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The bemused 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from GARNACHO dropped just wide.
The 'keeper dived to his left to block a lovely shot from Colchester United's MADUEKE.
16¹A right foot effort from MADUEKE was blocked by MAIGNAN.
19¹HAVERTZ beat WILLIAMS and drove the ball to RODRYGO who hit his shot wide.
27¹RODRYGO dummied BITSHIABU but nudged the ball into the arms of the Colchester United 'keeper.
30¹GOAL!! A terrible clearance dropped to SALIBA who scuffed a shot goalward, luckily HAVERTZ was on hand to hammer the ball into the net. (1-0 Arsenal)
37¹ØDEGAARD nodded the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
39¹A cynical challenge gets FOFANA a yellow card.
A free-kick from MARTINELLI flew wide.
Uncertainty in the Colchester United defence enabled RODRYGO to hammer the ball just beyond the near post.
11²A clumsy tackle on BEIER by SAVINHO results in a booking.
13²MARTINELLI headed wide.
14²A tame strike from HØJLUND rolled agonisingly wide.
21²The ref cautions MADUEKE for an off-the-ball incident against AKÉ.
30²A shot from MARTINELLI was nodded off the line by BITSHIABU.
30²A header by SAVINHO at the far post was easily collected by TRAPP.
31²GOAL!! A penalty was awarded to Colchester United, after AKÉ had fouled GARNACHO which HØJLUND easily converted. (1-1)
34²A neatly crafted pass from SAVINHO was flicked goalbound by RODRYGO only for TRAPP to palm clear.
34²MADUEKE placed a right foot shot just beyond the near post from thirty yards out.
35²A cross from GARNACHO left MADUEKE in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
43²GOAL!! A deep cross by ØDEGAARD was met by RODRYGO who stormed in to score. (2-1 Arsenal)
46²RODRYGO scuffed a simple chance.

 
Arsenal
 
League position: 9
Home league form: XWLW
Overall league form: XLWLWWWL
Formation: 3-5-2
Line-ups
Mike MAIGNAN1Kevin TRAPP(c)
Youssouf FOFANA2Neco WILLIAMS
Stefan DE VRIJ3Jorrel HATO
(c)Dominik SZOBOSZLAI4Harvey BARNES
William SALIBA5Victor LINDELÖF
Nathan AKÉ6El Chadaille BITSHIABU
SAVINHO7Alejandro GARNACHO
Gabriel MARTINELLI8Noni MADUEKE
(p)Kai HAVERTZ9Rasmus HØJLUND(p)
(f)Martin ØDEGAARD10Archie GRAY(f)
RODRYGO Silva11Maximilian BEIER
Tony AbbeyManager
Joe JOHNSON  12  Saël KUMBEDI
DIOGO Meireles COSTA  13  Aaron CRESSWELL
Julian BRANDT  14Wissam BEN YEDDER
Max KILMAN  15  Antoni MILAMBO
MATHEUS CUNHA  16  Kees SMIT
 
Colchester United
 
League position: 18
Away league form: LWLL
Overall league form: XLWWLLLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Arsenal 2 Colchester United 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 54,602, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Graham Laws 7½)

Havertz 30¹, Rodrygo 43²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Højlund 31² (pen)
 BeieróBen Yedder 20²
  
Fofana 39¹, Savinho 11²Madueke 21²
34
115
111
95
1310
2215
74
49%51%
Man of the match: Dominik Szoboszlai