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Wolverhampton Wanderers

  • Craddock 89’

Arsenal

  • Zubar 28’ (o.g.)
  • Craddock 35’ (o.g.)
  • Fábregas 45’
  • Arshavin 66’

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  1. Arsenal brush aside Wolves

    Arsenal brush aside Wolves

    Arsenal brushed aside the challenge of Wolves to move second in the Premier League with a 4-1 win at Molineux. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Wolverhampton Wanderers
    • Arsenal
    • 90'+3 There goes the final whistle! And Arsenal win it 4-1 to go second!
    • 90' Three added minutes to be played...
    • 89' GOAL! CRADDOCK PULLS ONE BACK! It's a thumping header from a corner to cancel out the one he scored at the other end!
    • 88' Rosicky! That should have been five! But the substitute blazes over from 12 yards out!
    • 85' Van Persie can make it five here! He latches onto a poor backpass, takes it past Hennessey but can't finish!
    • 80' One final change will be made... Mancienne comes on to replace Edwards...
    • 76' What a miss by Fabregas! The Gunners skipper blazes way over from close range after Van Persie's pull back from the by-line had found him!
    • 74' And off goes Arshavin, with Nasri coming on in his place.
    • 74' Wolves take off Milijas and replace him with Jarvis...
    • 71' Arsenal make a second change as Rosicky replaces Eduardo.
    • 69' Milijas steps up to strike it... it appears to hit an Arsenal arm in the wall but the ball bounces away to safety and the ref does not give anything...
    • 68' Vermaelen kicks Doyle in the face and Wolves have a free-kick, 25 yards out... no card for the Arsenal man though.
    • 67' Eduardo threatens to make it five as he runs onto Song's cute pass through! But this time Hennessey is equal to it and Wolves are able to scramble the ball away!
    • 66' GOAL! IT'S ANOTHER! ARSHAVIN STRIKES TO MAKE IT 4-0! Hennessey's punch clear from a corner only makes it as far as the edge of the box where Arshavin hits it first time to find the bottom corner!
    • 65' Here it comes... Castillo is replaced by Kightly...
    • 62' Wolves are crying out for a change... they just need something...
    • 60' And now Milijas is booked for a late challenge on Sagna...
    • 59' Gibbs is cautioned for an earlier studs-up challenge on Zubar.
    • 58' Here come Wolves though... Edwards is on the charge but once the ball finds its way over to Stearman, they lose possession.
    • 56' Almunia leaps like a salmon to claim a Milijas free-kick... he falls heavily to the floor but there's a grin on his face and he'll be okay to continue.
    • 53' Wolves are struggling to get themselves back into this one... three goals down and that's understandable.
    • 51' Doyle wants a free-kick here... but he's not going to get one...
    • 49' Arshavin crosses into the centre... but this time Hennessey is there to claim.
    • 48' Ramsey threatens to break in the Wolves box... but Gallas stands firm and makes a crucial interception...
    • 46' Back underway at a subdued Molineux.... no changes to tell you about.
    • 45'+3 There goes the half-time whistle! And Arsenal head in three goals to the good!
    • 45'+1 GOAL! FABREGAS MAKES IT THREE! This time there is no doubt about whose goal it is! It's a brilliant move from the Gunners, Sagna playing in to Van Persie who lays off for the onrushing Fabregas... he does the rest, finishing with aplomb past Hennessey!
    • 44' Two minutes of added time is signalled...
    • 42' Lovely stuff from Van Persie and Ramsey! The pair link up on the Arsenal left but the latter cross with the outside of his boot is cleared...
    • 40' Arshavin is booked for another niggly little foul...
    • 39' VAN PERSIE! OOOH! Close to third for Arsenal as the Dutchman comes back inside and lets fly with his trusty left boot! Deflected just wide of the far post!
    • 37' That could be one for the dubious goals panel... although Eduardo will be lucky to claim it - his initial effort was going wide and the ball was only directed on target by Craddock's intervention....
    • 36' GOAL! ARSENAL TAKE A 2-0 LEAD! It's Eduardo who is involved again as Arsenal break quickly... it's two on one and Craddock is the clear loser! Ramsey plays the ball to the Croatian who chips goalwards... it deflects off Craddock and loops into the back of the net!
    • 35' Edwards takes on Sagna down the Wolves left... but the Arsenal man wins the battle...
    • 33' Rain is pouring down at Molineux now...
    • 32' No there isn't... that's a poor corner by Fabregas and the ball sails over everyone and out for a goal kick.
    • 31' Arsenal are beginning to find their stride now... Eduardo wins a corner and there could be danger here.
    • 30' RAMSEY! Ooh! He heads straight at Hennessey from Van Persie's cross!
    • 29' That's a real hammer blow for the hosts... they've played well up until now.
