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  • Faubert 75’ (o.g.)
  • Adebayor 90’

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  1. Adebayor inspires Arsenal

    Adebayor inspires Arsenal

    Arsenal broke down a resolute West Ham with two goals in the final quarter of an hour to record a 2-0 Premier League win at Upton Park. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • West Ham
    • Arsenal
    • - Thanks for joining us today... plenty more Premier League action on Wednesday... until then.
    • 90'+4 There it is! All over at Upton Park and Arsenal run out 2-0 winners!
    • 90'+3 Oh dear, it's all going wrong for West Ham... Carlton Cole is sent off for a wild lunge on Song...
    • 90'+1 GOAL! ADEBAYOR SEALS ALL THREE POINTS FOR ARSENAL! Bendtner sets him away with a long ball through that catches West Ham unawares... he races onto it, rounds the advancing Green and slots into an empty net! 2-0!
    • 90' Freddie Sears comes on in a last ditch attempt to grab an equaliser...
    • 88' Faubert's miserable second half is compounded by a yellow card... he's not played badly at all...
    • 84' The ball falls kindly to Collins on the edge of the box... it opens up for him! But that's a real defender's shot - high, wide and not so handsome!
    • 81' Cole gets off a shot on target! Not a bad strike... but Almunia is well behind it.
    • 80' Adebayor brings Green into action again! This time the keeper can only parry into the Togo striker's path... but he fires the rebound over the bar!
    • 77' Here comes a double change for West Ham... off go Parker and Di Michele and on come Ethertington and Boa Morte.
    • 75' GOAL! ARSENAL TAKE THE LEAD! It's an own goal by Julien Faubert but Adebayor can take a great deal of credit after he twists and turns before firing a shot across the face of goal... Faubert slides in but his attempted clearance only finds the back of the net!
    • 73' OFF THE POST BY VAN PERSIE! The Dutchman rattles the woodwork with a stunning free kick from 25 yards!
    • 71' Green to the rescue once again! Van Persie cuts inside and unleashes a powerful drive which takes a slight deflection off Collins! But Green is alert to the situation and he makes the save!
    • 69' Oooh! Adebayor nearly has an immediate impact as he meets a corner with a header! Just wide of the upright...
    • 68' Arsenal make a double change... Walcott and Nasri off... Adebayor and Diaby on.
    • 67' Oooh! Walcott gets past his man... his cross eventually finds its way to Van Persie who hits one goalwards! Blocked!
    • 63' Arsenal are set to make some changes... Wenger clearly feels he needs to do something different get the upper hand here.
    • 59' Bellamy threatens to break again... Song stops him in his tracks... illegally and he has his name taken.
    • 57' Van Persie is played through... it's a difficult one to take down though and Collins is able to make the challenge... RVP comes out worse off from the challenge... he'll need some treatment now.
    • 56' Big handball shout as Cole's cross appears to strike Gallas on the arm! It's his shoulder at best though and the ref rightly waves play on!
    • 54' Walcott delivers a teasing ball across the face of goal... but Collins is there to clear over the bar... super bit of defending that.
    • 53' Wahey! Bendtner totally misjudges an attempted overhead kick! That brings a few jeers from the crowd as the ball balloons into the night sky!
    • 52' And from the resulting free kick, Cole gets in a header that bounces just the wrong side of the post!
    • 52' Yellow for Clichy for a clumsy challenge on Faubert...
    • 51' Ooh! The corner beats everyone before reaching Upson! But the defender isn't ready for it and the ball strikes his chest before Almunia claims!
    • 50' A heavy touch from Gallas at the other end wins West Ham a corner... could be danger here...
