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Saturday August 30, 2008 Finished Emirates Stadium

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Arsenal

  • van Persie 18’ (pen.), 41’
  • Denilson 59’

Newcastle United

  1. Arsenal sweep Newcastle aside

    Arsenal sweep Newcastle aside

    A depleted Newcastle United side were distinctly second best as they were well beaten 3-0 by Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Arsenal
    • Newcastle United
    • 90+1' That little sideshow is the final significant action of the match, and Arsenal have found their mojo again! Thanks for joining us, remember there's LIVE Serie A and La Liga action this evening, so stick around.
    • 90' Barton's cameo is pure theatre. His first contribution is to go in hard on Nasri, and then cheekily smirk as the Frenchman squares up to him! Nasri gets revenge a minute later, when he lets Barton pass him before tripping him up!
    • 89' Here we go, a double-change by Newcastle now: Habib Beye comes off for David Edgar and Jonas Gutierrez is replaced by Joey Barton! The midfielder is met by a small round of applause from some of the travelling support and plenty of boss from everyone else.
    • 86' Arsenal are taking the mickey now! Vela and Nasri take it in turns to pull off backheel passes and the ball reaches Walcott on the far side... Shot wide of the near post! That would have been a contender for goal of the season!
    • 84' Gutierrez tries to jink past Song, who trips him up as he passes. Newcastle have completely lost belief, and the free-kick is wasted. Mike Ashley has seen enough and has left the stands. He's got 'King Kev 1' on the back of his shirt. For how much longer?
    • 80' Nasri curls it round the wall... ANOTHER GREAT SAVE!Newcastle would be behind by twice as many if it wasn't for that man!
    • 80' Taylor sends Adebayor flying ion the edge of the area, and Arsenal have a free-kick in a good position. Nasri is standing poised to take it. The Arsenal fans expect...
    • 76' Here's an intriguing sight; Patrick Vieira is sat in the stands, right next to Mikael Silvestre! That's an image that nobody ever expected to see. Except during a France match, obviously, but you get the point. Seriously, Silvestre at Arsenal? Madness...
    • 74' The set-piece is delivered to the far post for TOURE... Headed straight at Given! Either side of him and surely it wouldhave been in, but it strikes him right on the chest.
    • 73' Walcott has an instant impact as he combines well with Vela to release the Mexican, only for his shot to be blocked and roll behind for a corner!
    • 72' The home crowd chant "Theo, Theo" as young master Walcott comes on for Eboue. In truth, it's about the loudest they've been all day.
    • 69' Arsene Wenger lets Denilson have the applause as he is taken off for defender Alex Song.
    • 67' Michael Owen tussles with Kolo TOure for the ball in the Arsenal box, but the striker is penalised for a foul.
    • 63' That's Van Persie's final contribution of the match, as he takes another knock to his ankle and hobbles off to be replaced by Mexican 19-year-old Carlos Vela, who makes his Premier League debut.
    • 61' Arsenal are rampant now. Van Persie has it on the left and tries a cross. It rebounds off Beye and back to Van Persie who shoots from an impossible angle... OFF THE BAR!! Shades of Dennis Bergkamp with that effort!
    • 59' GOAL!! Now it's 3-0 and it's all over for Newcastle! Nasri runs at the defence but is initially held up. He persists by feeding Adebayor on the edge of the box, who slips a ball through for Denilson whose shot deflects off a defender and past Given! That's the Brazilian's first Premier League goal!
    • 57' Newcastle regain possession and Owen dummies and it will run for GUTHRIE... A crisp low striker but Almunia is down to catch and hold with two hands1 Newcastle's best spell by a long shot.
    • 56' Newcastle have a corner. It's met by Butt at the near post... OFF THE BAR! The looping header had Almunia beaten, but it rebounds of the frame of the goal and away to safety.
    • 53' Fabregas goes into the book for a nasty foul on Habib Beye. Given also gets a yellow card, for kicking the ball away.
    • 51' Given is off his line to cut out a through ball and he beats not one but two Arsenal players with the ball at his feet in his own area! The Arsenal crowd enjoyed that!
    • 50' Guthrie is shoved to the ground by Denilson, and Newcastle have a free-kick on the right wing. N'Zogbia will curl it in... No he won't, he'll shank it right into the stands!
    • 47' Nicky But tackles Van Persie - fiarly, it seems - but the Dutchman stays down clutching his ankle. It's a worrying sight for Arsenal fans, but he gets up to jog off the pitch for treatment.
    • 46' Arsenal kick off the second half!
    • 45+1' Half time at the Emirates and there has really only been one team in this match. The likelihood is that the second half will be more of the season.
