.
    • 2' McEveley tries to set an attack in motion down the Derby left, but Villa's attempted pass to the wing is intercepted.
    • 1' The first half begins. Arsenal kick off, and they will attack from right to left in the first half. Tyrone Mears is penalised for sliding in from behind on Denilson.
    • 19:55 The teams emerge from the tunnel, to the tune of Rob D's 'Clubbed To Death' for anyone that's interested. Derby are in their home strip of white shirts, black shorts and white socks, Arsenal in their own first-choice kit of red shirts with white sleeves, white shorts and red socks. It's a not unpleasant evening here in Derby: blue skies and fluffy white clouds.
    • 19:45 TEAM NEWS: Polish youngster Lukasz Fabianski is in goal for the Gunners, with Denilson starting alongside Cesc Fabregas in midfield and Nicklas Bendtner preferred to Emmanuel Adebayor up front. Derby boss Paul Jewell makes three changes to the side that lost 2-1 at West Ham last weekend, with Darren Moore, Jay McEveley and Emanuel Villa all coming in.
    • 19:30 Good evening and welcome to LIVE coverage of Derby County v Arsenal from Pride Park. Pride, fittingly, is pretty much all there is at stake in this one - with Derby long relegated and Arsenal out of the title race - although a victory for the Gunners will keep their mathematical title hopes alive. Kick-off is at 20:00 BST.

  • Team Stats

    Derby County Stats Arsenal
    36% Possession 63%
    12 Shots 22
    4 Shots on target 10
    3 Saves 1
    5 Corners 6
    8 Fouls 6
    1 Offsides 5
    0 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    26 Tackles 23
    238 Accurate passes 501
    42 Bad passes 91

