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Saturday September 27, 2008 Finished Emirates Stadium

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Arsenal

  • McShane 50’ (o.g.)

Hull City

  • Geovanni 62’
  • Cousin 66’

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  1. Hull stun Arsenal

    Hull stun Arsenal

    Arsenal relinquished top spot in the Premier League as Hull came from behind to pull off a sensational 2-1 win at the Emirates Stadium. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Arsenal
    • Hull City
    • 90+5' FULL-TIME!! A stunning win for Hull, their first over Arsenal since 1915 and the Gunners suffer just their second defeat at the Emirates.
    • 90+4' Van Persie just over the crossbar with a fierce drive.
    • 90+3' Toure finds himself in acres of space at the back post from the corner but shanks his shot horribly wide.
    • 90+2 A fantastic save from Myhill as he tips Fabregas' long-range piledriver over the top with one hand.
    • 90' Four minutes added time to be played.
    • 88' Vela's shot hits Ashbee and goes for Arsenal's 12th corner.
    • 86' Garcia brings down Van Persie on the edge of the penalty area but the Dutchman's free-kick hits the top of the wall and goes for a corner.
    • 84' Fabregas' cross is headed against the crossbar by Gallas and Vela can't quite react to the rebound.
    • 82' Fabregas feeds Van Persie but he screws a shot with his weaker right foot past the far post.
    • 80' Bernard Mendy replaces Cousin.
    • 79' King takes the shot early but it's a comfortable save for Almunia.
    • 78 Myhill punches away a fierce long-range strike from Fabregas.
    • 77' Changes with Carlos Vela replacing Walcott and Richard Garcia coming on for Boateng.
    • 76' Sagna is booked for a trip on Marlon King.
    • 75' Pacy cross from Walcott but Adebayor can't make contact.
    • 73' Bryan Hughes is on for Geovanni.
    • 72' Van Persie's shot is blocked by Boateng for another corner.
    • 71' Myhill flaps at Gael Clichy's corner and again Zayatte turns behind for a corner.
    • 70' Van Persie's centre is turned away for a corner by Zayatte.
    • 68' Attacking move from Wenger with Nicklas Bendtner on for Eboue.
    • 66' GOAL HULL!! From the corner, Cousin gets ahead of Gallas and flicks a superb header into the top corner. The Emirates is stunned.
    • 65' Cousin's shot is deflected off Toure and goes for a corner.
    • 63' Adebayor takes the shot early but scuffs it wide of the far post.
    • 62' GOAL HULL!! A stunning equaliser from Geovanni who unleashes a fierce 25-yard diagonal shot past a helpless Almunia.
    • 60' Adebayor caught offside.
    • 58' Arsenal dominating now and Van Persie again fails to hit the target from the left-hand side of the six yard box.
    • 57' Walcott flies past Turner but he runs out of room down the right channel and the ball goes out of play.
    • 55' Manuel Almunia is called into action to save Marney's volley.
    • 54' A Cruyff turn from Van Persie and he then tries to curl the ball into the far corner but he misses the target.
    • 52' It should have been 2-0 as Hull to fail to deal with Eboue's flick across the penalty area only for Adebayor to scoop his effort over the top.
    • 50' GOAL ARSENAL!! Walcott steams down the right flank and tricks his way to the byline, his pull back is deflected by Adebayor and the ball comes off the shin of McShane and into the net with the deflection eluding Myhill. A scrappy goal but the hosts won't mind.
