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Bolton Wanderers

  • Davies 14’

Arsenal

  • Eboue 26’
  • Bendtner 27’
  • Denilson 87’

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  1. Arsenal go top

    Arsenal go top

    Arsenal went top of the Premier League after coming from behind to beat bogey side Bolton 3-1 at the Reebok Stadium. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Bolton Wanderers
    • Arsenal
    • - Thanks for joining us today... make sure you come back again tomorrow when, amongst other games, Chelsea take on Manchester United. Until then.
    • 90'+3 There it is! Full time at the Reebok and it's Arsenal who claim all three points and move top of the Premier League!
    • 89' Fabregas goes into the book... not sure why.
    • 89' Walcott's through here! Oh, he almost leaves the ball behind but he recovers and sends a curling effort goalwards! Jaaskelainen flings himself towards the ball and manages to get a fingertip on it!
    • 87' GOAL! ALL OVER NOW as Denilson finishes off a sweeping Arsenal move forward! Walcott starts it with a rapier-like run... he feeds Adebayor who crosses to the far post for the Brazilian to fire home! 3-1 and game over!
    • 84' Real chance for Bolton! But Vaz Te can't take it as he shoots straight at Almunia, with the goalkeeper in no man's land following a mad decision to come out that leaves him all over the place!
    • 83' Oooh! Steinsson should do better from the corner! He has a free header, but he plants it over the bar!
    • 83' The change nearly reaps benefits straight away as Vaz Te centres for Riga! Deflected behind for a corner!
    • 82' A final throw of the dice coming from Bolton now... on comes Vaz Te and off goes Muamba.
    • 78' Walcott fires goalwards from a similar angle to the one from which he scored two in Croatia! This time, he drags it wide of the post though...
    • 76' Song goes into the referee's book for a poor challenge on Samuel...
    • 73' Time for Theo Walcott to make an entrance... he comes on to replace goalscorer Bendtner.
    • 70' Nolan heads over the bar from a Davies cross!
    • 68' Bolton are bossing things at the moment... they've come out in a much more determined mood this half...
    • 65' Steinsson drills in a low cross to the near post, which Almunia opts to clear with his feet!
    • 64' This is a good little spell of pressure for the hosts... but Almunia claims the second corner and Arsenal can relax.
    • 63' Riga brings Almunia into action with deliberately placed sidefooter from 25 yards! Corner to Bolton and the crowd's noise seems to be helping!
    • 62' Muamba mistimes a challenge on the flying Adabayor... and he'll go into the book for that one.
    • 60' Gary Megson makes another change... McCann for O'Brien.
    • 59' Joey O'Brien angles a shot goalwards! But Almunia knows it's going wide and he watches as it bounces past the upright.
    • 58' The Bolton fans are really getting behind their team now... those that have bothered to turn up today are doing their team proud.
    • 56' Bolton make a change... off goes Smolarek and on comes Riga.
    • 53' Ouch! Steinsson clashes with his own team-mate O'Brien as the pair slide in together! The full-back gets up gingerly...
    • 51' Nolan clips a cross into the box after good work from Smolarek... but Almunia is equal to it.
    • 49' Gardner lets fly now! Straight into Almunia's arms!
    • 47' Oooh! Arsenal fly out of the blocks, Song letting fly from the edge of the box! Jaaskelainen is forced into making a flying save!
    • 46' One change to tell you about... Clichy has not re-appeared for the second half... Djourou comes on to replace the Frenchman, who is on his way to Bolton General following that challenge from Davies.
    • 46' Back underway at the Reebok!
    • 45'+4 And there goes the half time whistle to bring an end to a decent half of football, albeit ending on a sour note.
    • 45'+3 Clichy is still down... and it doesn't look good for him... Monsieur Wenger is certain to have a view on that one.
    • 45'+2 Davies lunges in on Clichy! That's an awful challenge, a real potential leg-breaker... but the ref shows just a yellow.
    • 45' NOLAN! Ooh! Another close effort from Nolan! This time the Bolton skipper sidefoots a volley goalwards, but it's just the wrong side of the post!
    • 44' Adebayor and Fabregas look to unlock the Bolton defence on the near side... no joy this time, but Arsenal are attacking with intent.