    • 49' Walcott gets on the end of the corner... his header looks to take a touch off Faubert, but the ref indicates a goal kick.
    • 48' Good approach play from Arsenal... Song and Nasri are involved on the edge of the Hammers box... and the latter's shot is deflected behind for a corner!
    • 46' Back underway in east London! No changes to tell you about...
    • 45'+2 Half time at Upton Park! And the teams head in locked at 0-0!
    • 45' Super ball from Fabregas to find Bendtner... but the Dane's first touch is poor and the ball runs out of play...
    • 43' Parker and Mullins make Fabregas the meat in their tackle sandwich... and Parker gets shown a yellow...
    • 40' Cole tees up Bellamy for a strike from 25 yards out... sliced high and wide by the lively Welshman...
    • 37' Green called into action again! This time it's Bendtner who cuts inside Collins before firing goalwards! Green tips round the corner!
    • 34' Walcott now centres for Bendtner... but like Cole earlier in the half, he gets it stuck under his feet and a posse of Hammers defenders eventually hound him out.
    • 32' Nasri sends over a cross which Van Persie gets his foot on, even managing to direct it goalwards... wide of the upright though and Green is untroubled.
    • 30' Bellamy looks bright today... he spins and spots a clever ball to Di Michele... not this time though...
    • 29' Ooooh! Parker plays in Bellamy with a great ball! Bellamy's quick... he hares off towards goal before shooting! Almunia's foot comes to the rescue! Super save!
    • 27' West Ham look to break now with Bellamy... Fabregas steps across and takes the Welshman out... yellow for the Spaniard.
    • 26' What a save by Green! Fabregas dinks the ball over to Bendtner, who in turn plays in Walcott but Green stoops to make a brilliant save to deny the England youngster!
    • 24' Green comes to meet a long ball forward ahead of Bendtner... he has to come out of his area... but he grabs the ball! Must be a free kick! No! The linesman is miles off the pace and his flag stays down... Green could have been sent off there!
    • 21' That's the first time Arsenal have looked fluid on the attack today... and you can't blame Walcott for going for glory... he's so full of confidence at the moment, he feels he can score from any angle.
    • 20' OFF THE BAR FROM WALCOTT! The youngster breaks quickly... he's got Bendtner in the middle but he decides to go it alone, thumping a shot from a tight angle against the cross bar!
    • 19' West Ham break now... Di Michele tries to slip it into the path of Cole, but Gallas is there to mop up the danger...
    • 17' Di Michele pulls it back for Cole... but the big man gets the ball stuck under his feet somewhat and the chance goes begging...
    • 13' Bendtner flashes a shot across the face of goal! But it's not really going to test Green...
    • 10' Oooh! What a great effort by Di Michele! The Italian pounces on a Van Persie mistake to let fly first time with a thunderbolt that Almunia has tip over the bar! Great shot, great save!
    • 4' Oooh... that's a great ball in towards Van Persie... he collides with Upson and the pair go down! Hint of a penalty? Not sure...
    • 3' Quickly down to the other end and Cole and Bellamy link up well... the final ball through is poor though.
    • 2' Bright start from the Gunners... Song makes his way forward before getting a shot off on goal! Green gets well behind it!
    • 1' Here we go at Upton Park!
    • - Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)
    • - Arsenal: Almunia, Eboue, Gallas, Silvestre, Clichy, Walcott, Fabregas, Song Billong, Nasri, Bendtner, Van Persie. Subs: Fabianski, Diaby, Sagna, Toure, Ramsey, Djourou, Adebayor
    • - West Ham: Green, Faubert, Collins, Upson, Ilunga, Mullins, Parker, Bowyer, Di Michele, Bellamy, Cole. Subs: Lastuvka, Lopez, Etherington, Boa Morte, Davenport, Collison, Sears
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of today's clash between West Ham and Arsenal!

