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  1. Arsenal brush aside Baggies

    Arsenal brush aside Baggies

    A brace from Nicklas Bendtner gave Arsenal a resounding 3-1 victory over West Brom at the Hawthorns in the Premier League. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • West Bromwich
    • Arsenal
    • 90+2' That's it, full-time! Arsenal have won this game comfortably, 3-1 against West Brom, but it could have been more. Thanks for joining us!
    • 90' Arshavin finds himself through on goal yet again, but strikes his shot straight at Carson, who does well to save from close range. Two minutes to be added at the end of this second half.
    • 87' Bendtner has yet another opportunity to grab his hat-trick, but blasts over from the edge of the box with the West Brom defence opening up for him.
    • 85' Arsenal are keeping the ball at will, with Sagna and Clichy epitomising their approach by marauding forward at every opportunity.
    • 82' The home fans are streaming out of the exits already, as their side drift out of the game. Teixeira lets fly from 20 yards in a vague opening, but it goes over the bar. Fran Merida comes on for Samir Nasri in Wenger's last change.
    • 80' The tempo of the game suddenly increases as Arsenal drop deep and look to break at pace. Ryan Donk is booked for hauling down Diaby in the Arsenal half.
    • 78' Space opens up for Sagna as Ramsey slips the defender in down the right, but he blasts his shot wastefully over the bar.
    • 76' Aaron Ramsey combines well with Clichy down the Arsenal left, but the pair are cramped for space as Zuiverloon clears the danger.
    • 73' Luke Moore is almost in on goal, but he mistimes his run and is adjudged to be offside - with his pace he doesn't need to be so impatient.
    • 70' Chris Brunt is replaced by Filipe Teixeira, while Juan Carlos Mensequez comes on in place of James Morrison.
    • 68' Abdoulaye Meite is booked by referee Steve Tanner for persistent infringement - no complaints there.
    • 66' Emmanuel Eboue is replaced by Aaron Ramsey as Arsene Wenger looks to freshen up his midfield - the Ivory Coast man has not had the best of games.
    • 63' James Morrison is working tirelessly in midfield as his side look to get back in the game, but Arsenal are looking comfortable.
    • 60' Arsene Wenger is growing increasingly anxious on the touchline as he watches his side miss yet more good chances; but just think how Tony Mowbray feels.
    • 58' Arsenal continue to completely dominate their opponents as Bendtner strikes the post with Carson beaten - it would have been his hat-trick and he can't believe his luck!
    • 55' Again Arshavin should score as he jinks his way into the West Brom box, but his stab at goal drifts wide from close range after he'd done all the hard work.
    • 53' Bendtner and Arshavin again combine inside the area, and the move should have culminated in a goal for the Russian, but his shot was weak.
    • 51' Abou Diaby shows some intricute footwork to beat Robinson and Meite in the box, before Carson comes off his line to deny the midfielder a shooting opportunity.
    • 48' Gael Clichy has two attacking throw-ins down the left cleared by Abdoulaye Meite.
    • 46' The second half is underway at the Hawthorns and Arsene Wenger has taken off goalscorer Kolo Toure, with Abou Diaby coming on in his place - the captain must have picked up a knock.
    • 45+2' Added time brings no further action as referee Steve Tanner brings the first half to a close - it has been full of action and poor defending, Arsenal lead 3-1.
    • 45' Two minutes to be added at the end of this first half, as Fortune is muscled off the ball by Djourou.
