FOOTBALL Live

Saturday March 21, 2009 Finished St. James' Park

1 - 3

Newcastle United

  • Martins 58’

Arsenal

  • Bendtner 57’
  • Diaby 64’
  • Nasri 67’

761 comments | Write your comment

  1. Arsenal deepen Toon gloom

    Arsenal deepen Toon gloom

    Arsenal summoned a devastating second-half blitz to dispatch Newcastle 3-1 at St James' Park. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Newcastle United
    • Arsenal
    • 90+2' It's all over at St James' Park and Arsenal run out 3-1 victors to deepen the gloom for Newcastle. Thanks for joining me!!
    • 89' Arsenal make another change. Bendtner is replaced by Emmanuel Eboue.
    • 84' Ameobi with a chance, but his effort is too close to Almunia.
    • 79' Shola Ameobi replaces Lovenkrands for Newcastle, who look a beaten side.
    • 74' Alexandre Song replaces Arshavin, who's been very impressive this evening.
    • 70' Arsenal are rampant. Van Persie goes round Harper, but the goalkeeper recovers to block his shot.
    • 67' GOAL!!! Van Persie slide a ball into NASRI, WHO TAKES A TOUCH AND BEATS HARPER AT HIS NEAR POST!!! ARSENAL LEAD 3-1!!!
    • 66' Steven Taylor comes off. In his place comes MICHAEL OWEN!!!
    • 64' GOAL!!! Van Persie plays in ABOU DIABY WHO TAKES THE BALL ON AND SMASHES A SHOT PAST HARPER TO PUT ARSENAL 2-1 AHEAD. STEVEN TAYLOR WAS OFF THE FIELD INJURED AND HIS ABSENCE WAS PUNISHED!!!
    • 58' GOAL!!!! Newcastle are level!!! Martins latches onto a mistake from Gallas and fires home to bring Newcastle level. Just 13 SECONDS AFTER THE RE-START!!! What a response!!!
    • 57' GOAL!!! Arsenal lead!! Arshavin curls in a free-kick from the left and BENDTNER HEADS PAST HARPER TO PUT THE VISITORS AHEAD!!
    • 52' Gallas goes in the book for a cynical foul. Ryan Taylor sends over a free-kick from the right wing, but Almunia does well to gather the high ball.
    • 50' Newcastle have started the second half well. The home side are keeping the ball well and look confident.
    • 45+1' There's the half-time whistle and both sides will need to draw breath. Newcastle should lead after spurning a penalty, but both sides have missed a hatful of chances. Back in 15!
    • 45' A mistake from Fabricio Coloccini lets in Bendtner, who plays the ball across to VAN PERSIE, BUT ONCE AGAIN STEVEN TAYLOR MAKES A VITAL BLOCK TO DENY ARSENAL!!
    • 44' GREAT SAVE FROM HARPER!! Van Persie collects a chipped pass in to the box beautifully, but Given palms his left-foot effort away.
    • 43' Duff with a good ball in from the right and Beye's header is straight into Almunia's hands.
    • 39' NEWCASTLE SHOULD LEAD!!! Lovenkrands has a great chance to poke home from a left-wing cross. Soon after Martins shoots first-time from a right-wing centre and his shot is just wide. The home side are really going for this.
    • 38' Sebastien Bassong is forced out of the match with injury. In his place comes Habib Beye, for his first appearance since Boxing Day.
    • 36' Arshavin drives forward and cracks a piledriver from 20 yards which clips the top of the bar.
    • 34' MICHAEL OWEN WATCH: The hero of France 1998 is warming up on the sidelines.
    • 31' Peter Lovenkrands runs onto Martins through ball, but Gael Clichy saves the day for Arsenal with a last-ditch tackle. The resultant corner sees Martins head just past the post.
    • 27' ARSHAVIN WITH A CHANCE FOR ARSENAL...Great block from Steven Taylor. It's all happening at St James' Park.
    • 23' PENALTY TO NEWCASTLE!!! Manuel Almunia is adjudged to have fouled Ryan Taylor and this time the referee gives the penalty. Up steps Obafemi Martins...ALMUNIA SAVES!!!! Terrible spot-kick from Martins, weak and too central.
    • 19' PENALTY SHOUT FOR NEWCASTLE!! Damien Duff goes down under the challenge of Samir Nasri and the home players and fans are pleading for a spot-kick. The referee waves play on, which is probably the right decision.
    • 18' Newcastle are knocking about nicely and looking in confident mood.
    • 14' Van Persie with a lovely slide-rule pass to release Bendtner, whose shoot draws a save from Steve Harper. It was a low angled drive headed for the corner and Harper did well to parry.
    • 9' WHAT A CHANCE FOR WILLIAM GALLAS!! The Frenchman has a free header at the far post, but he mis-times his jump and the chance goes begging.
    • 6' Jose Enrique takes on Bacary Sagna and forces a corner. Ryan Taylor sends it over, Steven Taylor heads back across goal...but Arsenal clear.
    • 3' To bring you up to speed with the team news, Nicklas Bendtner and Robin van Persie start up top for Arsenal - who have made six changes from their FA Cup quarter-final against Hull.
    • 1' Away we go with the action at St James' Park, where MICHAEL OWEN IS ON THE BENCH FOR NEWCASTLE.

