 Arsenal |
0-2 |  Manchester City |
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 Milner 21 Dzeko 32 |
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Koscielny (10)  Vermaelen (45)  Wilshere (64) |
Milner (55) Clichy (72) Garcia (76) Kompany (75) Barry (87) |
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| Emirates Stadium | |||
| 95 | This incident-packed game has come to an end and City will take all three points back to the North West. | ||
| 93 | David Silva has come off for Aleksandar Kolarov. | ||
| 91 | There will be five minutes of injury time. | ||
| 90 | City defender Joleon Lescott clears the ball off the line from a Theo Walcott effort. | ||
| 88 | Edin Dzeko has come off for Mario Balotelli. | ||
| 87 | Gareth Barry is given a yellow card for a foul on Jack Wilshere. | ||
| 83 | Bacary Sagna alomost picks out his team-mate Olivier Giroud but it's well cut out and the away side clear. | ||
| 80 | The visitors are just playing keep ball at the moment and Arsenal need to do something. | ||
| 77 | Carlos Tevez has been brought on for Joleon Lescott. | ||
| 75 | Vincent Kompany has been shown a red card by Mike Dean for a strong but fair tackle on Jack Wilshere. | ||
| 73 | Olivier Giroud with a header from close range but he puts it over the crossbar when he really should have scored. | ||
| 72 | Gael Clichy is shown a yellow card. | ||
| 70 | City striker Carlos Tevez goes through one-on-one but as he looks to take it round Wojciech Szczesny the keeper does well to push the ball away. | ||
| 66 | Arsenal's Santi Cazorla with a curling shot but it's well over the bar. | ||
| 64 | Jack Wilshere has been shown a yellow card. | ||
| 62 | Aaron Ramsey is brought on for Abou Diaby. | ||
| 60 | Edin Dzeko fouls Jack Wilshere but no yellow card is given by Mike Dean. | ||
| 57 | Olivier Giroud has come on for Lukas Podolski. | ||
| 55 | James Milner with a foul on Jack Wilshere and he has been shown a yellow card for the challenge. | ||
| 55 | The Gunners have been much brighter in this second-half but will have to be careful on the counter. | ||
| 52 | Kieran Gibbs with an effort but it's well blocked at the source. | ||
| 49 | Edin Dzeko with a header at goal but it's just gone wide of the top left corner. | ||
| 47 | Neither team have made a change at half-time. | ||
| 46 | The whistle has gone for the second-half at the Emirates. | ||
| 45 | There goes the whistle for half-time and City are in control. | ||
| 45 | After a poor tackle Thomas Vermaelen is shown a yellow card. | ||
| 44 | Javier Garcia with a header which looks goalbound but it's well cleared off the line by Jack Wilshere. | ||
| 42 | Jack Wilshere with a free-kick but his chipped cross is well dealt with by the City defence. | ||
| 39 | The Citizens are just happy to keep possession at the moment. | ||
| 35 | Lukas Podolski with an effort but it's well saved by City keeper Joe Hart. | ||
| 32 | ARSENAL 0:2 MANCHESTER CITY: The away side work the ball quickly again and Carlos Tevez gets on the end of a cross and almost gets a goal for himself but for a fine save from Wojciech Szczesny. However from the save the ball comes out to Edin Dzeko who taps home from five yards. | ||
| 29 | Theo Walcott with a free-kick but he overcooks the cross and it goes out for a goal-kick. | ||
| 27 | Javier Garcia gets up well for a header but it's a few metres wide of the goal. | ||
| 25 | The Gunners will have to dig in now and hold on until the break when they can regroup. | ||
| 12 | Per Mertesacker has been brought on for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. | ||
| 21 | ARSENAL 0:1 MANCHESTER CITY: The Citizens take a quick free-kick which Carlos Tevez plays through to James Milner, who fires the ball past Wojciech Szczesny into the goal. | ||
| 20 | Arsenal midfidler Jack Wilshere has picked up a slight knock but he should be ok to continue here. | ||
| 17 | Joe Hart flaps at a Gunners corner and the ball comes out to Theo Walcott who hits the ball high and wide of the target. | ||
| 15 | Vincent Kompany with a header towards goal which Carlos Tevez almost latches on to but it's out for a goal-kick. | ||
| 13 | City enjoying plenty of the ball now with their one-man advantage at the Emirates. | ||
| 10 | Edin Dezeko takes the penalty and it's saved by Wojciech Szczesny onto the left upright before the keeper finally collects it on the line. | ||
| 9 | Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny brings down Edin Dzeko in the area and is shown a red card. It was a silly foul and a penalty has been given. | ||
| 5 | A bit of a scrappy start to this game at the Emirates and no real opportunities to speak of so far. | ||
| 2 | Good early run from City striker Carlos Tevez and he earns his team a corner but it comes to nothing. | ||
| 1 | The whistle has gone and we are underway at the Emirates for Arsenal v Manchester City. | ||
| 0 | Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby has returned to the starting line-up for the Gunners with Mikel Arteta out injured. As for Manchester City Carlos Tevez and Javier Garcia are in the starting line-up in Sergio Aguero and Yaya Toure's absence. | ||
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1 Wojciech Szczesny 3 Bacary Sagna 6 Laurent Koscielny 5 Thomas Vermaelen 28 Kieran Gibbs 2 Abou Diaby (  61)10 Jack Wilshere 19 Santi Cazorla 15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain ( 12)9 Lukas Podolski ( 57)14 Theo Walcott |
Joe Hart 1 Pablo Zabaleta 5 Vincent Kompany 4 Matija Nastasic 33 Gael Clichy 22 Javi Garcia 14 Gareth Barry 18 James Milner 7 ( 90) David Silva 21( 77) Carlos Tevez 32( 88) Edin Dzeko 10 |
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24 Vito Mannone 4 Per Mertesacker (  12)11 Andre Santos 12 Olivier Giroud ( 57)16 Aaron Ramsey ( 61)22 Francis Coquelin 25 Carl Jenkinson |
Costel Pantilimon 30 ( 77) Joleon Lescott 6Scott Sinclair 11 ( 90) Aleksandar Kolarov 13Denis Suarez 36 Karim Rekik 44 ( 88) Mario Balotelli 45 |
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