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  1. Adebayor sinks Wigan

    Adebayor sinks Wigan

    Emmanuel Adebayor's first-half goal proved decisive as Arsenal held off Wigan 1-0 in their Premier League clash at the Emirates Stadium. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Arsenal
    • Wigan Athletic
    • 90+3' There is the final whistle and Arsenal hold on for the three points.
    • 90' Three minutes added time.
    • 90' The sub is subbed. Eboue has given the ball away on countless occasions since coming on and the crowd were getting on his back. Mikael Silvestre comes on.
    • 89' Heskey leaps highest to meet a cross from the left but his header is over the top.
    • 88' Fabregas's long run into the penalty area is finally curtailed.
    • 86' Wigan pressing for an equaliser but Koumas shanks his half-volley from 25 yards and it's almost out for a throw.
    • 84' Zaki charges down the left, holding off Clichy but his shot from a tight ange is high, wide and not very handsome.
    • 82' Van Persie is booked for a late tackle on Zaki.
    • 81' Fabregas's corner beats everybody at the near post and is cleared off the line by the thigh of Figueroa.
    • 79' Another whipped Van Persie corner from the right is just about dealt with by the Latics.
    • 77' Jason Koumas replaces Cattermole. Bruce going for the more attacking option.
    • 75' Another half chance for Wigan but Zaki is unable to test Almunia.
    • 74' Wigan work the ball to Valencia on the right of the penalty area but he screws his shot wide of the post.
    • 73' An inswinging corner from Van Persie is flicked on and hits Melchiot almost on the line. The ball comes back to the unmarked Sagna who scuffs his shot into the ground and then over the top from no more than six yards.
    • 71' Kirkland pushes away Adebayor's effort.
    • 70' Kilbane lets the ball run out of play but it's a corner for Arsenal. Almost a costly mistake as Adebayor heads wide from five yards.
    • 69' The corner is headed down into the path of Mario Melchiot whose shot on the turn from six yards is superbly saved by Almunia.
    • 68' A dangerous low cross from the right and it's a vital challenge by Toure from to prevent Heskey tapping-in from close range.
    • 67' A long throw into the mixer and Almunia's punch is unconvincing but Arsenal clear.
    • 66' Amr Zaki replaces Camara.
    • 65' Denilson's 25-yard drive beats Kirkland but strikes the inside of the post and bounces to safety.
    • 63' But Van Persie can't hit the target with his free-kick. It's just over the angle of bar and post.
    • 62' Van Persie is brought down right on the edge of the penalty area by Maynor Figueroa. The Honduran is booked.
    • 61' It's the end of Boyce's afternoon and he is replaced by Kevin Kilbane.
    • 60' Boyce goes down untouched, that looks like a muscle pull.
    • 58' A long-range effort from Cattermole but it's easy for Almunia.
    • 56' It's a much better second-half and Van Persie is inches away from adding a second. He works the ball on to his left foot and is only a fraction away from curling the ball into the corner.
    • 54' Van Persie's delivery is met by the head of Sagna at the near post but Kirkland swoops to save low.
    • 53' Arsenal win corner number four after a cross from the right is cleared.
    • 52' Fabregas finds Van Persie and he is through on goal. He opts to shoot early from 20 yards but fails to make a clean contact and he drags his effort wide.
    • 51' Nice trickery from, the hitherto peripheral, Henri Camara on the left and his deep cross reaches Heskey whose header into the ground bounces straight into the arms of Almunia.
    • 49' Taylor's delivery is flicked away by Toure.
    • 48' Wigan win a free-kick in a dangerous position on the right after Gael Clichy fouls Valencia.
    • 46' The second-half is underway with no changes to either side.
    • 45' Half-time! Not a classic but Arsenal are ahead.
    • 44' AGAINST THE POST!! Denilson down the right and he tees up Adebayor whose shot from 20 yards is not the greatest but Kirkland pushes the ball against the post and Wigan clear.
    • 42' Bramble nods behind for a corner.
    • 41' Adebayor and Van Persie combine neatly on the edge of the penalty area but the Togo striker fires his shot over the top.
    • 39' But Taylor's delivery fails to get past the near post and the Gunners head away.
    • 38' Sagna heads behind for a second Wigan corner.
    • 36' The opening 36 minutes have been almost totally bereft of shots at goal, just one on target for either side.
    • 34' Eboue handles but Ryan Taylor overhits his free kick.
    • 32' Eboue, at least initially, seems to be playing on the left flank.
    • 30' Arsenal forced into a change with Emmanuel Eboue replacing Nasri, injured earlier by that tackle.
    • 28' A free-kick is swung into the mixer, Almunia saves from point black range with his legs but the flag is already up for offside against Valencia.
    • 26' Alexandre Song with a high tackle on Heskey and it's all getting a little tetchy.
    • 24' Nasri is ok to continue after some treatment.
    • 23' Horrible tackle from behind by Palacios on Nasri and he is correctly booked.
    • 21' Van Persie tangles legs with Bramble on the edge of the penalty area but he keeps his footing and is through on goal but a combination of Boyce and Kirkland block his final effort.
    • 19' Lee Cattermole blocks off Bacary Sagna on the touchline and gets a talking to.
    • 18' Wigan win their first corner but Almunia claims comfortably.
    • 16' GOAL! Wigan fail to deal with the corner and Fabregas helps the ball back into the penalty area. It evades Bramble and falls for Emmanuel Adebayor who strokes home.
    • 15' Denilson forces Arsenal's second corner.
    • 14' Wilson Palacios surges into the penalty area but his final cross-cum-shot is screwed across the face of goal.
    • 12' Chris Kirkland claims the corner confidently.
    • 11' Neat passing from Arsenal but Samir Nasri's final effort is deflected behind for a corner.
    • 9' Fabregas is late on Bramble and gets a warning from ref Steve Bennett.
    • 8' Good run by Cesc Fabregas but his cross, intended for Van Persie, is headed away.
    • 7' Arsenal fail to deal with a free-kick into the penalty area. Toure heads clear to Wilson Palacios who scuffs his shot and Emile Heskey can only divert the ball into the arms of Manuel Almunia.
    • 5' Van Persie gets behind Emmerson Boyce but the Wigan man gets back to hook clear and is fouled by the Dutch striker in the process.
    • 3' Robin Van Persie strays offside, marginal but off.
    • 2' Antonio Valencia gets space on the left but his cross is deflected and headed clear.
    • 1' We are underway at the Emirates.
    • 14:50 Wigan boss Steve Bruce brings back skipper Mario Melchiot to replace Michael Brown.
    • 14:45 Kolo Toure returns after overcoming a calf problem in the only change to the Arsenal team that defeated Chelsea at Stamford Bridge last Sunday. William Gallas was ruled out with a similar injury.