    • 48' Denilson's pull back from the byline is cut out by Ashbee.
    • 47' Early chance for Hull and Boateng's shot is turned over his crossbar by Fabregas, who is still on the line following a corner.
    • 46' The second-half is underway!
    • 45+1' Half-time and it's been a disappointing opening 45 minutes from Arsenal.
    • 44' Ian Ashbee is booked for a foul on Adebayor.
    • 43' Arsenal over elaborate in the penalty area. Great intricate passing but Eboue passes up the shot and his square ball fails to find Van Persie.
    • 41' Fabregas's corner is cleared by McShane.
    • 40' Eboue's shot is deflected into the side netting.
    • 38' Hull counter and Toure has to be alert to head away at the back post.
    • 36' Fabregas picks out Walcott in the penalty area but again a posse of amber and black defenders are on hand to deny him a shot at goal.
    • 34' Still mooted stuff from the hosts as Boateng stops a Walcott run.
    • 32' Toure stoops to head clear Dean Marney's attemped through ball.
    • 30' Incredibly Hull have had over 80% of the ball in the last five minutes.
    • 28' Arsene Wenger celebrates 12 years at the helm on Sunday but has had little to cheer so far.
    • 26' Emmanuel Eboue goes down holding his face after a collision with McShane.
    • 24' Great chance for Walcott, who is unmarked eight yards out, but his first touch is heavy and the ball harmlessly runs through to Myhill.
    • 22' Geovanni tries his luck from 25 yards but his shot is high, wide and not very handsome.
    • 20' Arsenal win their fourth corner but Van Persie's curling delivery is nodded away at the back post.
    • 18' Adebayor's shot is blocked and after some prolonged pressure, Hull finally smuggle clear after Gallas' effort is deflected across the six yard box.
    • 16' A great tackle from Dawson to deny Walcott just as the teenager was about to pull the trigger following a lightning counter-attack from the Gunners.
    • 15' Adebayor heads home powerfully at the far post but he is adjudged to have pushed McShane and the goal is chalked off.
    • 14' Best chance of the so far but Cesc Fabregas screws his shot wide of the far post from 18 yards.
    • 12' Andy Dawson hacks down Denilson on the right but Myhill calmly claims the resulting free-kick.
    • 11' A surging run from Kolo Toure and he combines with Robin Van Persie but his final looping header at goal is comfortable for Boaz Myhill.
    • 10' Bacary Sagna's centre is turned behind by Kamil Zayatte for a second Arsenal corner.
    • 9' An acrobatic bicycle kick from Geovanni is over the top.
    • 8' Hull finally clear the corner and counter-attack at some speed with Cousin. Geovanni wins a corner as his cross is turned behind by Denilson.
    • 7' Paul McShane heads behind under pressure from Emmanuel Adebayor and we have the first corner of the match.
    • 6' Walcott has had a couple of bursts down the right flank but not a shot at goal yet.
    • 4' Boateng tries to make his presence felt and brings down Denilson.
    • 2' An early clash of heads between William Gallas and Daniel Cousin and the Arsenal skipper needs treatment.
    • 1' Alan Wiley gets the game underway!
    • 17:25 George Boateng is recalled to add some steel to the Hull midfield and Geovanni also returns. Peter Halmosi and Bernard Mendy drop to the bench.
    • 17:15 Arsene Wenger makes 11 changes to the side that thrashed Sheffield United in the Carling Cup. Mikael Silvestre, having recovered from injury, joins Carlos Vela on the bench.

