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Saturday November 1, 2008 Finished Britannia Stadium

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Stoke City

  • Fuller 13’
  • Olofinjana 73’

Arsenal

  • Clichy 90’

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  1. Stoke sink 10-man Arsenal

    Stoke sink 10-man Arsenal

    Arsenal slipped to their third Premier League defeat of the season as goals as Stoke City prevailed 2-1 at the Britannia Stadium. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Stoke City
    • Arsenal
    • 90+4' Full-time and Arsenal slip to their third Premier League defeat of the season.
    • 90+3' Fabregas and Cresswell booked for a spat in the corner.
    • 90+2' Dave Kitson comes on late for Sidibe.
    • 90+1' GOAL!! Arsenal have a glimmer as Clichy's 25-yarder is deflected twice and nestles in the corner. That's his first Arsenal goal.
    • 90' Walcott is being stretchered off with what seems to be an arm injury and Arsenal will have to play out injury time with nine men.
    • 88' Delap booked for a heavy tackle from behind on Walcott, the third Stoke player to go in the book.
    • 86' Another Delap catapult but this time Arsenal nod clear.
    • 84' Fuller is replaced by Richard Cresswell.
    • 82' Toure's long range shot is deflected behind for a corner.
    • 80' Fabregas puts a header wide.
    • 78' Diao is replaced by Glenn Whelan.
    • 77' Wenger is absolutely apoplectic.
    • 75' Van Persie is given a straight red card. Sorensen was hovering over the ball waiting to collect it and the Dutch striker collides with the keeper with a wandering forearm in his general direction. The Dane goes down very easily and Styles does the rest.
    • 73' GOAL STOKE!! 2-0 and another long throw from Delap is the source. It reaches Seyi Olofinjana at the backpost who sees the ball bounce off his chest and as he falls, he inadvertently nods the ball into the net.
    • 71' Carlos Vela is on.
    • 70' Adebayor receiving treatment once more after going down heavily on that troublesome ankle which was earlier stood on by Shawcross and that is the end of his afternoon.
    • 68' Sidibe goes into the book for a late tackle on Toure.
    • 67' Another long throw causes consternation and Diaby's clearing header only finds Diao on the edge of the penalty area whose scuffed shot goes through a crowd of players before being turned around the post by Almunia who must have seen it late.
    • 65' Van Persie replaces Denilson.
    • 64' Danny Higginbotham is booked for a wild hack at Walcott.
    • 63' Adebayor's reverse pass gets Walcott to the by-line but his cross is wasteful.
    • 61' Fabregas' corner is flicked over the top by Toure at the near post. Good effort and not too far away.
    • 60' This game is threatening to boil over with Styles giving Griffin a lecture after a lunge on Diaby.
    • 58' Fabregas tries his luck from 25 yards but again off-target. Sagna was injured by a tackle from Delap.
    • 57' Sagna was also limping and he has been replaced by Walcott -an attacking move.
    • 55' There is a good chance Mr Wenger will be complaining about heavy Stoke treatment after the game.
    • 53' Adebayor hobbles to the sideline after a heavy tackle on the back of his ankle by Shawcross.
    • 51' Fuller strays offside when he should have been looking along the line.
    • 49' Clichy's cross is nodded back into the mix but Stoke clear the danger.
    • 48' Bendtner's chip is headed away inside his own six yard box by Faye.
    • 47' Arsenal win an early corner that Sorensen punches clear.