    • 41' What a run from Gardner! But Toure's tackle matches it! The ball falls Nolan! Ooooh! Great save from Almunia! Super passage of play!
    • 40' Just a quick word on today's attendance... it's not good - there are empty seats all around.
    • 38' Toure hits the deck after clashing with Davies in an aerial duel... he's clutches his ear but he'll be fine.
    • 37' Arsenal break with pace now! They make it look easy as Bendtner brings the ball forward... to Denilson, to Eboue whose eventual shot is deflected behind for yet another corner!
    • 33' But here come Bolton on the attack, with Gardner... Sagna stops him in his tracks with a well-timed tackle.
    • 30' Arsenal look in complete control of this game now... they're keeping possession and playing the ball around nicely.
    • 28' What a turnaround! Arsenal have completely blown away Bolton over the last 10 minutes! Although there was an element of luck for the first goal - replays show Eboue to have been in an offside position when the ball was played through.
    • 27' GOAL! Bendtner puts Arsenal into the lead! Two goals in a minute! Adebayor feeds Denilson on the right and the Brazilian squares to the Dane who isn't going to miss from there! 2-1 to Arsenal now!
    • 26' GOAL! It's been coming! Arsenal are back on level terms!Eboue slots home after Adebayor leaves Bendtner's cute little pass through for him!
    • 24' Arsenal looking much more threatening now...
    • 23' OFF THE POST AGAIN! This time it's Song's header that hits the woodwork! No luck at all for Arsenal at the moment!
    • 21' Adebayor is through on goal here! MUST BE! NO! OFF THE POST!
    • 19' Nothing comes from the corner, but moments later Bendtner chests down brilliantly for Adebayor who lets fly first time! Ooh! Just wide of the upright!
    • 18' Eboue to Denilson to Bendtner... and the Dane wins a corner off Gardner.
    • 17' Oooh! Denilson lets fly from the edge of the area after good work from Bendtner... his effort goes sailing not too far over the bar! Better from Arsenal.
    • 15' Arsenal have so many problems at the Reebok... and so far it's proving the same this time round.
    • 14' GOAL! Bolton take the lead from the corner as Davies rises above Toure and plants a header past Almunia! It was almost in the script!
    • 13' Oooh! Davies looks to play in Nolan! And that will be a corner to the hosts!
    • 12' But Fabregas's delivery from the corner is poor and flies over everybody's heads...
    • 11' Bendtner slips a little pass through for Adebayor to run on to... super challenge from O'Brien! But another corner to Arsenal.
    • 10' There's no real fluency to the game so far... it's all a bit stop and start.
    • 9' Steinsson puts behind at the other end for another Arsenal corner, which Fabregas takes... Nolan heads behind and that'll be another corner.
    • 7' Smolarek sees a shot blocked before the ball comes out to Muamba... but he doesn't really seem to want to shoot and the chance goes begging.
    • 4' Nolan! Oooh! Great effort from the Bolton captain! He sees Almunia off his line slightly and lets fly with a first time effort that the keeper manages to reach and tip over for a corner!
    • 3' Former Arsenal player Muamba bursts forward for Bolton now... but his final ball is poor and Arsenal come away with the bal...
    • 2' Arsenal win an early corner after Smolarek's first touch in English football is to put behind for a corner.
    • 2' Bolton is swathed in bright sunshine today...
    • 1' Here we go! Underway at the Reebok!
    • - For Arsenal, Robin van Persie and Theo Walcott start on the bench, Nicklas Bendtner starting alongside Emmanuel Adebayor.
    • - So, Ebi Smolarek gets a debut for Bolton, while Johan Elmander doesn't make it back from injury.
    • - Referee: Steve Bennett (Kent)
    • - And Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna, Toure, Gallas, Clichy, Eboue, Fabregas, Song Billong, Denilson, Adebayor, Bendtner - Subs: Fabianski, Van Persie, Vela, Walcott, Ramsey, Djourou, Gibbs
    • - The teams are in.... Bolton start like this: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Shittu, Andrew O'Brien, Samuel, Joey O'Brien, Smolarek, Muamba, Nolan, Gardner, Davies - Subs: Al Habsi, Hunt, Riga, Helguson, McCann, Vaz Te, Cohen
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of today's late kick-off at the Reebok!

