Division One League Match, Arsenal vs. Celtic FC (Sun Aug 31)


                              Arsenal  |  Celtic FC
                            4-3-1-2 P  |  4-4-2 P
                       Adrian Dalmedo  |  Stuart Neilson
                                       |
                           A_Zogbo GK  |  GK D_Anderson
                           N_Vidic DF  |  DF B_Howedes
                        N_Burdisso DF  |  DF K_Ramsteijn
                           O_Price DF  |  DF P_Cocu
                           S_Ramos DF  |  DF C_Metzelder
                          N_Scally MF  |  MF D_Damjanovic
                         S_Marsden MF  |  MF K_Mizuno
                         M_Dembele MF  |  MF Almen_Abdi
                        Seitaridis AM  |  MF R_V_Persie
                          M_Murphy FW  |  FW M_Phisbaena
                          A_Little FW  |  FW P_McGowan
                                       |
                          F_Carini SUB |  SUB S_Assenjo
                         D_Caicedo SUB |  SUB D_Cole
                          S_Davies SUB |  SUB J_M_Jurado
                           Matheus SUB |  SUB J_McArthur
                        D_Berbatov SUB |  SUB Sansao

Referee: J_Underhill (Scotland)


Min. 2  :(arn) N_Scally races into the box
          ...  He sees A_Little lose his man
          ...  He cuts the ball back to him
          ...  C_Metzelder gets in the way and wins the ball
Min. 3  :(arn) S_Ramos reads the run of A_Little
          ...  A_Little with a graceful, looping effort !
          ...  He has put it wide!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 3  :(cfc) Almen_Abdi looks around for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to P_Cocu
          ...  N_Scally with a deliberate foul
          ...  J_Underhill will want to speak to him
          ...  It's a yellow, and rightly so
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 8  :(cfc) D_Damjanovic plays a first time ball through the defence to M_Phisbaena
          ...  S_Ramos beats him to the ball
Min. 10 :(cfc) M_Phisbaena runs at the defence
          ...  He nutmegs O_Price
          ...  He showed his class there
          ...  M_Phisbaena with a stunning strike !
          ...  A_Zogbo saves, but he fumbles
          ...  But he gathers at the second attempt!
Min. 11 :(cfc) M_Phisbaena sidesteps his marker
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  M_Phisbaena with the shot !
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  A_Zogbo dives desperately to try and save it!!
          ...  He can't get to it!
          ...  But it creeps just wide!!
          ...  The deflection had A_Zogbo beaten!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  R_V_Persie chips the ball in towards the back post!
          ...  N_Vidic reads it
          ...  He clears the danger
Min. 13 :(arn) M_Murphy finds his way through
          ...  He has tremendous pace
          ...  M_Murphy fires a shot at goal !
          ...  Its sails over!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 15 :(cfc) D_Damjanovic is taking a throw in
          ...  He is taking a run up at it!
          ...  He throws it long to M_Phisbaena
          ...  M_Phisbaena drives the ball low !
          ...  But A_Zogbo punches it away
Min. 16 :(cfc) R_V_Persie hoofs it up field to find M_Phisbaena
          ...  N_Vidic with a perfectly timed tackle
Min. 18 :(cfc) P_Cocu drives it across the face of the goal M_Phisbaena
          ...  O_Price knocks the ball back to A_Zogbo
          ...  Ohhhh no!!
          ...  It's gone past A_Zogbo!
          ...  And just creeps wide!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  M_Phisbaena chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  A_Zogbo easily catches it!
Min. 22 :(arn) Seitaridis is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He throws it to N_Burdisso
          ...  N_Burdisso aims for the top right corner !
          ...  D_Anderson with an amazing dive to the bottom left
          ...  How he got to that one I don't know !
Min. 28 :(arn) M_Dembele brings the ball into the opposing area
          ...  N_Scally makes himself available
          ...  N_Scally blasts it at the goal !
          ...  It hits the sponsor hoarding
Min. 29 :(cfc) C_Metzelder takes advantage of a defensive mistake
          ...  It's a lucky break
          ...  S_Ramos with an ugly foul
          ...  J_Underhill will want to speak to him
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 30 :(arn) N_Vidic brings the ball into the opposing area
          ...  A_Little makes himself available
          ...  B_Howedes wins the ball
Min. 30 :(cfc) Almen_Abdi sprints down the flank
          ...  He threads the ball in to P_McGowan
          ...  The ball hits N_Burdisso in the face!
          ...  And goes clear!
Min. 32 :(arn) Seitaridis leaps into the air
          ...  He wins the header
          ...  He heads it across to N_Burdisso
          ...  N_Burdisso controls the ball well!