    • 46' Both sides are unchanged as the second-half gets underway.
    • 45+2' Abdoulaye Faye's long range effort is off target and that's half-time. An off-colour Arsenal trail in the Potteries.
    • 45+1' Adebayor attempts to curl one in the top corner but it's far too high.
    • 45' Fabregas tees the free-kick up for Toure but he screws his shot into the stands. Ugly!
    • 44' Salif Diao has to receive treatment after giving away a free-kick on Fabregas.
    • 43' Griffin's attempted cross is deflected behind for Stoke's second corner.
    • 41' Adebayor is booked for a high tackle on Shawcross.
    • 40' Denilson's 20 yard shot is comfortably saved by Sorensen.
    • 39' Denilson is not too pleased by a Griffin tackle on Clichy and has a word with the Stoke captain who pats him on the head.
    • 38' Toure flicks the corner away at the near post but the ball falls to Sidibe whose shot is blocked.
    • 37' Another Delap long throw into the penalty area and Sidibe wins a corner off Silvestre.
    • 35' A raking pass from Fabregas finds Bendtner in behind the home defence but his chest down is heavy and the ball runs through to Sorensen. A good chance wasted and the Dane puts his hands on his head.
    • 34' Bendtner down the right and he feeds Fabregas but the Spaniard is sloppy in possession and is pass his cut out.
    • 32' Bacary Sagna bursts down the right but Shawcross heads the cross away under pressure from Nicklas Bendtner.
    • 30' Stoke win a free-kick on the right but the delivery is far too deep from Delap.
    • 28' Diaby's shot is high, wide and not very handsome.
    • 26' Adebayor gets a shot away on the turn but his effort from 18 yards is straight at Sorensen.
    • 24' Fabregas' deep corner is headed back across goal by Song but Stoke clear.
    • 22' Arsenal again failing to deal with long balls but eventually Song clears the danger.
    • 20' Adebayor penalised for handball at halfway and a long ball is pumped into the Arsenal penalty area. The visitors fail to clear their lines and eventually Manuel Almunia flaps at a cross and Delap's header is headed off his own line by Clichy.
    • 19' Andy Griffin's cross is cleared by Mikael Silvestre.
    • 17' Fuller's dink into the penalty area is just over Delap's head and the Gunners are rattled.
    • 15' Arsene Wenger is stomping around the touchline and obviously upset with that goal being awarded.
    • 13' GOAL STOKE!! A massive long throw by Rory Delap and the ball flicks off Fuller's head and into the corner of the net. Arsenal captain Toure complains that Fuller is holding him down but ref Rob Styles has none of it.
    • 12' Ricardo Fuller and Mamady Sidibe try to play a 1-2 in the Arsenal box but Toure is on hand to clear.
    • 11' Twinkle toes Diaby runs across the Stoke penalty area but his backheel fails to come off.
    • 10' Arsenal dominating early possession but Emmanuel Adebayor's effort is blocked.
    • 8' The first corner of the game and easily caught by Thomas Sorensen.
    • 6' The first effort on goal but Cesc Fabregas screws his effort wide.
    • 4' Gael Clichy swings a cross into the penalty area but headed clear by Ryan Shawcross.
    • 2' The first of no doubt many long balls is pumped into the Arsenal box but the visitors deal with it.
    • 1' And we are underway at the Britannia Stadium.
    • 14:55 Amdy Faye is back for Stoke, replacing Tom Soares from the side that beat Sunderland in midweek.
    • 14:50 Arsene Wenger leaves Robin Van Persie and Theo Walcott on the bench following the North London derby thriller. William Gallas is injured so Kolo Toure, Alex Song and Abou Diaby starts.

