Sunday April 26, 2009 Finished Emirates Stadium
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Arsenal too good for Boro
A Cesc Fabregas brace gave Arsenal a 2-0 win over Middlesbrough to tighten the Gunners' grip on fourth place in the Premier League. More
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Live Commentary
Time:90'- Arsenal
- Middlesbrough
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90'+3 There goes the final whistle! Arsenal win it 2-0!
90'+2 Oooh! Diaby skips inside before firing goalwards! Into the side netting and that should be that...- 90' Two minutes of added time to be played...
87' Emnes for Aliadiere...- 84' Just five minutes or so for Boro to score twice... it's not going to happen, is it?
- 79' Bendtner! Oooh! That's a decent strike from the Dane which again forces Jones into action! But again, it's a good stop from the Boro keeper!
- 75' Bendtner strikes at goal! Jones parries, but only as far as Adebayor! But the Togo international opts to lay it back for Diaby, only his touch is too light and Boro are able to clear their lines!
- 73' Boro make a change now as Digard makes his return from injury to replace McMahon.
- 72' NASRI! Ooh! Cracking strike from the youngster, but Jones is equal to it!
- 69' That should be that for Arsenal... and what a luxury to be able to bring off two of their best players with 20 minutes left...
- 68' And that's Fabregas's last input of the day as he is taken off along with Walcott... Adebayor and Diaby come on to replace the pair.
67' GOAL! AND IT GOES ARSENAL'S WAY! Eboue spots the run of Fabregas, who runs onto the defence-splitting pass before rounding Jones and slotting into an empty net! 2-0 and surely Boro can't come back from this now...- 66' Adebayor is going to come on...
- 65' Arshavin instigates another Arsenal attack... he feeds Gibbs who gives it Fabregas... but the Gunners skipper's shot is dealt with by Jones.
- 63' Arshavin with some delightful skill on the Arsenal right... but his final ball is poor and Boro can break with Johnson! But he's got no support in the box so decides to go for goal... and his shot is easily dealt with by Almunia!
- 62' And that's King's last action of the day... he's brough off and replaced by Adam Johnson...
- 60' Now it's time for some slick passing from Boro... Downing sends a brilliant ball out to King with the outside of his boot... King attempts a first-time volley! It's on target, but straight at Almunia, who makes the save!
- 55' Lovely from Arshavin as he dances to the by-line before centring... Wheater takes it on his chest, amid shouts for handball from the crowd! Play on says the ref, and rightly so.
- 54' Arsenal's lead remains 1-0 and as long as it stays that way, Boro still have a chance to nick something...
- 51' Walcott at the other end! Oooh! Eboue gets to the by-line before pulling back to Walcott who fires goalwards! But Jones is there to make the save!
- 50' ALIADIERE! Must be! No! Almunia saves with his legs as the Frenchman bore down on goal following a brilliant long ball through by Downing! What a chance! He had all the time in the world then...
- 48' Bendtner wins a corner, but Arshavin's delivery is easily cleared by the Boro defence this time...
- 47' Apparently, Silvestre has a slight back injury and has been taken off as a precaution...
- 46' Arsenal have made a change... Djourou has come on for Silvestre... not sure if that was forced, or just to give the Frenchman a rest ahead of Wednesday...
46' Back underway at the Emirates!- 45'+2 There goes the half-time whistle! And Arsenal head in at the break a goal up!
- 44' Oooh! The ball comes to Downing on the edge of the area... he sets himself, before letting fly with a cracking effort! Almunia dives low to his left to make the save! That's Boro's first effort on target so far!
- 42' This is much better from Boro though... Tuncay backheels for the overlapping Taylor who delivers a decent ball into the box... Silvestre is forced into making an unorthodox clearance with his thigh!
- 40' Taylor takes no chances as Arshavin's cross comes over into the danger area... he heads behind for another Arsenal corner...
- 39' Chance for Walcott to hit a shot on goal! But Arshavin goes for the same ball and ends up getting in his way! Shame, that was another brilliant passing move...
- 37' Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson is in the stands today, taking notes on his side's next opponents...
- 35' Eboue gets forward well now... but his final effort is terribly scuffed and the chance goes begging! Arsenal have been entirely dominant so far this half.