  • Team Stats

    Newcastle United Stats Arsenal
    44% Possession 55%
    13 Shots 19
    4 Shots on target 9
    5 Saves 3
    8 Corners 4
    12 Fouls 12
    2 Offsides 1
    0 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    13 Tackles 21
    250 Accurate passes 364
    52 Bad passes 54

  • 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
    • Newcastle United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Steve Harper 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 5 0
      2 Fabricio Coloccini 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 3 2
      3 José Enrique Sanchez Diaz 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 34 16 0
      16 Ryan Taylor 0 1 0 4 3 0 0 26 2 3
      27 Steven Taylor 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 11 0 0
      12 Sébastien Bassong 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 2 0
      4 Kevin Nolan 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 27 5 0
      22 Nicky Butt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 2 3
      11 Damien Duff 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 27 8 2
      24 Peter Løvenkrands 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 16 3 1
      9 Obafemi Martins 1 5 2 0 2 1 0 18 4 0
      18 Jonás Gutiérrez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      40 Tim Krul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Alan Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Shola Ameobi 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
      10 Michael Owen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0
      21 Habib Beye 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 0 2
      20 Geremi Nijtap 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 1 0 0 0 10 3 0
      5 Kolo Toure 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 0 3
      22 Gaël Clichy 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 30 16 5
      3 Bacary Sagna 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 46 0 1
      10 William Gallas 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 26 4 1
      15 Denilson Pereira Neves 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 65 5 1
      2 Vasiriki Abou Diaby 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 47 6 1
      8 Samir Nasri 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 40 6 5
      26 Nicklas Bendtner 1 7 4 1 1 0 0 29 4 0
      23 Andrey Arshavin 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 14 4 2
      11 Robin van Persie 0 4 2 4 0 1 2 20 4 2
      17 Alexandre Song 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 2 0
      40 Kieran Gibbs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Carlos Vela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Emmanuel Eboue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      9 Eduardo da Silva 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 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+2' It's all over at St James' Park and Arsenal run out 3-1 victors to deepen the gloom for Newcastle. Thanks for joining me!!
    • 67' GOAL!!! Van Persie slide a ball into NASRI, WHO TAKES A TOUCH AND BEATS HARPER AT HIS NEAR POST!!! ARSENAL LEAD 3-1!!!
    • 64' GOAL!!! Van Persie plays in ABOU DIABY WHO TAKES THE BALL ON AND SMASHES A SHOT PAST HARPER TO PUT ARSENAL 2-1 AHEAD. STEVEN TAYLOR WAS OFF THE FIELD INJURED AND HIS ABSENCE WAS PUNISHED!!!
    • 58' GOAL!!!! Newcastle are level!!! Martins latches onto a mistake from Gallas and fires home to bring Newcastle level. Just 13 SECONDS AFTER THE RE-START!!! What a response!!!
    • 57' GOAL!!! Arsenal lead!! Arshavin curls in a free-kick from the left and BENDTNER HEADS PAST HARPER TO PUT THE VISITORS AHEAD!!
    • 31' Peter Lovenkrands runs onto Martins through ball, but Gael Clichy saves the day for Arsenal with a last-ditch tackle. The resultant corner sees Martins head just past the post.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mark Halsey

  • Newcastle United

    Manager: Chris Hughton

    Captain: Steve Harper

    Starting line-up

    • S. Harper
    • S. Taylor Substitution Out (66′)
    • F. Coloccini
    • S. Bassong Substitution Out (38′)
    • J. Enrique
    • D. Duff
    • K. Nolan
    • N. Butt
    • R. Taylor
    • P. Lovenkrands Substitution Out (79′)
    • O. Martins Goal