  • 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
    • Derby County
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      31 Roy Carroll 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0
      23 Darren Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 3
      4 James McEveley 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 22 11 2
      24 Tyrone Mears 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 14 1 1
      17 Andrew Todd 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 28 0 8
      8 Alan Stubbs 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 2 2
      21 Mile Sterjovski 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 13 2 0
      44 Robbie Savage 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 28 4 7
      40 Hossam Ghaly 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 24 5 0
      15 Eddie Lewis 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 8 0
      9 Emanuel Villa 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 27 4 0
      10 Robert Earnshaw 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 3
      2 Marc Edworthy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Lewis Price 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      35 Jason Beardsley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Benny Feilhaber 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 14 2 0
    • Arsenal
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      21 Lukasz Fabianski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 0
      22 Gaël Clichy 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 57 27 4
      5 Kolo Toure 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 42 0 0
      10 William Gallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 1 2
      17 Alexandre Song 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 36 7 3
      4 Francesc Fabregas 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 79 12 1
      15 Denilson Pereira Neves 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 46 11 9
      27 Emmanuel Eboue 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 45 1 1
      32 Theo Walcott 1 3 1 0 3 0 0 24 10 2
      26 Nicklas Bendtner 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 41 8 1
      11 Robin Van Persie 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 17 4 0
      20 Johan Djourou 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 0
      19 Gilberto Silva 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 28 1 0
      6 Philippe Senderos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Emmanuel Adebayor 3 7 6 0 0 1 0 27 8 0
      24 Manuel Almunia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+1' GOAL! 6-2 Arsenal! Adebayor sprints clear of the home defence and coolly rounds Carroll before sliding the ball into the empty net to claim his hat-trick!
    • 88' Earnshaw draws a smart save from Fabianski with a crisply struck half-volley from the right-hand corner of the area.
    • 81' GOAL! 5-2 Arsenal! Clichy crosses from the left and Adebayor has the freedom of Derby to tuck the ball home at the near post!
    • 79' GOAL! 4-2 Arsenal! Walcott finds space on the left, steps inside Todd and bends an accomplished finish inside Carroll's left-hand post! In other Arsenal-related news, Johan Djourou has come on for Kolo Toure.
    • 77' GOAL! 3-2! Todd splits the Arsenal defence with a through-ball, and Earnshaw sprints through, slots the ball past Fabianski and performs a well choreographed celebration that must have been a season in the making.
    • 76' Penalty shout for Derby! Lewis's cross from the left hits Toure's hand and goes behind, and the referee awards a corner!
    • 73' Good save Fabianski! Feilhaber tries his luck from distance, Fabianski parries and then pounces on the ball before Villa can snaffle up the rebound!
    • 71' Eboue throws himself at Adebayor's low cross from the left and is inches, no, milimetres away from connecting with it!
    • 64' Walcott must score, but no! Bendtner releases Walcott down the middle and he draws Carroll before placing the ball wide of the right-hand post!
    • 61' Bendtner crosses to Adebayor at the back post, his header across goal is caught by Carroll.
    • 59' GOAL! 3-1 Arsenal! Denilson finds Walcott on the right, he dances around Stubbs before cutting the ball back to Eboue, whose mishit shot is touched home at the back post by Adebayor!
    • 58' Chance for Arsenal! Bendtner finds Adebayor in space on the left-hand side but Carroll saves with his feet!
    • 54' Adebayor sets up Bendtner just outside the Derby box and he curls in a shot that is narrowly wide and high of Carroll's goal.
    • 53' Lovely football from Arsenal! Fabregas motors into the penalty area down the inside-right channel before backheeling a pass to Toure that the Ivorian lifts over the crossbar from 12 yards! That would have been a delightful goal.
    • 50' Toure cracks in a right-footed effort from outside the box on the right that only just clears the crossbar!
    • 39' GOAL! 2-1 Arsenal! Toure picks out van Persie with a chipped pass over the Derby defence, and the Dutchman brings the ball down on his chest before clipping a right-footed effort into the roof of the net!
    • 35' Good save Carroll! Fabregas takes aim from 25 yards and Carroll springs to his right to push the ball away! The ball falls for Walcott, who cuts inside on the left before clipping in a cross that Savage heads clear.
    • 31' GOAL! 1-1! Savage's inswinging free-kick hits McEveley on the head and then drops invitingly for him, and he prods the ball past Fabianski and into the net! And Pride Park erupts!
    • 28' What a miss! Walcott finds van Persie in acres of space inside the Derby box, and he has time to compose himself before curling the ball wide of the left-hand post from 15 yards! That really should have been two-nil.
    • 25' GOAL! 1-0 Arsenal! Moore gives the ball straight to Bendtner, who exchanges passes with van Persie on the edge of the box before driving the ball beneath Carroll and into the bottom-left corner! 'That's why you're going down!' is the chant from the fans in the away end. They're not wrong.
    • 17' Chance for Derby! Mears whips in an excellent cross from the right and Villa's powerful header nicks off Gallas for a corner.
    • 13' Savage touches the ball to Lewis and Alan Stubbs cracks in a fierce drive that is deflected wide of the right-hand post for a corner.
    • 8' Derby inches away! Villa tees up Mile Sterjovski on the edge of the box and the Australian's shot is deflected just wide of the right-hand post by Alexandre Song with Fabianski completely wrong-footed! Derby have started well here.
    • 7' Great chance for Derby! Lewis finds Mears in space on the right and he swings in a low cross that Villa scuffs completely, the ball trundling wide of the far post.
    • 6' First chance for Arsenal! Bendtner clips in a cross from the left and Kolo Toure flings himself at a right-footed back-post volley that goes well over the bar.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Andre Marriner

  • Derby County

    Manager: Paul Jewell

    Captain: Robbie Savage

    On the Field

    • Carroll
    • Todd
    • Stubbs
    • Moore
    • McEveley Goal
    • Mears
    • Savage
    • Ghaly Substitution Out (60′)
    • Lewis
    • Sterjovski Substitution Out (69′)
    • Villa

    Subs

    • Edworthy
    • Earnshaw Substitution In69′ Goal
    • Feilhaber Substitution In60′
    • Price
    • Beardsley

    Injured

    • Mills
    • Jones
    • Davis
    • Barnes

    Suspended

    None

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsene Wenger

    Captain: William Gallas

    On the Field

    • Fabianski
    • Toure Substitution Out (79′)
    • Gallas
    • Song
    • Clichy
    • Eboue
    • Denilson Substitution Out (64′)
    • Fabregas
    • Walcott Goal
    • Bendtner Goal
    • van Persie Goal Substitution Out (45′)

    Subs

    • Almunia
    • Adebayor Substitution In45′ Goals×3
    • Senderos
    • Gilberto Silva Substitution In64′
    • Djourou Substitution In79′

    Injured

    • Rosicky
    • Hoyte
    • Flamini
    • Sagna
    • Diaby
    • Eduardo

    Suspended

    • Hleb