- 33' Yet more silky football from Arsenal! Again it's instigated by Arshavin... he plays it to Nasri who plays in Walcott! But the England man's cross-shot whistles past the far post!
- 30' Big handball shout as Bendtner appears to lean into the corner! The ball hits his upper arm but the ref waves play on!
- 29' Here comes Boro though... they're not giving this one up just yet... Downing pulls back, and Boro win a corner!
- 28' Gareth Southgate is seething on the touchline... he believes Bendtner to have been interferring with Jones' vision as Fabregas hit home... replays show that to have possibly been the case.
- 27' If ever a goal was well-deserved, that was it...
- 26' GOAL! FABREGAS OPENS THE SCORING! What a superb build-up! Bendtner, Fabregas and Arshavin are all involved before the Russian plays the final, telling pass to his Spanish team-mate just inside the box... Fabregas does the rest, lashing home to put Arsenal one up!
- 24' Boro can break here with Tuncay... but the Turk stops in his tracks and puts the ball out because Fabregas stayed down following an O'Neil challenge... very sporting, although Boro fans won't be too happy.
- 23' But it's taken short, taking Arshavin a little by surprise, and nothing comes of the chance.
- 22' Bates pushes over Eboue as the full-back threatens to burst through! And Arsenal have a free-kick in a dangerous area...
- 21' Here come Boro on a rare sortie forward... but O'Neil's hoofed cross into the box is easily claimed by Almunia.
- 18' But still Arsenal maintain the pressure... Boro really can't get out of their own half at the moment.
- 17' That's a decent cross from Eboue, towards Bendtner at the near post! But Huth is there to hack clear!
- 16' Arsenal are looking dangerous though... meanwhile, Boro aren't really offering anything at an attacking force.
- 15' Great stuff from Bendtner on the Arsenal right... the ball finds its way to Arshavin in the box! He twists and turns but can't quite get a shot off!
- 14' Arshavin's really dictating Arsenal's play in the centre of the park so far... Gibbs gets forward well now and nearly finishes off a great passing move! It's all a bit of a scramble in there as Jones pounces on it!
- 12' Arshavin takes it off the toes of Bendtner before playing a super ball towards Walcott on the right! But Jones hares off his line to make the clearance outside his box!
- 11' Fabregas comes back on to much relief and applause.
10' Fabregas limps off to recuperate on the sidelines... but he should be okay.- 9' Downing loses out to Fabregas... he tries to win it back but only succeeds in felling the Arsenal man... and he stays down... worries for Arsene Wenger.
- 8' Toure rises to meet the resulting corner with a header that flies over the bar! He appeals for a corner but referee Chris Foy isn't having any of it!
- 7' Walcott's in here! What a pass from Fabregas! But the England man is forced a little too wide and Huth gets across to make a crunching challenge!
- 6' Silvestre stands his ground under pressure from King as Boro look to break...
- 5' Arsenal win a free-kick after O'Neil commits a foul out on the Boro right....
- 4' Arsenal playing it around nicely at the moment... but no penetration so far... until Fabregas threads a lovely pass through to Arshavin! But the Russian's ball into the box doesn't reach Bendtner and Boro clear their lines!
- 2' Arsenal, as expected, on the front foot straight away... here goes Walcott, trying to use his pace against Downing... but he overcooks his first touch and the ball runs through to Jones in the Boro goal.
1' Here we go! Underway at a sunny Emirates Stadium!- - And we can only presume that is the reason behind Adebayor's place on the bench... he'll be raring to go at Old Trafford in three days' time.
- - Arsenal, of course, have the small matter of a Champions League semi-final with Manchester United to contend with on Wednesday - they need to avoid any injuries at all costs today.
- - Gary O'Neil returns from suspension for Boro while Jeremie Aliadiere faces his former club.
- - So, Manuel Almunia and Theo Walcott return for Arsenal but Bacary Sagna has been suffering from a virus and drops to the bench. Emmanuel Eboue fills in at right-back. Emmanuel Adebayor starts on the bench on his return from injury but Robin van Persie misses out.
- - And today's referee is Chris Foy (Merseyside).