  • Team Stats

    Arsenal Stats Wigan Athletic
    65% Possession 34%
    13 Shots 14
    4 Shots on target 4
    3 Saves 2
    8 Corners 3
    15 Fouls 13
    1 Offsides 3
    1 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    15 Tackles 30
    447 Accurate passes 199
    47 Bad passes 29

  • 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 8 2 0
      20 Johan Djourou 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 36 1 1
      17 Alexandre Song 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 56 3 1
      22 Gaël Clichy 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 38 14 1
      3 Bacary Sagna 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 60 1 0
      5 Kolo Toure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 4 3
      8 Samir Nasri 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 8 2 0
      4 Francesc Fabregas 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 60 3 2
      15 Denilson Pereira Neves 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 66 2 4
      25 Emmanuel Adebayor 1 5 3 3 1 0 0 41 5 0
      11 Robin Van Persie 0 4 0 3 1 1 0 26 3 2
      18 Mikael Silvestre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      27 Emmanuel Eboue 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 17 6 1
      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
      12 Carlos Vela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Lukasz Fabianski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Jack Wilshere 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Wigan Athletic
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Chris Kirkland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0
      17 Emmerson Boyce 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 1
      31 Maynor Figueroa 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 15 5 3
      25 Mario Melchiot 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 27 2 1
      2 Ryan Taylor 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 4 5
      19 Titus Bramble 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 3 4
      4 Lee Cattermole 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 14 2 6
      5 Wilson Palacios 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 25 2 5
      16 Luis Antonio Valencia 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 27 0 3
      9 Emile Heskey 0 3 2 2 2 1 0 18 2 1
      27 Henri Camara 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 2 1
      11 Michael Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Olivier Kapo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Jason Koumas 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
      22 Richard Kingson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Kevin Kilbane 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 0
      18 Daniel De Ridder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Amr Zaki 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 8 0 0