          ...  He hits the shot towards goal!
          ...  It hits the bar
          ...  And goes over!
          ...  D_Anderson was beaten there!
Min. 34 :(cfc) P_McGowan beats O_Price
          ...  That was a quick burst of pace to set him free
          ...  M_Murphy fouls badly
          ...  The ref shows him a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on!
Min. 36 :(cfc) M_Phisbaena brings the ball into the opposing area
          ...  R_V_Persie makes himself available
          ...  O_Price with a nasty foul
          ...  J_Underhill will want to speak to him
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! He is in the book for that one
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
Min. 37 :(cfc) M_Phisbaena nutmegs M_Dembele, he continues to run forward
          ...  S_Ramos rushes in with a poor tackle!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  His 2nd yellow this game ! Sent off !
          ...  An early bath or him then!
Min. 40 :(cfc) M_Phisbaena stops the ball and looks around for movement
          ...  A team mate overlaps him now
          ...  He uses his team mates run as a decoy and heads towards the goal!
          ...  But M_Murphy slides in two footed.
          ...  J_Underhill has a look but waves "Play On!"
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(arn) Seitaridis kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate leave his marker!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  M_Murphy gets on the end of the pass
          ...  M_Murphy curls the ball in on goal !
          ...  D_Anderson makes a great save
          ...  But he can't hold onto it!
          ...  He gathers it at the second attempt!
Min. 43 :(cfc) K_Ramsteijn has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past O_Price
          ...  He puts in M_Phisbaena!
          ...  N_Vidic takes the ball
          ...  OOOHHHH!!
          ...  He almost loses it straight away
          ...  But he hits it clear!
Min. 45 :(arn) M_Murphy jumps over P_Cocu's challenge
          ...  M_Phisbaena pulls the player to the ground!!
          ...  That's a poor tackle!
Min. 46 :(cfc) B_Howedes holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to M_Phisbaena
          ...  M_Phisbaena tries one from the edge of the box !
          ...  Its sails over!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Arsenal 0-0 Celtic FC

Min. 47 :(cfc) D_Damjanovic drives it across the face of the goal M_Phisbaena
          ...  M_Phisbaena gets his head to the ball !
          ...  A_Zogbo with a great save
          ...  And he holds onto it as well!
Min. 51 :(cfc) K_Ramsteijn takes control of the loose ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to P_McGowan
          ...  P_McGowan with the shot on net !
          ...  A_Zogbo gets up well to catch that one
Min. 52 :(cfc) D_Damjanovic squares it to P_McGowan
          ...  P_McGowan swings in the shot!
          ...  But A_Zogbo parries the ball
          ...  It's picked up by the defender, much to the relief of the crowd
Min. 54 :(cfc) P_McGowan sidesteps O_Price
          ...  That was too easy
          ...  P_McGowan looks to see where A_Zogbo is!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  It hits the post
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  What a great effort!
          ...  But it's been ruled out!
          ...  The ref seen a foul
          ...  Angry players surround the ref!
          ...  But he just waves them away!
Min. 55 :(arn) S_Davies is going to be brought on
          ...  N_Scally is leaving the pitch
          ...  He hasn't had the best of games today
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play MF
Min. 55 :(cfc) Almen_Abdi leaps into the air
          ...  He wins the header
          ...  He heads it across to P_McGowan
          ...  P_McGowan with a terrific drive !
          ...  A_Zogbo with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He shows why he is the number 1
Min. 57 :(arn) N_Vidic looks in some pain
          ...  He'll have to come off
Min. 57 :(arn) D_Caicedo is being brought on
          ...  N_Vidic is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play DF
Min. 59 :(cfc) B_Howedes looks to play the ball out wide
          ...  He plays the ball across to K_Ramsteijn
          ...  K_Ramsteijn is in acres of space!
          ...  He looked offside to me
          ...  He tries to round A_Zogbo
          ...  He tries to slide it past A_Zogbo
          ...  A_Zogbo smothers the ball !!
Min. 60 :(cfc) D_Cole is coming on for P_Cocu and playing DF
Min. 60 :(arn) M_Murphy slows the ball down and waits for support
          ...  No one seems to be coming forward
          ...  He heads towards the goal alone!
          ...  Well executed sliding challenge from K_Ramsteijn
Min. 60 :(cfc) M_Phisbaena with a first time pass
          ...  P_McGowan runs onto it!
          ...  N_Burdisso knocks him to the floor
          ...  The fans are calling for a penalty!
          ...  But J_Underhill just turns away!