    • 28' GOAL! ARSENAL TAKE THE LEAD! It looks like it comes off Zubar's thigh as Wolves fail to deal with a corner! Eduardo is there or thereabouts but that really is some slack defending by the hosts! 1-0 Arsenal lead!
    • 26' Ebanks-Blake goes up for it... but he uses his arm and he's booked for doing so!
    • 26' Edwards flicks it on and it's deflected behind for a corner!
    • 25' Song goes in late on Doyle... another free-kick for Wolves... testing times for the Arsenal defence...
    • 24' Nothing comes from it... Diaby can't continue and Song comes on to replace him in the centre of midfield.
    • 23' Arshavin puts in a real striker's challenge and Wolves have another chance to test Arsenal's back line from a free-kick.
    • 21' Diaby has a problem here and he is forced to go off for some treatment... Arsenal down to 10 men for the time being.
    • 19' But here come Wolves again... they've given a good account of themselves so far.
    • 18' Ramsey does well to escape three Wolves challenges in the middle of the park...
    • 17' BERRA! No! He messes up his header completely from Milijas's free-kick and it ends up going away from the Arsenal goal!
    • 15' Arsenal are yet to stamp their authority on this one...
    • 14' Penalty shout as Eduardo hits the deck under Zubar's challenge! But it's not given!
    • 12' Van Persie now is put though on goal... he's flagged offside, but he tries to beat Hennessey anyway... he can't!
    • 11' Brilliant from Arshavin as he volleys goalwards from a long ball foward... he knows he's offside, but what an effort anyway! It ends up glancing the outside of the upright!
    • 10' Oooh! Ebanks-Blake heads just wide from the corner! Good start so far from Wolves!
    • 10' The ref goes back to Gallas now and shows him a yellow. Good refereeing...
    • 9' Gallas mistimes his challenge on Doyle... play goes on as Wolves break! And they win a corner!
    • 7' Ooh! Doyle flicks on the corner at the near post and Gibbs heads clear from his position on the back stick!
    • 6' Milijas wins a corner off Gallas and the home crowd roar their approval!
    • 5' Vermaelen makes a crucial challenge on Ebanks-Blake...
    • 4' Arsenal are playing keepball here but Ebanks-Blake wins the ball back for Wolves...
    • 3' Arshavin gets his first touch... but his stab forward only finds Zubar and the former Marseille man can clear his lines.
    • 2' Arsenal are in their blue away kit this evening... Wolves are in their traditional gold and black.
    • 1' After a minute's silence for those servicemen and women who have perished on duty, we're underway at Molineux.
    • - Victory for the Arsenal today will see them jump into second place, with Manchester United and Chelsea doing battle at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
    • - Wolves also make three changes with Richard Stearman, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and Nenad Milijas back in the team.
    • - So, Arsenal make three changes, Bacary Sagna, Eduardo and Aaron Ramsey all returning to the side.
    • - Tonight's referee is Steve Bennett (Kent).
    • - Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Ramsey, Diaby, Arshavin, Fabregas, Eduardo, van Persie Subs: Mannone, Senderos, Rosicky, Nasri, Song Billong, Silvestre, Eboue
    • - Wolves: Hennessey, Zubar, Craddock, Berra, Stearman, Edwards, Henry, Castillo, Milijas, Doyle, Ebanks-Blake Subs: Hahnemann, Kightly, Keogh, Halford, Jarvis, Mancienne, Maierhofer
    • - Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, already without Nicklas Bendtner, said Mexican striker Carlos Vela will miss the game while French left back Armand Traore has returned to training but is unlikely to be available.
    • - Robin van Persie has scored in Arsenal's last five Premier League matches. If he scores today he will have the equal-second longest run of scoring in consecutive Premier League matches of the club - level with Ian Wright who netted in six matches in 1994 - and one behind Emmanuel Adebayor's seven-match Premier League club record.
    • - Arsenal head into the game in great form. The Gunners have scored 32 goals in their opening 10 matches this season - the most the club have ever scored at this stage of the season, and most in the top flight in 31 years since Liverpool scored 33 goals in their first 10 matches in old Division One in 1977-78.
    • - McCarthy has lost all eight previous Premier League matches against Big Four opponents, conceding at least two goals in each of his five home defeats against them when in charge at Sunderland.
    • - This is Mick McCarthy's first Premier League match against a Big Four opponent as Wolves manager - the club are the last team to face a Big Four side this season.
    • - Arsenal are unbeaten in their last nine top flight matches against Wolves, winning the last four, since a 3-2 defeat at Highbury in old Division One in September 1979.
    • - These two sides have met 92 times in the league with Wolves winning 26, Arsenal 42 and 24 draws.
    • - Arsenal travel to Molineux to take on Wolves in the late Premier League kick-off.