  • Team Stats

    West Ham Stats Arsenal
    42% Possession 57%
    11 Shots 24
    4 Shots on target 6
    4 Saves 2
    4 Corners 9
    9 Fouls 13
    3 Offsides 0
    2 Yellow cards 3
    1 Red cards 0
    25 Tackles 18
    279 Accurate passes 416
    36 Bad passes 75

  • 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 Ham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Robert Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
      19 James Collins 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 23 0 2
      3 Hérita N'Kongolo Ilunga 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 17 7 6
      15 Matthew Upson 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 30 0 0
      8 Scott Parker 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 35 4 7
      17 Hayden Mullins 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 44 5 4
      29 Lee Bowyer 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 35 6 1
      20 Julian Faubert 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 27 1 1
      10 Craig Bellamy 0 4 2 2 2 1 0 26 6 1
      12 Carlton Cole 0 2 0 5 0 1 0 15 2 1
      32 David Di Michele 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 17 3 2
      13 Luis Boa Morte 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      33 Freddie Sears 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      11 Matthew Etherington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
      31 Jack Collison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Walter Lopez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Calum Davenport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Jan Lastuvka 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 1 0 0 7 3 0
      18 Mikael Silvestre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 1 0
      17 Alexandre Song 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 58 10 6
      22 Gaël Clichy 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 49 21 2
      10 William Gallas 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 2
      4 Francesc Fabregas 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 76 12 4
      14 Theo Walcott 0 4 2 1 2 0 0 15 0 1
      27 Emmanuel Eboue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 1 1
      8 Samir Nasri 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 37 15 0
      11 Robin Van Persie 0 5 1 2 1 0 0 27 6 2
      26 Nicklas Bendtner 0 2 1 1 3 0 1 30 4 0
      5 Kolo Toure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Emmanuel Adebayor 1 6 2 1 0 0 0 4 1 0
      3 Bacary Sagna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Lukasz Fabianski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Vasiriki Abou Diaby 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 1 0
      20 Johan Djourou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Aaron Ramsey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • - Thanks for joining us today... plenty more Premier League action on Wednesday... until then.
    • 90'+3 Oh dear, it's all going wrong for West Ham... Carlton Cole is sent off for a wild lunge on Song...
    • 90'+1 GOAL! ADEBAYOR SEALS ALL THREE POINTS FOR ARSENAL! Bendtner sets him away with a long ball through that catches West Ham unawares... he races onto it, rounds the advancing Green and slots into an empty net! 2-0!
    • 80' Adebayor brings Green into action again! This time the keeper can only parry into the Togo striker's path... but he fires the rebound over the bar!
    • 75' GOAL! ARSENAL TAKE THE LEAD! It's an own goal by Julien Faubert but Adebayor can take a great deal of credit after he twists and turns before firing a shot across the face of goal... Faubert slides in but his attempted clearance only finds the back of the net!
    • 73' OFF THE POST BY VAN PERSIE! The Dutchman rattles the woodwork with a stunning free kick from 25 yards!
    • 71' Green to the rescue once again! Van Persie cuts inside and unleashes a powerful drive which takes a slight deflection off Collins! But Green is alert to the situation and he makes the save!
    • 69' Oooh! Adebayor nearly has an immediate impact as he meets a corner with a header! Just wide of the upright...
    • 67' Oooh! Walcott gets past his man... his cross eventually finds its way to Van Persie who hits one goalwards! Blocked!
    • 52' And from the resulting free kick, Cole gets in a header that bounces just the wrong side of the post!
    • 37' Green called into action again! This time it's Bendtner who cuts inside Collins before firing goalwards! Green tips round the corner!
    • 29' Ooooh! Parker plays in Bellamy with a great ball! Bellamy's quick... he hares off towards goal before shooting! Almunia's foot comes to the rescue! Super save!
    • 26' What a save by Green! Fabregas dinks the ball over to Bendtner, who in turn plays in Walcott but Green stoops to make a brilliant save to deny the England youngster!
    • 24' Green comes to meet a long ball forward ahead of Bendtner... he has to come out of his area... but he grabs the ball! Must be a free kick! No! The linesman is miles off the pace and his flag stays down... Green could have been sent off there!
    • 20' OFF THE BAR FROM WALCOTT! The youngster breaks quickly... he's got Bendtner in the middle but he decides to go it alone, thumping a shot from a tight angle against the cross bar!
    • 10' Oooh! What a great effort by Di Michele! The Italian pounces on a Van Persie mistake to let fly first time with a thunderbolt that Almunia has tip over the bar! Great shot, great save!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Phil Dowd

  • West Ham

    Manager: Gianfranco Zola

    Captain: Matthew Upson

    Starting line-up

    • R. Green
    • J. Faubert Own Goal Yellow Card
    • J. Collins
    • M. Upson
    • L. Herita
    • L. Bowyer Substitution Out (90′)
    • S. Parker Yellow Card Substitution Out (78′)
    • H. Mullins
    • C. Bellamy
    • D. Di Michele Substitution Out (78′)
    • C. Cole Red Card

    Subs

    • M. Etherington Substitution In78′
    • L. Boa Morte Substitution In78′
    • C. Davenport
    • J. Lastuvka
    • J. Collison
    • F. Sears
    • W. Lopez

    Injured

    • K. Dyer
    • N. Quashie
    • D. Gabbidon
    • D. Ashton
    • J. Spector

    Suspended

    None

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsene Wenger

    Captain: William Gallas

    Starting line-up

    • M. Almunia
    • E. Eboue
    • M. Silvestre
    • W. Gallas
    • G. Clichy Yellow Card
    • T. Walcott Substitution Out (68′)
    • C. Fabregas Yellow Card
    • A. Song
    • S. Nasri Substitution Out (67′)
    • R. van Persie Substitution Out (90′)
    • N. Bendtner

    Subs

    • E. Adebayor Substitution In68′ Goal
    • K. Toure
    • B. Sagna
    • A. Diaby
    • J. Djourou
    • L. Fabianski
    • A. Ramsey

    Injured

    • T. Rosicky
    • A. Bischoff
    • D. Eduardo

    Suspended

    None

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