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DEPAY hit a right foot shot over from close range.
The Arsenal 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked strike from BROZOVIC.
11¹A useful ball from BROZOVIC on the right fell to LUKAKU who mishit his effort just beyond the far post.
13¹DZEKO shot over.
19¹DEPAY charged through the Portsmouth defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
20¹KEHRER beat two Arsenal players and fired a shot wide.
21¹The 'keeper was able to palm clear a weak shot from MKHITARYAN.
27¹SAKA made space on the right and touched the ball to MARTÍNEZ who touched the ball wide.
29¹GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with DE PAUL blasting the ball into the net. (1-0 Arsenal)
36¹SZCZESNY saved a lovely strike from DEPAY.
43¹The motionless SZCZESNY could only watch as a backpass from REUS dropped just wide.
44¹DE PAUL rifled an easy chance past the near post.
DEPAY clipped the ball through a crowd of players but SZCZESNY was a match for it as he dived to his right.
The 'keeper dived to his left to save a fierce shot from Arsenal's MKHITARYAN.
A lovely effort from MKHITARYAN scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
11²BROZOVIC worked the ball to REUS, DE ARRASCAETA latched onto his cross and headed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
12²A right foot shot from MARTÍNEZ was saved by the Arsenal 'keeper.
15²A delightful shot from DZEKO was dealt with by a fine block from SZCZESNY.
20²The 'keeper was able to claw away an amazing shot.
32²MKHITARYAN beat GÜNDOGAN and whacked the ball to DZEKO who toe-poked his shot wide.
33²A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing RAJKOVIC.
36²A corner fell to REUS who forced the ball just wide.
38²DEPAY booked for arguing with the referee.
42²DEPAY headed the ball wide from the edge of the box.
42²LAPORTE booked by the referee for a bad challenge.
45²A twenty yard drive from DEPAY caused the 'keeper no problem.

 
Arsenal
 
League position: 14
Home league form: WWOX
Overall league form: LWLWXOLX
Formation: 4-4-2
Line-ups
Predrag RAJKOVIC1Wojciech SZCZESNY
Nico ELVEDI2Lucas DIGNE
ANGELIÑO3Ilkay GÜNDOGAN
José GIMÉNEZ4Giorgian DE ARRASCAETA
(c)SERGIO RAMOS García5Thilo KEHRER
Sergio BUSQUETS6Aymeric LAPORTE(c)
BRAIS MÉNDEZ Portela7Bukayo SAKA
Rodrigo DE PAUL8Marco REUS
Edin DZEKO9Lautaro MARTÍNEZ
(p,f)Memphis DEPAY10Marcelo BROZOVIC
Henrikh MKHITARYAN11Romelu LUKAKU(p,f)
Georgie BoyManagerNigel BECK
PAU Francisco TORRES  12  RAPHINHA
Kevin TRAPP  13  Jeroen ZOET
DANILO Luís  14  Juan BERNAT
Bryan CRISTANTE  15  Mouctar DIAKHABY
Mario PASALIC  16  Nicola SANSONE
 
Portsmouth
 
League position: 7
Away league form: XXLW
Overall league form: WXLXXWLW
Formation: 4-4-2

Statistics
Arsenal 1 Portsmouth 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 62,260, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Phil Dowd 6)

de Paul 29¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
  
  
Depay 38²Laporte 42²
43
158
52
94
74
168
84
47%53%
Man of the match: Wojciech Szczesny