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Wednesday December 5, 2007 Finished St. James' Park

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Newcastle United

  • Taylor 60’

Arsenal

  • Adebayor 4’
  1. Toon spirit shows in draw

    Toon spirit shows in draw

    Newcastle eased the pressure on under-fire manager Sam Allardyce with a battling 1-1 draw against leaders Arsenal at St James's Park. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Newcastle United
    • Arsenal
    • - Thanks for joining me for this evening's match; make sure you stick with Eurosport.Yahoo.com for all the latest Premier League news.
    • 93 FULL-TIME: Newcastle stop the rot and ease the pressure on under-fire manager Sam Allardyce with a stirring performance in a tense draw.
    • 90 CHANCE! Eboue deflects Taylor's close-range effort out for a corner after the ball dropped to the defender inside the six-yard box following a corner. Newcastle are cranking up the pressure in the final minutes...
    • 87 Two successive corners from the right from Rosicky...the second punched clear by a relieved Given, prompting a Newcastle break....Viduka's shot from the edge of the area is deflected for a Toon corner.
    • 84 RISKY CHALLENGE! N'Zogbia gets a little too close to comfort to Adebayor, who falls as he tries to hold him off in the penalty box. The home fans hold their breath, but the referee rightly waves play-on...
    • 81 There are some nervous faces in the crowd; over half Arsenal's goals in this season's Premier League have come in the closing stages, so Newcastle will have to remain on their toes until the final whistle.
    • 79 BRAVE SAVE! Given bravely dives low inside a crowded six-yard box to punch clear after Rosicky had turned a floated free-kick back across the face of goal...
    • 76 NEWCASTLE SUB: The wasted free-kick is the last piece of action for Geremi; he is replaced by Mark Viduka as Big Sam goes for the kill...
    • 75 WRONG DECISION! Geremi goes for goal with a free-kick from 40 yards - a cross for the big men in the box would surely have been the better option.
    • 73 Newcastle boss Sam Allrdyce is going livid about something on the touchline; it seems a rant aimed at one of his own players, with bulging veins, foaming mouth and violent gestures indicating something along the lines of: "GET STUCK IN!"
    • 70 Sagna is still bombing forward down the Arsenal right; he again finds space, but again his cross is poor, with team-mates waiting at the far post.
    • 68 ARSENAL SUB: Wenger reacts to going a goal down by making a change, replacing Eduardo with youngster Bendtner
    • 64 Nervy moment for Smith as Sagna goes down under a challenge from Smith...referee Dean comes over and goes for his pocket - only to book Sagna for diving! Smith must have feared his marching orders there...
    • 62 The Geordie fans are really getting behind their side now; they can sense an upset here...
    • 60 GOAL! NEWCASTLE ARE LEVEL! Milner's cross from the right is flicked on by Smith, dummied by Martins, and turned home by Taylor, who had stayed up-field following a free-kick!
    • 59 Shay Given is booked for sprinting 40 yards to say something to the referee.
    • 58 WELL PLAYED ALL ROUND! Milner twists and turns himself a little space inside the penalty area before turning over a low cross; Almunia claims at full-stretch at his near post.
    • 57 NOT THIS TIME! Arsenal pull Newcastle out of shape before feeding the ball to the left; Clichy's first-time cross is aimed towards Adebayor at the far post, but this time the lanky striker can't control.
    • 53 CLEAN BREAK! Rosicky and Adebayor lead a two-on-one break; Rosicky doesn't have the pace to beat the final defender, but can't play in his team-mate, who can't get on-side, and the chance goes.
    • 49 WRONG CHOICE! Rosicky does well to skip past a challenge through the middle before feeding Eboue on the right channel; the full-back has options to pick out at the back post, but instead opts to shoot - straight at Given.
    • 47 GIA MARIA! WHAT A STRIKE! N'Zogbia crashes a fierce first-time drive from 30 yards; Almunia is glad to be well-placed to claim the ball just under the crossbar.
    • 46 The second half is underway; no changes from either side at the break...
    • 45 HALF-TIME: Quite an even half after Arsenal went in front in just the fourth minute - although that won't necessarily be enough to keep the pressure mounting on Big Sam as the second half develops...