  • Summary

    • 89' GOAL! CRADDOCK PULLS ONE BACK! It's a thumping header from a corner to cancel out the one he scored at the other end!
    • 88' Rosicky! That should have been five! But the substitute blazes over from 12 yards out!
    • 85' Van Persie can make it five here! He latches onto a poor backpass, takes it past Hennessey but can't finish!
    • 76' What a miss by Fabregas! The Gunners skipper blazes way over from close range after Van Persie's pull back from the by-line had found him!
    • 67' Eduardo threatens to make it five as he runs onto Song's cute pass through! But this time Hennessey is equal to it and Wolves are able to scramble the ball away!
    • 66' GOAL! IT'S ANOTHER! ARSHAVIN STRIKES TO MAKE IT 4-0! Hennessey's punch clear from a corner only makes it as far as the edge of the box where Arshavin hits it first time to find the bottom corner!
    • 45'+1 GOAL! FABREGAS MAKES IT THREE! This time there is no doubt about whose goal it is! It's a brilliant move from the Gunners, Sagna playing in to Van Persie who lays off for the onrushing Fabregas... he does the rest, finishing with aplomb past Hennessey!
    • 39' VAN PERSIE! OOOH! Close to third for Arsenal as the Dutchman comes back inside and lets fly with his trusty left boot! Deflected just wide of the far post!
    • 36' GOAL! ARSENAL TAKE A 2-0 LEAD! It's Eduardo who is involved again as Arsenal break quickly... it's two on one and Craddock is the clear loser! Ramsey plays the ball to the Croatian who chips goalwards... it deflects off Craddock and loops into the back of the net!
    • 30' RAMSEY! Ooh! He heads straight at Hennessey from Van Persie's cross!
    • 28' GOAL! ARSENAL TAKE THE LEAD! It looks like it comes off Zubar's thigh as Wolves fail to deal with a corner! Eduardo is there or thereabouts but that really is some slack defending by the hosts! 1-0 Arsenal lead!
    • 17' BERRA! No! He messes up his header completely from Milijas's free-kick and it ends up going away from the Arsenal goal!
    • 14' Penalty shout as Eduardo hits the deck under Zubar's challenge! But it's not given!
    • 10' Oooh! Ebanks-Blake heads just wide from the corner! Good start so far from Wolves!
    • - Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Ramsey, Diaby, Arshavin, Fabregas, Eduardo, van Persie Subs: Mannone, Senderos, Rosicky, Nasri, Song Billong, Silvestre, Eboue
    • - Wolves: Hennessey, Zubar, Craddock, Berra, Stearman, Edwards, Henry, Castillo, Milijas, Doyle, Ebanks-Blake Subs: Hahnemann, Kightly, Keogh, Halford, Jarvis, Mancienne, Maierhofer

Team lineup & ratings

  • Lineup

    Live Team Line-Up

    • Wolverhampton Wanderers

      Manager: Mick McCarthy

      Starting line-up

      • W. Hennessey
      • R. Zubar Own Goal
      • J. Craddock Own Goal Goal
      • C. Berra
      • R. Stearman
      • K. Henry
      • S. Castillo Substitution Out (65′)
      • D. Edwards Substitution Out (80′)
      • N. Milijaš Yellow Card Substitution Out (74′)
      • K. Doyle
      • S. Ebanks-Blake Yellow Card

      Subs

      • M. Hahnemann
      • M. Mancienne Substitution In80′
      • S. Maierhofer
      • M. Kightly Substitution In65′
      • A. Keogh
      • G. Halford
      • M. Jarvis Substitution In74′

    • Arsenal

      Manager: Arsène Wenger

      Starting line-up

      • M. Almunia
      • B. Sagna
      • W. Gallas Yellow Card
      • T. Vermaelen
      • K. Gibbs Yellow Card
      • A. Ramsey
      • A. Diaby Substitution Out (24′)
      • C. Fábregas Goal
      • A. Arshavin Goal Yellow Card Substitution Out (75′)
      • E. da Silva Substitution Out (71′)
      • R. van Persie

      Subs

      • T. Rosický Substitution In71′
      • M. Silvestre
      • S. Nasri Substitution In75′
      • E. Eboué
      • V. Mannone
      • P. Senderos
      • A. Song Substitution In24′