Min. 62 :(cfc) R_V_Persie flicks it past O_Price
          ...  He runs forward
          ...  N_Burdisso is called for the holding foul
          ...  He won that header unfairly
          ...  J_Underhill calls him over
          ...  He's told to calm down
          ...  Adrian Dalmedo looks relieved
Min. 63 :(arn) A_Little runs forward
          ...  He nicks it past the slide tackle skilfully
          ...  He only has going for the goal in mind!
          ...  R_V_Persie wins the ball with a clear tackle
Min. 64 :(arn) M_Murphy is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He throws it to D_Caicedo
          ...  D_Caicedo with the overhead !
          ...  D_Anderson with the save
          ...  He holds onto it as well!
Min. 65 :(cfc) J_McArthur takes off his tracksuit, he'll replace K_Mizuno
          ...  He'll play as a MF
          ...  The manager will be hoping the substitution pays off
Min. 65 :(cfc) Celtic FC will now play A after the order comes from the dugout
Min. 67 :(arn) S_Davies has it now
          ...  He takes on J_McArthur
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in A_Little!
          ...  A_Little pounds a rocket on goal !
          ...  D_Anderson just watches float over the bar!
Min. 69 :(arn) S_Davies beats his man
          ...  R_V_Persie read the danger and stops the pass
Min. 70 :(cfc) Sansao will replace M_Phisbaena and play FW
Min. 73 :(cfc) Almen_Abdi has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past O_Price
          ...  He puts in P_McGowan!
          ...  M_Murphy rushes in with a poor tackle!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
Min. 74 :(cfc) D_Cole sidesteps D_Caicedo
          ...  He was too quick for his marker
          ...  D_Cole attempts a lob!
          ...  A_Zogbo gets his fingertips to it
          ...  He pushes it on to the post
          ...  The defender clears the loose ball
Min. 75 :(cfc) D_Cole runs at O_Price
          ...  The defender slips and falls over
          ...  D_Cole with the spectacular bicycle kick!
          ...  Its sails over!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 76 :(cfc) J_McArthur knocks the ball past the lunge of D_Caicedo
          ...  O_Price with the dive
          ...  There's no room in the game for that!
          ...  He's already been booked once, he knows what's coming. RED CARD!
Min. 76 :(cfc) C_Metzelder crosses into the box, finding Sansao
          ...  N_Burdisso gathers up the loose ball
Min. 78 :(cfc) The defender under hits the back pass!
          ...  Sansao is through!
          ...  Sansao with the header !
          ...  It grazes the post!
          ...  And hits the side netting
          ...  Goal Kick!
Min. 79 :(arn) A_Little cuts inside his opponent
          ...  He worked that well
          ...  A_Little with the shot on net !
          ...  It's going over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  And D_Anderson reacts well to tip it over
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  M_Dembele floats the ball in!
          ...  D_Cole gets up well
          ...  And he clears the danger
Min. 80 :(arn) A_Little squares it to M_Murphy
          ...  But D_Cole sweeps up the threat
Min. 81 :(cfc) R_V_Persie gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He cuts inside the defender!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  R_V_Persie with a low drive through the rain!
          ...  But A_Zogbo just gets his fingers to that one
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_McArthur chips the ball in towards the back post!
          ...  D_Damjanovic gets a shot in
          ...  The net bulges!
          ...  OH!! He has hit the side netting
          ...  Goal kick given
Min. 83 :(cfc) Sansao loses D_Caicedo
          ...  A powerful shot by Sansao !
          ...  But he puts it over
          ...  He can't be happy with that effort
Min. 85 :(cfc) J_McArthur with a flicked pass to P_McGowan
          ...  P_McGowan with a graceful, looping effort !
          ...  A_Zogbo goes down well to save
Min. 86 :(cfc) J_McArthur hits the ball through the heart of the defence
          ...  Sansao latches onto it!
          ...  Sansao unleashes a pile driver !
          ...  A_Zogbo parries the shot
          ...  And the defender clears it!
Min. 87 :(cfc) Almen_Abdi looks to play the ball out wide
          ...  He plays the ball across to Sansao
          ...  Sansao tries to chip the ball over the keeper !
          ...  It hits the bar!!
          ...  But he beats the defender to the rebound
          ...  OHHHHHHHH !!
          ...  A_Zogbo pushes it behind !
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Almen_Abdi chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  The danger is dealt with by D_Caicedo
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(cfc) D_Cole with the heel pass to J_McArthur
          ...  J_McArthur flings a shot at goal !
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  A_Zogbo dives desperately to try and save it!!
          ...  He can't get to it!
          ...  But it creeps just wide!!
          ...  The deflection had A_Zogbo beaten!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  D_Damjanovic drives it into the box!
          ...  R_V_Persie gets something on it!