  • Team Stats

    Bolton Wanderers Stats Arsenal
    29% Possession 70%
    13 Shots 21
    6 Shots on target 6
    2 Saves 2
    7 Corners 17
    10 Fouls 13
    1 Offsides 2
    2 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    22 Tackles 13
    152 Accurate passes 432
    34 Bad passes 66

  • 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
    • Bolton Wanderers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Jussi Jaaskelainen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
      3 Jlloyd Samuel 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 8 2
      15 Grétar Steinsson 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16 0 1
      11 Ricardo Gardner 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 14 8 2
      31 Andy O'Brien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 4
      24 Danny Shittu 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 2 1
      6 Fabrice Muamba 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 14 2 4
      8 Joey O'Brien 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 16 1 1
      4 Kevin Nolan 0 4 2 3 0 0 0 18 2 2
      10 Ebi Smolarek 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 2 0
      14 Kevin Davies 1 1 1 3 4 1 0 15 4 4
      17 Riga Mustapha 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 2 0
      25 Tamir Cohen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Nicky Hunt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Ricardo Vaz Te 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      19 Gavin McCann 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 3 1
      18 Heidar Helguson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Ali Al-Habsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Arsenal
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Manuel Almunia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0
      22 Gaël Clichy 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 17 6 0
      3 Bacary Sagna 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 48 6 1
      10 William Gallas 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 31 1 1
      5 Kolo Toure 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 37 1 2
      17 Alexandre Song 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 51 10 2
      4 Francesc Fabregas 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 67 11 1
      27 Emmanuel Eboue 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 44 8 0
      15 Denilson Pereira Neves 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 64 8 2
      25 Emmanuel Adebayor 0 3 0 1 2 2 1 27 3 1
      26 Nicklas Bendtner 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 22 4 0
      16 Aaron Ramsey 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
      14 Theo Walcott 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
      12 Carlos Vela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      40 Kieran Gibbs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Lukasz Fabianski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Johan Djourou 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 2 2
      11 Robin van Persie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • - Thanks for joining us today... make sure you come back again tomorrow when, amongst other games, Chelsea take on Manchester United. Until then.
    • 89' Walcott's through here! Oh, he almost leaves the ball behind but he recovers and sends a curling effort goalwards! Jaaskelainen flings himself towards the ball and manages to get a fingertip on it!
    • 87' GOAL! ALL OVER NOW as Denilson finishes off a sweeping Arsenal move forward! Walcott starts it with a rapier-like run... he feeds Adebayor who crosses to the far post for the Brazilian to fire home! 3-1 and game over!
    • 84' Real chance for Bolton! But Vaz Te can't take it as he shoots straight at Almunia, with the goalkeeper in no man's land following a mad decision to come out that leaves him all over the place!
    • 83' Oooh! Steinsson should do better from the corner! He has a free header, but he plants it over the bar!
    • 78' Walcott fires goalwards from a similar angle to the one from which he scored two in Croatia! This time, he drags it wide of the post though...
    • 63' Riga brings Almunia into action with deliberately placed sidefooter from 25 yards! Corner to Bolton and the crowd's noise seems to be helping!
    • 49' Gardner lets fly now! Straight into Almunia's arms!
    • 47' Oooh! Arsenal fly out of the blocks, Song letting fly from the edge of the box! Jaaskelainen is forced into making a flying save!
    • 45' NOLAN! Ooh! Another close effort from Nolan! This time the Bolton skipper sidefoots a volley goalwards, but it's just the wrong side of the post!
    • 41' What a run from Gardner! But Toure's tackle matches it! The ball falls Nolan! Ooooh! Great save from Almunia! Super passage of play!
    • 37' Arsenal break with pace now! They make it look easy as Bendtner brings the ball forward... to Denilson, to Eboue whose eventual shot is deflected behind for yet another corner!
    • 27' GOAL! Bendtner puts Arsenal into the lead! Two goals in a minute! Adebayor feeds Denilson on the right and the Brazilian squares to the Dane who isn't going to miss from there! 2-1 to Arsenal now!
    • 26' GOAL! It's been coming! Arsenal are back on level terms!Eboue slots home after Adebayor leaves Bendtner's cute little pass through for him!
    • 23' OFF THE POST AGAIN! This time it's Song's header that hits the woodwork! No luck at all for Arsenal at the moment!
    • 21' Adebayor is through on goal here! MUST BE! NO! OFF THE POST!
    • 19' Nothing comes from the corner, but moments later Bendtner chests down brilliantly for Adebayor who lets fly first time! Ooh! Just wide of the upright!
    • 17' Oooh! Denilson lets fly from the edge of the area after good work from Bendtner... his effort goes sailing not too far over the bar! Better from Arsenal.
    • 14' GOAL! Bolton take the lead from the corner as Davies rises above Toure and plants a header past Almunia! It was almost in the script!
    • 4' Nolan! Oooh! Great effort from the Bolton captain! He sees Almunia off his line slightly and lets fly with a first time effort that the keeper manages to reach and tip over for a corner!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Steve Bennett

  • Bolton Wanderers

    Manager: Gary Megson

    Captain: Kevin Nolan

    Starting line-up

    • J. Jaaskelainen
    • G. Steinsson
    • D. Shittu
    • A. O'Brien
    • J. Samuel
    • J. O'Brien Substitution Out (61′)
    • K. Nolan
    • F. Muamba Yellow Card Substitution Out (82′)
    • E. Smolarek Substitution Out (56′)
    • R. Gardner
    • K. Davies Goal Yellow Card

    Subs

    • G. McCann Substitution In61′
    • H. Helguson
    • N. Hunt
    • R. Vaz Te Substitution In82′
    • T. Cohen
    • A. Al Habsi
    • R. Mustapha Substitution In56′

    Injured

    • M. Taylor

    Suspended

    • G. Cahill

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsene Wenger

    Captain: William Gallas

    Starting line-up

    • M. Almunia
    • B. Sagna
    • K. Toure
    • W. Gallas
    • G. Clichy Substitution Out (46′)
    • E. Eboue Goal Substitution Out (85′)
    • C. Fabregas Yellow Card
    • A. Song Yellow Card
    • .. Denilson Goal
    • E. Adebayor
    • N. Bendtner Goal Substitution Out (73′)

    Subs

    • R. van Persie
    • J. Djourou Substitution In46′
    • T. Walcott Substitution In73′
    • L. Fabianski
    • C. Vela
    • K. Gibbs
    • A. Ramsey Substitution In85′

    Injured

    • T. Rosicky
    • M. Silvestre
    • A. Diaby
    • S. Nasri
    • A. Bischoff
    • D. Eduardo

    Suspended

    None

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