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    • Player Y! Users Expert My Rating
      Goalkeeper
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      Defenders
      Own Goal 3.1 -
      Own Goal Goal 4 -
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      4.7 -
      Midfielders
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      Substitution Out65′ 4.3 -
      Substitution Out80′ 4.1 -
      Yellow Card Substitution Out74′ 5.7 -
      Strikers
      4.2 -
      Yellow Card 3.9 -
      Subs
      Substitution In80′ 4.4 -
      Substitution In65′ 3.8 -
      Substitution In74′ 4.3 -
    • Player Y! Users Expert My Rating
      Goalkeeper
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      Defenders
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      Yellow Card 7.6 -
      8.4 -
      Yellow Card 7.3 -
      Midfielders
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      Substitution Out24′ 6.6 -
      Goal 9 -
      Strikers
      Goal Yellow Card Substitution Out75′ 8.8 -
      Substitution Out71′ 8.1 -
      8.4 -
      Subs
      Substitution In71′ 7.2 -
      Substitution In75′ 7.7 -
      Substitution In24′ 7.7 -

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  1. Arsenal 3-0 Sunderland

    Fabregas 20'
    Arshavin­ 38'
    Vermaelen 87'

    From aanisah, on Tue 17 Nov 5:38PM

  2. Arsenal 4 - 0 Sunderland

    Andrey Arshavin 2, 54,­
    Alexander Song Billong 45+1,
    Tomas Vermaelen­ 9045sec
    Francesc Fabregas 9045sec

    From charlie, on Tue 10 Nov 6:54PM

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    From softmodwii, on Sun 8 Nov 8:25PM

  4. c'mon u gooners

    From GRACE, on Sun 8 Nov 6:45PM

  5. go gunners all the way !!!!!

    From susanyoung598, on Sun 8 Nov 4:50PM

  6. Go GUNERS

    From nikolavasilev77, on Sun 8 Nov 3:53PM

  7. Premier Title is coming to London this season,do not­ mind if it is Arsenal or Chelsea just as long as it is­ not Man.U.Ferguson is a bully and tries to intimidate­ the officials and nearly always gets 5 or 6 minutes of­ added time if his team are behind or drawing.Vidic will­ be run ragged today by the wonderful Drogba and will­ most likely get sent off through utter frustration in­ not being able to stop him fairly.

    From Michael, on Sun 8 Nov 3:18PM

  8. Rosicky and Fabregas' quick touches and­ "deflect" passes to Eduardo, VanPierse,­ Arshavin leave opponents agog Given their defense with­ Sanga, Gallas etc. & Goalkeepping Arsenal shall win­ it all !

    From erlingsk, on Sun 8 Nov 3:08PM

  9. We R 2 Strong 4 All Teams !

    From arshavin_tid23, on Sun 8 Nov 1:52PM
  10. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    arsenal r cheats could not score in the second half so­ they just went and booted kevin doyle in the nose

    From r.wolves17, on Sun 8 Nov 11:19AM
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    u were 4-0 up but u coked it u were 4-0 but u coked it­ up

    From r.wolves17, on Sun 8 Nov 11:17AM

  12. What a class side arsenal,miles in front of the other­ thugs that are chelsea and man.u !

    From Roy m, on Sun 8 Nov 10:40AM

  13. revert back to th old way of match cast this is­ unfashionable

    From kola, on Sun 8 Nov 9:05AM

  14. Yes, This Is It ...way to go Gunners!! You've won­ again.
    Woops..!! Wolves really gave Arsenal a huge­ snacks (own goal)
    Better luck nx time­ wolverhampton.
    LOVE GUNNERS

    From anie_glamgals, on Sun 8 Nov 8:30AM

  15. second goal should be from eduardo... it wasn't an­ own goal.. is diflect..

    From syafiq, on Sun 8 Nov 7:28AM

  16. I have just checked the Premiership rules and it does­ say that Wolves can't beat Arsenal !

    From David, on Sun 8 Nov 6:39AM

  17. lucky? own goal? haha...talk talk talk....and please­ continue talking when arsenal win the title...okay?­ gunners~!

    From amiz_92, on Sun 8 Nov 6:07AM

  18. if only we had some defence we might not be sliding to­ the bottom.

    From glynmariefe, on Sun 8 Nov 5:18AM
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    Almunia=useless!

    From lajackie1438, on Sun 8 Nov 3:00AM

  20. Chel-stink won't win anything.

    From Dale, on Sun 8 Nov 2:50AM
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