    Subs

    • M. Owen Substitution In66′
    • H. Beye Substitution In38′
    • A. Smith
    • N. Geremi
    • S. Ameobi Substitution In79′
    • J. Gutierrez
    • T. Krul

    Injured

    • M. Viduka
    • J. Barton
    • .. Xisco
    • D. Guthrie
    • I. Gonzalez

    Suspended

    None

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsene Wenger

    Captain: Kolo Toure

    Starting line-up

    • M. Almunia
    • B. Sagna
    • K. Toure
    • W. Gallas Yellow Card
    • G. Clichy
    • A. Arshavin Substitution Out (74′)
    • .. Denilson
    • A. Diaby Goal
    • S. Nasri Goal
    • N. Bendtner Goal Substitution Out (89′)
    • R. van Persie

    Subs

    • A. Song Substitution In74′
    • J. Djourou
    • E. Eboue Substitution In89′
    • L. Fabianski
    • C. Vela
    • K. Gibbs

    Injured

    • T. Rosicky
    • E. Adebayor
    • C. Fabregas
    • T. Walcott
    • D. Eduardo

    Suspended

    None

Comment 742 - 761 of 761

Sort comments by: Most recent

  1. The next season is going to be a cracking season for­ football. With the new promotions this should
    be an­ interesting time.

    From Free bet www.freebets.co.za, on Tue 2 Jun 6:24PM

  2. WELL ARSENAL HAS WON SO ARSENAL NEED TO KEEP THE WORK­ UP SO TEY CAN BEAT LIVPOOL, CHELSEA AND MANCHESTER­ UNITED TO GET 1ST IN THE PRREMIER LEGUE TABLE SO COME­ ON ARSENAL

    From scottwilson612, on Tue 31 Mar 7:47AM

  3. WELL ARSENAL HAS WON SO ARSENAL NEED TO KEEP THE WORK­ UP SO TEY CAN BEAT LIVPOOL, CHELSEA AND MANCHESTER­ UNITED TO GET 1ST IN THE PRREMIER LEGUE TABLE SO COME­ ON ARSENAL

    From scottwilson612, on Tue 31 Mar 7:47AM

  4. Arshavin is the man who we needed!
    he will surprise us­ more often in Future!

    From Gigi, on Wed 25 Mar 11:51AM

  5. Arshavin unstoppable

    From sergejslaicuks, on Tue 24 Mar 9:59PM

  6. f*&%^

    From Jamie, on Tue 24 Mar 8:31PM

  7. jh

    From Jamie, on Tue 24 Mar 8:29PM

  8. arsenal are not bad but i will give them 8 out of 10

    From N, on Tue 24 Mar 7:55PM

  9. Arsenal its perfect game!

    From Alexey, on Mon 23 Mar 2:21AM

  10. go GUNNERS beast team in the world!!!!

    From s.wils0n, on Sun 22 Mar 5:28PM

  11. yeah gunners thats the way it goes 3 goals toevery team­ from now on.

    From mukhtaarA, on Sun 22 Mar 5:08PM

  12. oh @#$%

    From KEVIN, on Sun 22 Mar 3:54PM

  13. great work, stupendous spirit. one really begins to­ fancy a chance for arsenal should the leading teams­ continue to fall like a pack of cards as the season­ comes to an end. Go, arsenal go, you can do it!

    From Sampson, on Sun 22 Mar 2:12PM

  14. great result i knew bendtner would answer his critics­ hes a top class player

    From fordeeamonn, on Sun 22 Mar 1:10PM

  15. Thank you Arsenal. Play Up Pompey.

    From Ace, on Sun 22 Mar 12:39PM

  16. The game was very nice and I was very happy with­ Diabby's performance!! He is becoming very amazing­ one! Nasiry was also fantastic! All in all Arsenal is­ Arsenal!!
    Daniel Gelaw from Ethiopia.

    From daniel, on Sun 22 Mar 11:08AM

  17. Well done Arsenal...keep up good work!! :-)

    From David, on Sun 22 Mar 10:39AM

  18. yeah the gunners :)
    keep continuing good job
    hopefully­ til EPL's end

    From Firly A. Permata, on Sun 22 Mar 10:26AM

  19. go arsenal go!!!u can do this!!!long live the­ gunners...

    From James, on Sun 22 Mar 9:01AM

  20. Good job Arsenal.Keep it up.

    From tkwgunners16235, on Sun 22 Mar 4:40AM
Sort comments by: Most recent

Not already a Yahoo! user ? to get a free Yahoo! Account