  • Team Stats

    Stoke City Stats Arsenal
    27% Possession 72%
    9 Shots 14
    4 Shots on target 4
    1 Saves 1
    3 Corners 5
    7 Fouls 11
    3 Offsides 0
    4 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 1
    32 Tackles 20
    125 Accurate passes 446
    42 Bad passes 139

  • 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
    • Stoke City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      29 Thomas Sorensen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 1 0
      2 Andy Griffin 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 12 0 4
      17 Ryan Shawcross 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 7 1 3
      25 Abdoulaye Faye 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 1
      3 Danny Higginbotham 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 10 0
      24 Rory Delap 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 11 9 10
      4 Seyi Olofinjana 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 9 1 2
      18 Salif Diao 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 11 3 5
      19 Amdy Faye 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 3 3
      11 Mamady Sidibe 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 22 7 1
      10 Ricardo Fuller 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 10 3 2
      9 Richard Cresswell 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0
      8 Tom Soares 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Ibrahima Sonko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Glenn Whelan 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1
      28 Andy Wilkinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Steve Simonsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Dave Kitson 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 10 0 0
      3 Bacary Sagna 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 28 0 1
      18 Mikael Silvestre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 9 2
      5 Kolo Toure 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 35 1 2
      17 Alexandre Song 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 51 15 1
      22 Gaël Clichy 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 58 34 2
      2 Vasiriki Abou Diaby 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 56 30 5
      4 Francesc Fabregas 0 4 0 0 3 0 1 81 27 2
      15 Denilson Pereira Neves 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 36 3 5
      25 Emmanuel Adebayor 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 25 8 0
      26 Nicklas Bendtner 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 20 8 0
      14 Theo Walcott 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 0
      12 Carlos Vela 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 3 0
      21 Lukasz Fabianski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Robin van Persie 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
      20 Johan Djourou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Samir Nasri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Aaron Ramsey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+1' GOAL!! Arsenal have a glimmer as Clichy's 25-yarder is deflected twice and nestles in the corner. That's his first Arsenal goal.
    • 75' Van Persie is given a straight red card. Sorensen was hovering over the ball waiting to collect it and the Dutch striker collides with the keeper with a wandering forearm in his general direction. The Dane goes down very easily and Styles does the rest.
    • 73' GOAL STOKE!! 2-0 and another long throw from Delap is the source. It reaches Seyi Olofinjana at the backpost who sees the ball bounce off his chest and as he falls, he inadvertently nods the ball into the net.
    • 67' Another long throw causes consternation and Diaby's clearing header only finds Diao on the edge of the penalty area whose scuffed shot goes through a crowd of players before being turned around the post by Almunia who must have seen it late.
    • 61' Fabregas' corner is flicked over the top by Toure at the near post. Good effort and not too far away.
    • 35' A raking pass from Fabregas finds Bendtner in behind the home defence but his chest down is heavy and the ball runs through to Sorensen. A good chance wasted and the Dane puts his hands on his head.
    • 20' Adebayor penalised for handball at halfway and a long ball is pumped into the Arsenal penalty area. The visitors fail to clear their lines and eventually Manuel Almunia flaps at a cross and Delap's header is headed off his own line by Clichy.
    • 13' GOAL STOKE!! A massive long throw by Rory Delap and the ball flicks off Fuller's head and into the corner of the net. Arsenal captain Toure complains that Fuller is holding him down but ref Rob Styles has none of it.
    • 14:50 Arsene Wenger leaves Robin Van Persie and Theo Walcott on the bench following the North London derby thriller. William Gallas is injured so Kolo Toure, Alex Song and Abou Diaby starts.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Rob Styles

  • Stoke City

    Manager: Tony Pulis

    Captain: Andy Griffin

    Starting line-up

    • T. Sorensen
    • A. Griffin
    • A. Diagne-Faye
    • R. Shawcross
    • D. Higginbotham Yellow Card
    • A. Faye
    • S. Diao Substitution Out (78′)
    • S. Olofinjana Goal
    • R. Delap
    • M. Sidibe Yellow Card Substitution Out (90′)
    • R. Fuller Goal Substitution Out (84′)

    Subs

    • S. Simonsen
    • R. Cresswell Substitution In84′ Yellow Card
    • I. Sonko
    • D. Kitson Substitution In90′
    • T. Soares
    • G. Whelan Substitution In78′
    • A. Wilkinson

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsene Wenger

    Captain: Manuel Almunia

    Starting line-up

    • M. Almunia
    • B. Sagna Substitution Out (58′)
    • M. Silvestre
    • K. Toure
    • G. Clichy Goal
    • .. Denilson Substitution Out (65′)
    • C. Fabregas Yellow Card
    • A. Song
    • A. Diaby
    • E. Adebayor Yellow Card Substitution Out (71′)
    • N. Bendtner

    Subs

    • R. van Persie Substitution In65′ Red Card
    • S. Nasri
    • J. Djourou
    • T. Walcott Substitution In58′
    • L. Fabianski
    • C. Vela Substitution In71′
    • A. Ramsey

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

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