    • 44' It gets worse for Newcastle now as Jose Enrique is forced off through injury. Sebastien Bassong comes on in his place.
    • 41' GOAL!! Adebayor finds Eboue in the biox. His first touch is miscontrolled but he manages a cheeky backheel for Van Persie to pounce on and blast into the roof of the net! A goal of true class from Arsenal. How many times has that been said?
    • 37' Adebayor latches onto Van Persie's vall and slots his shot past Given... But also past the post! Great chance to double Arsenal's lead!
    • 36' Michael Owen is in a great position in space in the Arsenal box, but Ameobi's pass is poor and takes Owen away from goal. That could have been a great chance.
    • 35' Samir Nasri does brilliantly to track back, nick the ball and initiate an Arsenal break! Clichy bombs down the left and crosses for Adebayor, but Taylor just takes the ball out of his path with his boot.
    • 32' Adebayor runs at a paralysed Newcastle defence, he checks onto his right and SHOOTS... Into the sidenetting. Good effort. Newcastle are just not coming up with any answers to these questions being posed by the home side.
    • 30' Arsenal win another one in a similar position, about three yards further back. this time Van Persie looks favourite to STRIKE... It curls around the wall, destined for the top corner... GREAT SAVE GIVEN!! The Irish keeper gets two solid hands to the well-struck set-piece!
    • 28' After what feels like an age, Fabregas finally takes the free-kick. It goes straight into the wall. That was worth the wait.
    • 26' Van Persie sneaks an excellent reverse pass on the edge of the box for Adebayor to chase, and Coloccini trips him up! The card is only yellow, and Arsenal have a free-kick in the D...
    • 24' Fabregas is the latest Gunner to try a pot shot from distance, but his shot is well over the bar.
    • 21' Jose Enrique puts pressure on Sagna and the French full-back does well to clear for a throw-in rather than a corner. Newcastle have men forward as they win another throw, but aren't allowed to create anything.
    • 18' GOAL!! Robin van Persie buries his penalty in the sidenetting! Shay Given guessed the right way but the spot-kick was too fast and too accurate to save! A deserved lead for the Gunners, and you have to wonder how Newcastle will get back into this one.
    • 17' PENALTY! Adebayor's cross hits N'Zogbia's arm and it's a penalty to Arsenal. Why did he have his arm up there? Van Persie steps up...
    • 16' Arsenal continue to dominate, with Van Persie's left-footed shot taking a slight deflection and it goes out for a corner.
    • 15' Fabio Capello is in the crowd, and he has his hands clasped together, deep in thought. Perhaps he's thinking "Thank goodness Michael Owen is fit again." Seeing as the only other Englishmen on display are Shola Ameobi and Nicky Butt, it's a fair bet. Unless perhaps he's here to run the rule over Barton.
    • 12' Gutierrez attempts a burst forward but is foueld by Nasri. N'Zogbia's cross is poor and Arsenal have the ball back in no time. Newcastle are chasing shadows at the moment.
    • 8' Van Persie brings the ball forward unchallenged and he will have a pop... It's low and straight Given. The Dutchman will have to do a lot better than that if he's going to beat him.
    • 5' Toure fancies his chances from distance and SHOOTS... Tipped around the post by Given! Good save from a good strike! The corner is cleared but Arsenal have Newcastle camped inside their half at the moment.
    • 3' The corner comes in to the far post for GALLAS... The Arsenal captain steers the ball over the bar from about two yards out! What a chance!
    • 2' Excellent start from Arsenal as they get the ball off Newcastle and begin to knock it around with ease. Fabregas slips a ball in to Van Persie in the box... Great challenge from Coloccini! He did just enough to put Nasri off, but at the expense of a corner.
    • 1' Newcastle kick off and this game is GO GO GO!
    • 17:30 Newcastle: Given, Coloccini, Jose Enrique, Taylor, Gutierrez, Guthrie, Butt, Beye, N'Zogbia, Owen, Ameobi Subs: Harper, Barton, Bassong, Edgar, Tozer, Donaldson, Ranger
    • 17:30 Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna, Toure, Gallas, Clichy, Eboue, Fabregas, Denilson, Nasri, Adebayor, Van Persie Subs: Fabianski, Vela, Walcott, Ramsey, Song Billong, Djourou, Bendtner
    • 17:29 The big news of the day, though, is that Joey Barton is on the Newcastle bench! Imjuries have forced Kevin Keegan to field the midfielder, who faces an FA ban following his release from prison.
    • 17:28 Arsenal fans will be delighted with the return of Francesc Fabregas following their poor showing against Fulham. Kolo Toure also returns to the side and Emmanuel Eboue is on the right of midfield ahead of Theo Walcott.
    • 17:20 Welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Arsenal v Newcastle United!