  • Team Stats

    Arsenal Stats Hull City
    62% Possession 37%
    25 Shots 9
    4 Shots on target 5
    1 Saves 1
    15 Corners 4
    10 Fouls 10
    4 Offsides 8
    2 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    15 Tackles 26
    426 Accurate passes 209
    80 Bad passes 32

  • 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
      1 Manuel Almunia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 0
      5 Kolo Toure 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 30 0 2
      22 Gaël Clichy 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 49 21 2
      3 Bacary Sagna 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 52 0 1
      10 William Gallas 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 24 5 0
      15 Denilson Pereira Neves 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 59 16 4
      4 Francesc Fabregas 0 5 2 3 1 0 0 77 12 2
      27 Emmanuel Eboue 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 22 11 3
      14 Theo Walcott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 1 0
      25 Emmanuel Adebayor 0 5 0 2 1 3 0 22 4 0
      11 Robin Van Persie 0 7 0 0 1 1 0 35 6 1
      17 Alexandre Song 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Nicklas Bendtner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0
      16 Aaron Ramsey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Lukasz Fabianski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Carlos Vela 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0
      20 Johan Djourou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Mikael Silvestre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Hull City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Boaz Myhill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 6 0
      6 Michael Turner 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14 0 1
      3 Andy Dawson 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 17 4 2
      17 Paul McShane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 5
      24 Kamil Zayatte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 2
      4 Ian Ashbee 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 28 0 2
      22 Dean Marney 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 28 2 4
      10 Marcio Geovanni 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 19 5 1
      20 George Boateng 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 17 4 6
      25 Daniel Cousin 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 11 3 2
      23 Marlon King 0 1 1 1 2 6 0 17 2 1
      14 Richard Garcia 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 1 0
      21 Sam Ricketts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Matt Duke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Caleb Folan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Bryan Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
      16 Péter Halmosi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Bernard Mendy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+3' Toure finds himself in acres of space at the back post from the corner but shanks his shot horribly wide.
    • 90+2 A fantastic save from Myhill as he tips Fabregas' long-range piledriver over the top with one hand.
    • 84' Fabregas' cross is headed against the crossbar by Gallas and Vela can't quite react to the rebound.
    • 82' Fabregas feeds Van Persie but he screws a shot with his weaker right foot past the far post.
    • 78 Myhill punches away a fierce long-range strike from Fabregas.
    • 66' GOAL HULL!! From the corner, Cousin gets ahead of Gallas and flicks a superb header into the top corner. The Emirates is stunned.
    • 62' GOAL HULL!! A stunning equaliser from Geovanni who unleashes a fierce 25-yard diagonal shot past a helpless Almunia.
    • 54' A Cruyff turn from Van Persie and he then tries to curl the ball into the far corner but he misses the target.
    • 52' It should have been 2-0 as Hull to fail to deal with Eboue's flick across the penalty area only for Adebayor to scoop his effort over the top.
    • 50' GOAL ARSENAL!! Walcott steams down the right flank and tricks his way to the byline, his pull back is deflected by Adebayor and the ball comes off the shin of McShane and into the net with the deflection eluding Myhill. A scrappy goal but the hosts won't mind.
    • 47' Early chance for Hull and Boateng's shot is turned over his crossbar by Fabregas, who is still on the line following a corner.
    • 43' Arsenal over elaborate in the penalty area. Great intricate passing but Eboue passes up the shot and his square ball fails to find Van Persie.
    • 24' Great chance for Walcott, who is unmarked eight yards out, but his first touch is heavy and the ball harmlessly runs through to Myhill.
    • 15' Adebayor heads home powerfully at the far post but he is adjudged to have pushed McShane and the goal is chalked off.
    • 14' Best chance of the so far but Cesc Fabregas screws his shot wide of the far post from 18 yards.
    • 17:15 Arsene Wenger makes 11 changes to the side that thrashed Sheffield United in the Carling Cup. Mikael Silvestre, having recovered from injury, joins Carlos Vela on the bench.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Alan Wiley

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsene Wenger

    Captain: William Gallas

    Starting line-up

    • M. Almunia
    • B. Sagna Yellow Card
    • K. Toure
    • W. Gallas
    • G. Clichy
    • E. Eboue Substitution Out (68′)
    • C. Fabregas
    • .. Denilson
    • T. Walcott Substitution Out (77′)
    • E. Adebayor
    • R. van Persie

    Subs

    • M. Silvestre
    • A. Song
    • J. Djourou
    • N. Bendtner Substitution In68′
    • L. Fabianski
    • C. Vela Substitution In77′
    • A. Ramsey

    Injured

    • T. Rosicky
    • A. Diaby
    • S. Nasri
    • D. Eduardo

    Suspended

    None

  • Hull City

    Manager: Phil Brown

    Captain: Ian Ashbee

    Starting line-up

    • B. Myhill
    • P. McShane Own Goal
    • K. Zayatte
    • M. Turner
    • A. Dawson
    • D. Marney
    • I. Ashbee Yellow Card
    • G. Boateng Substitution Out (77′)
    • .. Geovanni Goal Substitution Out (73′)
    • M. King
    • D. Cousin Goal Substitution Out (80′)

    Subs

    • B. Mendy Substitution In80′
    • B. Hughes Substitution In73′
    • R. Garcia Substitution In77′
    • P. Halmosi
    • C. Folan
    • S. Ricketts
    • M. Duke

    Injured

    • A. Gardner
    • C. Fagan

    Suspended

    None

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