  • Summary

    • 89' Heskey leaps highest to meet a cross from the left but his header is over the top.
    • 81' Fabregas's corner beats everybody at the near post and is cleared off the line by the thigh of Figueroa.
    • 75' Another half chance for Wigan but Zaki is unable to test Almunia.
    • 74' Wigan work the ball to Valencia on the right of the penalty area but he screws his shot wide of the post.
    • 73' An inswinging corner from Van Persie is flicked on and hits Melchiot almost on the line. The ball comes back to the unmarked Sagna who scuffs his shot into the ground and then over the top from no more than six yards.
    • 70' Kilbane lets the ball run out of play but it's a corner for Arsenal. Almost a costly mistake as Adebayor heads wide from five yards.
    • 69' The corner is headed down into the path of Mario Melchiot whose shot on the turn from six yards is superbly saved by Almunia.
    • 65' Denilson's 25-yard drive beats Kirkland but strikes the inside of the post and bounces to safety.
    • 63' But Van Persie can't hit the target with his free-kick. It's just over the angle of bar and post.
    • 56' It's a much better second-half and Van Persie is inches away from adding a second. He works the ball on to his left foot and is only a fraction away from curling the ball into the corner.
    • 54' Van Persie's delivery is met by the head of Sagna at the near post but Kirkland swoops to save low.
    • 52' Fabregas finds Van Persie and he is through on goal. He opts to shoot early from 20 yards but fails to make a clean contact and he drags his effort wide.
    • 51' Nice trickery from, the hitherto peripheral, Henri Camara on the left and his deep cross reaches Heskey whose header into the ground bounces straight into the arms of Almunia.
    • 44' AGAINST THE POST!! Denilson down the right and he tees up Adebayor whose shot from 20 yards is not the greatest but Kirkland pushes the ball against the post and Wigan clear.
    • 41' Adebayor and Van Persie combine neatly on the edge of the penalty area but the Togo striker fires his shot over the top.
    • 16' GOAL! Wigan fail to deal with the corner and Fabregas helps the ball back into the penalty area. It evades Bramble and falls for Emmanuel Adebayor who strokes home.
    • 14:50 Wigan boss Steve Bruce brings back skipper Mario Melchiot to replace Michael Brown.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Steve Bennett

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsene Wenger

    Captain: Cesc Fabregas

    Starting line-up

    • M. Almunia
    • B. Sagna
    • J. Djourou
    • K. Toure
    • G. Clichy
    • C. Fabregas
    • A. Song
    • .. Denilson
    • S. Nasri Substitution Out (30′)
    • E. Adebayor Goal
    • R. van Persie Yellow Card

    Subs

    • M. Silvestre Substitution In90′
    • E. Eboue Substitution In30′ Substitution Out90′
    • L. Fabianski
    • C. Vela
    • K. Gibbs
    • A. Ramsey
    • J. Wilshere

    Injured

    • T. Rosicky
    • W. Gallas
    • A. Diaby
    • T. Walcott
    • D. Eduardo

    Suspended

    None

  • Wigan Athletic

    Manager: Steve Bruce

    Captain: Lee Cattermole

    Starting line-up

    • C. Kirkland
    • E. Boyce Substitution Out (61′)
    • T. Bramble
    • R. Taylor
    • M. Figueroa Yellow Card
    • A. Valencia
    • M. Melchiot
    • L. Cattermole Substitution Out (77′)
    • W. Palacios Yellow Card
    • E. Heskey
    • H. Camara Substitution Out (66′)

    Subs

    • O. Kapo
    • K. Kilbane Substitution In61′
    • M. Brown
    • J. Koumas Substitution In77′
    • A. Zaki Substitution In66′
    • D. De Ridder
    • R. Kingson

    Injured

    • E. Edman

    Suspended

    None

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