  • Team Stats

    Arsenal Stats Newcastle United
    55% Possession 44%
    23 Shots 4
    12 Shots on target 2
    0 Saves 4
    12 Corners 1
    11 Fouls 13
    6 Offsides 5
    2 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    27 Tackles 22
    415 Accurate passes 323
    66 Bad passes 57

  • 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 6 0 0
      5 Kolo Toure 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 32 0 1
      22 Gaël Clichy 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 53 15 6
      3 Bacary Sagna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 1
      10 William Gallas 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 29 0 4
      15 Denilson Pereira Neves 1 1 1 4 2 0 0 35 7 4
      4 Francesc Fabregas 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 63 8 4
      27 Emmanuel Eboue 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 32 2 1
      8 Samir Nasri 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 41 14 2
      11 Robin Van Persie 2 6 4 0 1 0 0 26 11 1
      25 Emmanuel Adebayor 0 3 1 1 4 5 1 30 5 0
      16 Aaron Ramsey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Nicklas Bendtner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Theo Walcott 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1
      21 Lukasz Fabianski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Carlos Vela 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 13 3 1
      20 Johan Djourou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Alexandre Song 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 1 1
    • Newcastle United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Shay Given 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 2 0
      27 Steven Taylor 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 27 1 1
      3 José Enrique Sanchez Diaz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 6 2
      21 Habib Beye 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 33 0 1
      2 Fabricio Coloccini 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23 2 6
      22 Nicky Butt 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 46 7 6
      8 Danny Guthrie 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 41 7 0
      18 Jonás Gutiérrez 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 36 4 2
      14 Charles N'Zogbia 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 26 13 3
      10 Michael Owen 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 22 5 0
      23 Shola Ameobi 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 18 3 1
      13 Steve Harper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Sébastien Bassong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 7 0
      7 Joey Barton 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      42 Ryan Donaldson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      46 Nile Ranger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      35 Ben Tozer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 David Edgar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90' Barton's cameo is pure theatre. His first contribution is to go in hard on Nasri, and then cheekily smirk as the Frenchman squares up to him! Nasri gets revenge a minute later, when he lets Barton pass him before tripping him up!
    • 86' Arsenal are taking the mickey now! Vela and Nasri take it in turns to pull off backheel passes and the ball reaches Walcott on the far side... Shot wide of the near post! That would have been a contender for goal of the season!
    • 80' Nasri curls it round the wall... ANOTHER GREAT SAVE!Newcastle would be behind by twice as many if it wasn't for that man!
    • 74' The set-piece is delivered to the far post for TOURE... Headed straight at Given! Either side of him and surely it wouldhave been in, but it strikes him right on the chest.
    • 73' Walcott has an instant impact as he combines well with Vela to release the Mexican, only for his shot to be blocked and roll behind for a corner!
    • 61' Arsenal are rampant now. Van Persie has it on the left and tries a cross. It rebounds off Beye and back to Van Persie who shoots from an impossible angle... OFF THE BAR!! Shades of Dennis Bergkamp with that effort!
    • 59' GOAL!! Now it's 3-0 and it's all over for Newcastle! Nasri runs at the defence but is initially held up. He persists by feeding Adebayor on the edge of the box, who slips a ball through for Denilson whose shot deflects off a defender and past Given! That's the Brazilian's first Premier League goal!
    • 57' Newcastle regain possession and Owen dummies and it will run for GUTHRIE... A crisp low striker but Almunia is down to catch and hold with two hands1 Newcastle's best spell by a long shot.
    • 56' Newcastle have a corner. It's met by Butt at the near post... OFF THE BAR! The looping header had Almunia beaten, but it rebounds of the frame of the goal and away to safety.
    • 41' GOAL!! Adebayor finds Eboue in the biox. His first touch is miscontrolled but he manages a cheeky backheel for Van Persie to pounce on and blast into the roof of the net! A goal of true class from Arsenal. How many times has that been said?
    • 37' Adebayor latches onto Van Persie's vall and slots his shot past Given... But also past the post! Great chance to double Arsenal's lead!
    • 32' Adebayor runs at a paralysed Newcastle defence, he checks onto his right and SHOOTS... Into the sidenetting. Good effort. Newcastle are just not coming up with any answers to these questions being posed by the home side.
    • 30' Arsenal win another one in a similar position, about three yards further back. this time Van Persie looks favourite to STRIKE... It curls around the wall, destined for the top corner... GREAT SAVE GIVEN!! The Irish keeper gets two solid hands to the well-struck set-piece!
    • 18' GOAL!! Robin van Persie buries his penalty in the sidenetting! Shay Given guessed the right way but the spot-kick was too fast and too accurate to save! A deserved lead for the Gunners, and you have to wonder how Newcastle will get back into this one.
    • 17' PENALTY! Adebayor's cross hits N'Zogbia's arm and it's a penalty to Arsenal. Why did he have his arm up there? Van Persie steps up...
    • 5' Toure fancies his chances from distance and SHOOTS... Tipped around the post by Given! Good save from a good strike! The corner is cleared but Arsenal have Newcastle camped inside their half at the moment.
    • 3' The corner comes in to the far post for GALLAS... The Arsenal captain steers the ball over the bar from about two yards out! What a chance!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Rob Styles