    • 44' GOAL!!! Nicklas Bendtner gives his side a two-goal cushion, lashing home from a wide angle after escaping Donk's marking and beating Carson!
    • 43' Chris Brunt is booked for needlessly clattering Denilson from behind on halfway.
    • 40' Ryan Donk was the culprit as replays of the second Arsenal goal shame the West Brom defender. Marc-Antoine Fortune runs the right flank to good effect and wins his side a corner.
    • 38' GOAL!!! Kolo Toure heads home from a superb pin-point delivery from Andrey Arshavin! The Russian whipped in the free-kick with precision, and Toure rose unmarked to regain his side's lead.
    • 35' A great chance falls to Ryan Donk in the Arsenal box after Chris Brunt had whipped in corner, which the defender met six yards out, but his contact was tame - he should have done better from there.
    • 32' Robert Koren is booked for West Brom after tugging Bendtner's shirt as the forward looked to have evaded him; it was cynical, no debate.
    • 29' Neither side are managing to hold possession for any lengthy period of time, but with both defences looking shakey, more goals would appear a certainty.
    • 26' Samir Nasri is helped to the touchline, with a heavy limp, following an innocuous challenge with Zuiverloon; he receives treatment, but should be okay to return.
    • 24' Andrey Arshavin almost beats Carson with a venemous strike from the edge of the area after cutting inside Robinson - the Russian has started very brightly.
    • 22' Ryan Donk produces a powerful run through the middle of the visitors' half, before he is dispossessed by Djourou at the edge of the area - this game is unbelievably open!
    • 19' Bendtner appeals in vain for a penalty at one end, while at the other, Zuiverloon scuffs his shot after popping up inside the Arsenal area untracked.
    • 17' Jonathan Greening links play in midfield with characteristic composure, as he threads a pass through to Moore, who is narrowly ruled offside.
    • 14' Nicklas Bendtner squanders a terrific chance to regain Arsenal's lead; the striker looked offside but the linesman's flag stayed down as he blasted his shot over the bar - a poor miss!
    • 12' Samir Nasri enjoys some good possession down the left wing, but Zuiverloon eventually makes a telling tackle.
    • 9' Luke Moore has looked bright early on, and he turns Kolo Toure on the edge of the box, before his touch lets him down.
    • 7' GOAL!!! Chris Brunt converts the subsequent free kick to level for the Baggies! The Arsenal wall was non existent as Brunt drove his shot low, through the middle of the four-man blockade.
    • 5' Luke Moore wins a free kick after a neat jink past Johan Djourou - it's in a dangerous position.
    • 4' GOAL!!! Nicklas Bendtner takes the lead for Arsenal! The striker was afforded far too much space by Gianni Zuiverloon as he cut inside and slotted past Scott Carson.
    • 3' Paul Robinson challenges Alexandre Song very strongly as the Arsenal midfielder looks to collect the ball; referee Steve Tanner is quick to award a free-kick.
    • 1' We're underway at the Hawthorns and it will be very interesting to see how Andrey Arshavin and Nicklas Bendtner combine as a strike partnership.
    • - West Brom boss Tony Mowbray will be delighted to name Jonathan Greening back in his side, while on-loan forward Jay Simpson is ineligible against his parent club. Arsene Wenger is set to name Johan Djourou in place of the injured William Gallas in defence, with Andrey Arshavin and Nicklas Bendtner preferred to Robin van Persie up front.
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's live commentary of West Brom's Premier League encounter with Arsenal at the Hawthorns. After five straight draws, the Gunners trail fourth-placed Aston Villa by six points, while the Baggies are four points adrift at the bottom of the table.