- - Middlesbrough: Jones, McMahon, Wheater, Huth, Taylor, O'Neil, Bates, Sanli, Downing, Aliadiere, King - Subs: Turnbull, Hoyte, Digard, Emnes, Alves, Adam Johnson, Grounds
- - The teams are in... here's Arsenal: Almunia, Eboue, Toure, Silvestre, Gibbs, Walcott, Denilson, Fabregas, Nasri, Arshavin, Bendtner - Subs: Fabianski, Diaby, Sagna, Vela, Song Billong, Djourou, Adebayor
- - Arsenal welcome Middlesbrough struggling to the Emirates looking to tighten their grip on fourth place in the Premier League.
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Team Stats
Arsenal Stats Middlesbrough 64% Possession 35% 18 Shots 5 7 Shots on target 3 2 Saves 4 8 Corners 1 15 Fouls 8 1 Offsides 4 0 Yellow cards 0 0 Red cards 0 18 Tackles 20 525 Accurate passes 248 63 Bad passes 56 -
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
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Arsenal G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T 1 Manuel Almunia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 18 Mikael Silvestre 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17 3 0 5 Kolo Toure 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 42 2 0 14 Theo Walcott 0 3 1 1 2 1 0 19 0 0 27 Emmanuel Eboue 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 59 1 3 8 Samir Nasri 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 77 10 1 15 Denilson Pereira Neves 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 70 4 4 4 Francesc Fabregas 2 5 3 1 0 0 0 49 12 2 40 Kieran Gibbs 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 49 11 2 23 Andrey Arshavin 0 4 0 1 3 0 1 47 12 3 26 Nicklas Bendtner 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 43 3 2 20 Johan Djourou 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 0 0 17 Alexandre Song 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Carlos Vela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Emmanuel Adebayor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 3 Bacary Sagna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Lukasz Fabianski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Vasiriki Abou Diaby 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 1 1 -
Middlesbrough G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T 22 Bradley Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 29 Anthony McMahon 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 25 0 2 14 Robert Huth 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10 2 3 31 David Wheater 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 1 1 26 Matthew Bates 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 27 5 5 3 Andrew Taylor 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 18 7 0 4 Gary O'Neil 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 32 10 3 19 Stewart Downing 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 32 7 0 10 Jeremie Aliadiere 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17 4 0 16 Marlon King 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 15 4 1 17 Tuncay Sanli 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 30 7 4 21 Ross Turnbull 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Afonso Alves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Marvin Emnes 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 40 Jonathon Grounds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Didier Digard 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15 2 1 28 Adam Johnson 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 2 0 2 Justin Hoyte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Summary
- 90'+2 Oooh! Diaby skips inside before firing goalwards! Into the side netting and that should be that...
- 79' Bendtner! Oooh! That's a decent strike from the Dane which again forces Jones into action! But again, it's a good stop from the Boro keeper!
- 75' Bendtner strikes at goal! Jones parries, but only as far as Adebayor! But the Togo international opts to lay it back for Diaby, only his touch is too light and Boro are able to clear their lines!
- 72' NASRI! Ooh! Cracking strike from the youngster, but Jones is equal to it!
- 67' GOAL! AND IT GOES ARSENAL'S WAY! Eboue spots the run of Fabregas, who runs onto the defence-splitting pass before rounding Jones and slotting into an empty net! 2-0 and surely Boro can't come back from this now...
- 65' Arshavin instigates another Arsenal attack... he feeds Gibbs who gives it Fabregas... but the Gunners skipper's shot is dealt with by Jones.
- 63' Arshavin with some delightful skill on the Arsenal right... but his final ball is poor and Boro can break with Johnson! But he's got no support in the box so decides to go for goal... and his shot is easily dealt with by Almunia!
- 60' Now it's time for some slick passing from Boro... Downing sends a brilliant ball out to King with the outside of his boot... King attempts a first-time volley! It's on target, but straight at Almunia, who makes the save!
- 51' Walcott at the other end! Oooh! Eboue gets to the by-line before pulling back to Walcott who fires goalwards! But Jones is there to make the save!
- 50' ALIADIERE! Must be! No! Almunia saves with his legs as the Frenchman bore down on goal following a brilliant long ball through by Downing! What a chance! He had all the time in the world then...
- 44' Oooh! The ball comes to Downing on the edge of the area... he sets himself, before letting fly with a cracking effort! Almunia dives low to his left to make the save! That's Boro's first effort on target so far!