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsene Wenger

    Captain: William Gallas

    Starting line-up

    • M. Almunia
    • B. Sagna
    • K. Toure
    • W. Gallas
    • G. Clichy
    • E. Eboue Substitution Out (72′)
    • C. Fabregas Yellow Card
    • .. Denilson Goal Substitution Out (69′)
    • S. Nasri Yellow Card
    • E. Adebayor
    • R. van Persie Goal Substitution Out (63′)

    Subs

    • A. Song Substitution In69′
    • J. Djourou
    • N. Bendtner
    • T. Walcott Substitution In72′
    • L. Fabianski
    • C. Vela Substitution In63′
    • A. Ramsey

    Injured

    • T. Rosicky
    • A. Diaby
    • A. Bischoff
    • D. Eduardo

    Suspended

    None

  • Newcastle United

    Manager: Kevin Keegan

    Captain: Michael Owen

    Starting line-up

    • S. Given Yellow Card
    • H. Beye Substitution Out (89′)
    • F. Coloccini Yellow Card
    • S. Taylor
    • J. Enrique Substitution Out (43′)
    • N. Butt
    • D. Guthrie
    • C. N'Zogbia
    • J. Gutierrez Substitution Out (89′)
    • M. Owen
    • S. Ameobi

    Subs

    • S. Harper
    • J. Barton Substitution In89′
    • S. Bassong Substitution In43′
    • D. Edgar Substitution In89′
    • B. Tozer
    • R. Donaldson
    • N. Ranger

    Injured

    • M. Viduka
    • D. Duff
    • C. Caçapa
    • O. Martins
    • A. Carroll

    Suspended

    None