  • Team Stats

    West Bromwich Stats Arsenal
    46% Possession 53%
    10 Shots 17
    4 Shots on target 7
    3 Saves 2
    3 Corners 4
    14 Fouls 20
    2 Offsides 1
    4 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    34 Tackles 22
    290 Accurate passes 357
    79 Bad passes 87

  • 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
    • West Bromwich
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      19 Scott Carson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0
      30 Ryan Donk 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 0 1
      3 Paul Robinson 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 42 20 2
      22 Gianni Zuiverloon 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 24 0 6
      23 Abdoulaye Meite 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 28 1 3
      8 Jonathan Greening 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 54 16 5
      7 Robert Koren 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 32 8 8
      27 James Morrison 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 23 2 3
      11 Chris Brunt 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 35 18 2
      16 Luke Moore 0 2 1 5 1 1 0 6 2 1
      32 Marc-Antoine Fortuné 0 2 1 2 4 1 0 18 4 0
      4 Marek Cech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Borja Valero 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Carl Hoefkens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Juan Carlos Menseguez 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 2
      1 Dean Kiely 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Filipe Teixeira 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 1
      14 Do-Heon Kim 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 5 2 0
      5 Kolo Toure 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 16 1 1
      17 Alexandre Song 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 22 1 3
      22 Gaël Clichy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 35 27 2
      3 Bacary Sagna 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 30 0 2
      20 Johan Djourou 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 33 4 4
      15 Denilson Pereira Neves 0 1 0 1 4 0 1 62 11 3
      27 Emmanuel Eboue 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 19 1 1
      8 Samir Nasri 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 40 19 3
      23 Andrey Arshavin 0 4 3 3 1 0 1 27 9 0
      26 Nicklas Bendtner 2 6 2 0 2 0 0 29 6 0
      12 Carlos Vela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      43 Fran Merida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0
      11 Robin van Persie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      40 Kieran Gibbs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Vasiriki Abou Diaby 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 24 4 2
      21 Lukasz Fabianski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Aaron Ramsey 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 9 0 1

  • Summary

    • 58' Arsenal continue to completely dominate their opponents as Bendtner strikes the post with Carson beaten - it would have been his hat-trick and he can't believe his luck!
    • 55' Again Arshavin should score as he jinks his way into the West Brom box, but his stab at goal drifts wide from close range after he'd done all the hard work.
    • 53' Bendtner and Arshavin again combine inside the area, and the move should have culminated in a goal for the Russian, but his shot was weak.
    • 44' GOAL!!! Nicklas Bendtner gives his side a two-goal cushion, lashing home from a wide angle after escaping Donk's marking and beating Carson!
    • 38' GOAL!!! Kolo Toure heads home from a superb pin-point delivery from Andrey Arshavin! The Russian whipped in the free-kick with precision, and Toure rose unmarked to regain his side's lead.
    • 35' A great chance falls to Ryan Donk in the Arsenal box after Chris Brunt had whipped in corner, which the defender met six yards out, but his contact was tame - he should have done better from there.
    • 24' Andrey Arshavin almost beats Carson with a venemous strike from the edge of the area after cutting inside Robinson - the Russian has started very brightly.
    • 14' Nicklas Bendtner squanders a terrific chance to regain Arsenal's lead; the striker looked offside but the linesman's flag stayed down as he blasted his shot over the bar - a poor miss!
    • 7' GOAL!!! Chris Brunt converts the subsequent free kick to level for the Baggies! The Arsenal wall was non existent as Brunt drove his shot low, through the middle of the four-man blockade.
    • 4' GOAL!!! Nicklas Bendtner takes the lead for Arsenal! The striker was afforded far too much space by Gianni Zuiverloon as he cut inside and slotted past Scott Carson.
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's live commentary of West Brom's Premier League encounter with Arsenal at the Hawthorns. After five straight draws, the Gunners trail fourth-placed Aston Villa by six points, while the Baggies are four points adrift at the bottom of the table.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Steve Tanner

  • West Bromwich

    Manager: Tony Mowbray

    Captain: Jonathan Greening

    Starting line-up

    • S. Carson
    • G. Zuiverloon
    • A. Meite Yellow Card
    • R. Donk Yellow Card
    • P. Robinson
    • J. Morrison Substitution Out (70′)
    • R. Koren Yellow Card
    • J. Greening
    • C. Brunt Goal Substitution Out (70′)
    • M. Fortune
    • L. Moore

    Subs

    • D. Kiely
    • F. Teixeira Substitution In70′
    • J. Menseguez Substitution In70′
    • M. Cech
    • V. Borja
    • D. Kim
    • C. Hoefkens