    • 44 Diarra is booked for body-checking Nicky Butt in midfield. Harsh decision.
    • 44 ANOTHER HALF-CHANCE! Adebayor is the only player alert enough to sprint in to the space at the near post to meet a corner...but he can't direct his first-time shot goalwards.
    • 42 Barton earns a yellow card from referee Deane after a needless barge on Gilberto in midfield. Toure sprints fifty yards to give the referee his views on the tackle. Get away, Kolo; it has nothing to do with you
    • 40 NO-ONE THERE! A long throw from the right is flicked on at the near post by Smith - the ball bounces dangerously in the six-yard box...but there is no Newcastle player at hand to turn it home.
    • 39 WELL CLAIMED! Almunia collects a high free-kick well, under pressure from Taylor, who had come flying in in an effort to meet Geremi's cross.
    • 35 OFF THE POST! NEWCASTLE ARE FURIOUS! Taylor leaps highest at a corner and heads goalwards...Almunia gets a good hand on the ball to turn it against the post! Newcastle surround the referee, demanding a penalty for a push on Taylor as he climbed for the original header.
    • 33 TERRIFIC CROSS! N'Zogbia whips an inswinging free-kick over the top of a crowded penalty area; Butt has sneaked in at the far post, but the ball just skips a yard in front of him.
    • 31 Adebayor almost brings down Rosicky's corner from the right inside the penalty area, but the ball gets away from him; the lanky striker has been superb in the opening half-hour.
    • 27 GOOD SAVE! Almunia shows fine reactions to get down to keep out Geremi's low free-kick, fired through a crowd in the penalty area.
    • 26 It looks like Sam Allardyce might be forced into an early change; Emre starts to strip off his tracksuit as Nicky Butt comes over to the touchline to take four unidentified pills...but moments later, Butt signals he will be okay to carry on and Emre sits down once more.
    • 24 The home fans are growing frustrated now, epecially as Newcastle don't seem all that keen to close down the Arsenal player in possession in their final third.
    • 21 Arsenal are knocking the ball about with the confidence that befits a side unbeaten in the league and with a three-point cushion; there is always a man available to help the team out of trouble...
    • 18 FLASHED WIDE! A corner finds its way through to Gilberto at the back post; he sticks out a boot in an effort to direct the ball goalwards, but it flies across the face of goal and wide.
    • 17 ALMOST! Newcastle are perilously close to conceding again; Taylor is beaten to the ball by Diarra; he feeds Adebayor, who beats two players to get in on goal before running out of space.
    • 16 Milner has had a little joy against Sagna down the Newcastle left; he is the player that the home side are repeatedly looking to for a spark.
    • 13 A poor header from Cliche puts his side under pressure as Smith chases it down; Toure is wrong-footed, but recovers just in time to hack clear of danger.
    • 12 Adebayor just can't get on Gilberto's through-ball after he had intercepted a loose pass in midfield.
    • 10 Quite the start here on Tynside; the Newcastle fans have reacted with impatience at going behind - they won't be happy with another lame home defeat tonight, and Big Sam knows it...
    • 7 SHOCKING CHALLENGE! Smith goes straight through the back of Gallas as the defender tries to shepherd the ball back to his goalkeeper. The referee has a word with the fiery England man, but keeps his card in his pocket.
    • 5 CHANCE! Milner's cross from the left is met by Geremi...but his header flashes just the wrong side of Almunia's post. Almost the perfect response from the home side.
    • 4 WHAT A GOAL! A STUNNER! N'Zogbia gives the ball away to Rosicky; he crosses and finds Adebayor on the penalty spot...the control is stunning on the chest, and the volley is past Given before the keeper can react!
    • 2 Fast, furious start from the home side as they attack down their right; Sagna hoofs clear as Arsenal get out of their half for the first time.
    • 1 OFF WE GO!
    • 0 The players are out, the fans are at fever-pitch and the ball is in the centre-circle...
    • - Arsene Wenger's plans have been disrupted by injury with Mathieu Flamini and Alexander Hleb joining Cesc Fabregas on the sidelines - Gilberto and Eduardo come in.
    • - Hello there; welcome to our coverage of this lone Premiership match this Wednesday evening; it's Newcastle against leaders Arsenal...