- 39' Chance for Walcott to hit a shot on goal! But Arshavin goes for the same ball and ends up getting in his way! Shame, that was another brilliant passing move...
- 33' Yet more silky football from Arsenal! Again it's instigated by Arshavin... he plays it to Nasri who plays in Walcott! But the England man's cross-shot whistles past the far post!
- 30' Big handball shout as Bendtner appears to lean into the corner! The ball hits his upper arm but the ref waves play on!
- 26' GOAL! FABREGAS OPENS THE SCORING! What a superb build-up! Bendtner, Fabregas and Arshavin are all involved before the Russian plays the final, telling pass to his Spanish team-mate just inside the box... Fabregas does the rest, lashing home to put Arsenal one up!
- 7' Walcott's in here! What a pass from Fabregas! But the England man is forced a little too wide and Huth gets across to make a crunching challenge!
- - Arsenal welcome Middlesbrough struggling to the Emirates looking to tighten their grip on fourth place in the Premier League.
Live Team Line-Up
- Referee: Chris Foy
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ArsenalManager: Arsene Wenger
Captain: Cesc Fabregas
Starting line-up
- M. Almunia
- E. Eboue
- K. Toure
- M. Silvestre
- K. Gibbs
- C. Fabregas
×2 - .. Denilson
- A. Arshavin
- T. Walcott
- S. Nasri
- N. Bendtner
Subs
- E. Adebayor
68′ - B. Sagna
- A. Song
- A. Diaby 68′
- J. Djourou 46′
- L. Fabianski
- C. Vela
Injured
- W. Gallas
- G. Clichy
- R. van Persie
Suspended
None
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MiddlesbroughManager: Gareth Southgate
Captain: Stewart Downing
Starting line-up
- B. Jones
- A. McMahon
- R. Huth
- D. Wheater
- A. Taylor
- G. O'Neil
- M. Bates
- S. Tuncay
- S. Downing
- M. King
- J. Aliadière
Subs
- J. Hoyte
- R. Turnbull
- D. Digard 73′
- A. Johnson 62′
- A. Alves
- J. Grounds
- M. Emnes 87′
Injured
- C. Riggott
- E. Pogatetz
Suspended
None
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sssboro 2_0 down and southgate relises we need goals so he takes striker off and puts a wideman ie winger on and puts him on same wing as downing omg widemen get crosses in yes but you need strikers to convert them or does southgate think wingers cross ball then run into goal area and head there own crosses in soon as we are relegated mr southgate has to do the honerable thing if he has any honour left
arsenal arsenal we ar da champs we rock the world of footy title next year champions league this year arshavin best signing since fabregas and henry and look van persie and adeybayor 3mill and we brought them to life like henry bergkamp fabregas arshavin wallcoott nasri clichy sanga almunia toure gallas joke about gallas
by Amanby aman best arsenal fan
arsenal arsenal arsenal arsenal arsenal arshavin again we are ta best wooh
Hey guys Sad news that guy Mike,s who hates foreigners n the Arsenal fans bc he is white n lone just died last night,2400 A.M I guess it was a heart attack, very sorry for manu n the rest of is supporters, the guy was 65 years old n living in a council flat left by his granmun n he left non ralatives or friends, just a few boxes of very cheap cider from Hull cider factory,,, life goes on though he was an ignorant racist...Camon u gunners stop this 5 trophies gloryhunters racist manu fan dead brains camon u gunnerrsss
arsenal rules
We Need More Than 11 Players 2 Stop Us
WE Are 2 MuchWell done arsenal :)
was a good game i was there today! for my birthday, who else share this date with me?
Middlesborough is a waste of Taxpayer money
arsenal have got to play this well for a lot longer if they even want to think about winning the premier league
arsenal have got to play this well for a lot longer if they even want to think about winning the premier league
I did know that some guys has got time to waste writing useless things.
mikeee u should know the finals is asernal v chelsea stop dreaming.
don't owe or bet otherwise because i'm ur new spiritual guardian believe me i lie not
whats up u guys lay off. whats' mike doing at the moment? Don't u have any drinking party to attend. Eduado would be great soon then u man U lads will see fire
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