    Injured

    • N. Clement
    • I. Miller
    • Y. Mulumbu

    Suspended

    None

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsene Wenger

    Captain: Kolo Toure

    Starting line-up

    • M. Almunia
    • B. Sagna
    • K. Toure Goal Substitution Out (46′)
    • J. Djourou
    • G. Clichy
    • A. Song
    • E. Eboue Substitution Out (66′)
    • .. Denilson
    • S. Nasri Substitution Out (82′)
    • A. Arshavin
    • N. Bendtner Goals×2

    Subs

    • R. van Persie
    • A. Diaby Substitution In46′
    • L. Fabianski
    • C. Vela
    • K. Gibbs
    • F. Merida Substitution In82′
    • A. Ramsey Substitution In66′

    Injured

    • T. Rosicky
    • W. Gallas
    • M. Silvestre
    • E. Adebayor
    • T. Walcott
    • D. Eduardo

    Suspended

    None

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  1. Oh my Arsernal you guys really made me proud!! PLs keep­ this tempo up... GUNNERS 4 LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!

    From officermorrow, on Fri 6 Mar 12:42PM

  2. 383 i bet you are an aston villa fan

    From Lubov, on Fri 6 Mar 2:05AM

  3. 383 i bet you are an aston villa fan

    From Lubov, on Fri 6 Mar 2:05AM

  4. Arsenal rocks

    From xian qun, on Thu 5 Mar 11:44AM

  5. Arsenal is the best team in the world!!!

    From xian qun, on Thu 5 Mar 11:35AM

  6. arsenal is loser FC

    From otto.liverpool, on Thu 5 Mar 8:23AM

  7. Mann. Carson was on fire.or he just dont like­ arshavin

    He blocked like 3 of his shots

    Man City­ plz win today

    Gunnners for life

    From Cesc Lover, on Wed 4 Mar 5:49PM

  8. Arsenal will be back!!!!

    From bamber300, on Wed 4 Mar 4:32PM

  9. Arsenal......yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay­ yay

    From bamber300, on Wed 4 Mar 4:31PM

  10. really glad to see bendtner getting a few goals for the­ team and hopefully wenger can get the team playing like­ that every week, really happy that bendtner is scoring­ and so pleased with arshavin coz wenger has a habit of­ buying really good players and making them great­ players

    From kevcass1, on Wed 4 Mar 1:35PM

  11. arsenal are looking like they are getting bak to thier­ best, really happy 4 bendtner getting a couple of goals­ and really pleased with arshavin, wot a signing by­ wenger

    From kevcass1, on Wed 4 Mar 1:31PM

  12. I was at the game clearly WBA are going down hopefully­ with spurs sorry baggies you are just not good enough.­ I even think spurs would have beaten you last night and­ Arsenal ladies for that matter

    From BRUCE D, on Wed 4 Mar 1:22PM

  13. good lob bendtner! hopefully arsenal's­ psychological problem of not scoring goals has gone!

    From Wan Mai, on Wed 4 Mar 12:09PM

  14. what arsenal scored a goal, what 3 goals.. about time­ too. but thanks for the win anyway, its helped the toon­ out

    From jc, on Wed 4 Mar 10:37AM

  15. arsenal up in dis place

    From Daniel, on Wed 4 Mar 8:04AM

  16. Arsenal rule

    From Joe, on Wed 4 Mar 7:46AM

  17. thanks a bunch arshavin

    From afiq a, on Wed 4 Mar 2:19AM

  18. arsenal is good

    From bdrhmnvc, on Wed 4 Mar 1:30AM

  19. GUNNING ARSENAL WILL COME BACK !!! rubbish villaz......

    From ABYLAYKHAN, on Wed 4 Mar 1:19AM

  20. bendtner can actually score

    From ziyaadv, on Tue 3 Mar 11:26PM
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