  • Team Stats

    Newcastle United Stats Arsenal
    46% Possession 53%
    13 Shots 9
    4 Shots on target 2
    0 Saves 0
    6 Corners 6
    10 Fouls 9
    2 Offsides 2
    3 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    32 Tackles 25
    221 Accurate passes 279
    78 Bad passes 58

  • 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
    • Newcastle United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Shay Given 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 0
      27 Steven Taylor 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 10 0 2
      21 Habib Beye 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 5
      4 David Rozehnal 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 22 8 4
      22 Nicky Butt 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 38 14 6
      7 Joey Barton 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 36 8 3
      14 Charles N'Zogbia 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 22 14 2
      20 Geremi Nijtap 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 23 2 3
      16 James Milner 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 14 11 3
      17 Alan Smith 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 22 10 1
      9 Obafemi Martins 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 14 6 2
      13 Steve Harper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Belozoglu Emre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 José Enrique Sanchez Diaz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      36 Mark Viduka 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1
      30 David Edgar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Arsenal
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      24 Manuel Almunia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 0
      5 Kolo Toure 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 15 3 3
      22 Gaël Clichy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 11 5
      3 Bacary Sagna 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 22 0 2
      10 William Gallas 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 18 2 2
      8 Lassana Diarra 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 34 5 6
      19 Gilberto Silva 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 37 11 1
      27 Emmanuel Eboue 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 15 0 0
      7 Tomas Rosicky 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 34 7 2
      25 Emmanuel Adebayor 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 29 6 1
      9 Eduardo da Silva 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 25 9 2
      17 Alexandre Song 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Denilson Pereira Neves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Jens Lehmann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Theo Walcott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Nicklas Bendtner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 1

  • Summary

    • 90 CHANCE! Eboue deflects Taylor's close-range effort out for a corner after the ball dropped to the defender inside the six-yard box following a corner. Newcastle are cranking up the pressure in the final minutes...
    • 60 GOAL! NEWCASTLE ARE LEVEL! Milner's cross from the right is flicked on by Smith, dummied by Martins, and turned home by Taylor, who had stayed up-field following a free-kick!
    • 57 NOT THIS TIME! Arsenal pull Newcastle out of shape before feeding the ball to the left; Clichy's first-time cross is aimed towards Adebayor at the far post, but this time the lanky striker can't control.
    • 49 WRONG CHOICE! Rosicky does well to skip past a challenge through the middle before feeding Eboue on the right channel; the full-back has options to pick out at the back post, but instead opts to shoot - straight at Given.
    • 47 GIA MARIA! WHAT A STRIKE! N'Zogbia crashes a fierce first-time drive from 30 yards; Almunia is glad to be well-placed to claim the ball just under the crossbar.
    • 35 OFF THE POST! NEWCASTLE ARE FURIOUS! Taylor leaps highest at a corner and heads goalwards...Almunia gets a good hand on the ball to turn it against the post! Newcastle surround the referee, demanding a penalty for a push on Taylor as he climbed for the original header.
    • 33 TERRIFIC CROSS! N'Zogbia whips an inswinging free-kick over the top of a crowded penalty area; Butt has sneaked in at the far post, but the ball just skips a yard in front of him.
    • 27 GOOD SAVE! Almunia shows fine reactions to get down to keep out Geremi's low free-kick, fired through a crowd in the penalty area.
    • 17 ALMOST! Newcastle are perilously close to conceding again; Taylor is beaten to the ball by Diarra; he feeds Adebayor, who beats two players to get in on goal before running out of space.
    • 5 CHANCE! Milner's cross from the left is met by Geremi...but his header flashes just the wrong side of Almunia's post. Almost the perfect response from the home side.
    • 4 WHAT A GOAL! A STUNNER! N'Zogbia gives the ball away to Rosicky; he crosses and finds Adebayor on the penalty spot...the control is stunning on the chest, and the volley is past Given before the keeper can react!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mike Dean

  • Newcastle United

    Manager: Sam Allardyce

    Captain: Ndjitap Geremi

    On the Field

    • Given
    • Beye
    • Taylor
    • Rozehnal
    • N'Zogbia
    • Geremi
    • Barton
    • Butt
    • Milner
    • Martins
    • Smith

    Subs

    • Emre
    • Viduka
    • Harper
    • Ameobi
    • Enrique
    • Edgar

    Injured

    • Owen
    • Babayaro
    • Duff
    • Ramage
    • Caçapa
    • Carr
    • Diagne-Faye

    Suspended

    None

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsene Wenger

    Captain: William Gallas

    On the Field

    • Almunia
    • Sagna
    • Toure
    • Gallas
    • Clichy
    • Eboue
    • Diarra
    • Gilberto Silva
    • Rosicky
    • Eduardo
    • Adebayor

    Subs

    • Lehmann
    • Song
    • Bendtner
    • Denilson
    • Walcott

    Injured

    • Hleb
    • Fabregas
    • van Persie
    • Diaby

    Suspended

    None