          ...  Terrific shot
          ...  It takes a bounce of the defender
          ...  The deflection takes it just wide
          ...  That's unlucky!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Swung in by J_McArthur
          ...  A_Zogbo makes the catch!
Min. 89 :(arn) A_Little stops the ball and looks around for movement
          ...  A team mate overlaps him now
          ...  He uses his team mates run as a decoy and heads towards the goal!
          ...  A_Little runs forward
          ...  He hits the shot!
          ...  But he got that all wrong
Min. 92 :(cfc) Sansao beats N_Burdisso
          ...  He muscled him off the ball
          ...  S_Davies rushes in with a poor tackle!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  Shown a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  That could have been a penalty!
          ...  D_Damjanovic plays it short to P_McGowan
          ...  P_McGowan rifles it at the goal !
          ...  A_Zogbo with a great save
          ...  He shows why he is the number 1
Min. 92 :(cfc) J_McArthur unselfishly heads the ball back to D_Cole
          ...  D_Cole with a bomb of a shot !
          ...  A_Zogbo makes a great save
          ...  And he manages to hold onto it as well!

*************  FULL TIME  ****************


Match Details
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Venue                : Emirates Stadium
Attendance           : 55,488
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Arsenal Match Info
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Best player          : A_Zogbo (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : S_Ramos (37), O_Price (76)
Booked               : N_Scally (3), M_Murphy (34), S_Davies (92)
Injured              : N_Vidic (57)
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Celtic FC Match Info
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Best player          : P_McGowan
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                              Arsenal     |    Celtic FC
Attempts on Goal     :          10        |       23
Off target           :           6        |       8
On target            :           4        |       15
Possession           :          43        |       57
Corners              :           1        |       6
Red Cards            :           2        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           3        |       0
Subs Used            :           2        |       3
Fouls                :          14        |       5
Key Tackles          :           8        |       6
Key Passes           :          10        |       21
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Final Score          : Arsenal 0 - 0 Celtic FC
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Player Statistics - Arsenal
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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A_Zogbo        GK  30   4   3   2  11 |  96  16   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 120   0   0   0
N_Vidic        DF   3  25   6   7  36 |  61   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  60  10   0
N_Burdisso     DF   2  24   8   7  31 |  96   0   3   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  60   0   6
O_Price        DF   2  23  11   7  26 |  80   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  10 -10 -10
S_Ramos        DF   2  23   6   6  40 |  37   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   1   0  10   0 -10
N_Scally       MF   2   4  26   6  28 |  59   0   0   1   0   1   0   1   0   0  -2   8  -1
S_Marsden      MF   1   8  25   8  46 |  96   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Dembele      MF   1  10  23   6  42 |  96   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Seitaridis     AM   2   8  23  16  27 |  96   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
M_Murphy       FW   1  12  13  26  26 |  96   0   1   1   0   2   0   1   0   0  18   8   4
A_Little       FW   2   7   6  23  21 |  96   0   0   1   0   4   0   0   0   0   0  10   8
F_Carini       GK  22   4   1   3  17 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Caicedo      DF   1  23   8   6  47 |  35   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  60   0   5
S_Davies       MF   2  10  23   8  13 |  37   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2   8  -2
Matheus        MF   1   7  23   3  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Berbatov     FW   2   8   7  24  37 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Celtic FC
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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D_Anderson     GK  33   4   1   5  19 |  96   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0   0
B_Howedes      DF   2  26  10   8  23 |  96   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20   0
K_Ramsteijn    DF   1  25  10   9  42 |  96   0   1   2   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  20   5
P_Cocu         DF   2  24   7  10  30 |  64   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  10   0
C_Metzelder    DF   2  24   7   8  30 |  96   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
D_Damjanovic   MF   2   9  27   8  47 |  96   0   0   4   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  40   1
K_Mizuno       MF   1   7  27   9  28 |  69   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Almen_Abdi     MF   1  10  25  10  30 |  96   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0
R_V_Persie     MF   2   8  24  12  31 |  96   0   2   1   0   2   0   0   0   0  40  10   6
M_Phisbaena    FW   2   8  12  29  32 |  74   0   0   2   0   5   0   0   0   0   0  20  17
P_McGowan      FW   2   8   7  29  16 |  96   0   0   0   0   6   0   0   0   0   0   0  30
S_Assenjo      GK  27   3   3   4  34 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Cole         DF   1  22   8  10  29 |  32   0   2   1   0   3   0   0   0   0  40  10  11
J_M_Jurado     MF   2   6  24  16  18 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_McArthur     MF   3   6  24   7  12 |  27   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  30   1
Sansao         FW   1   8   8  25  23 |  22   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0  12
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