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Commentary
Uncertainty in the Benfica defence enabled BERNARDO SILVA to crack the ball inches wide.
GOAL!! A wonderful run from CHERKI gave MARTINELLI space on the right and DAVIES poked in his accurate pass. (1-0 Arsenal)
PEDRO NETO knocked the ball to FERGUSON who flicked it over.
PALMER drove a deadly shot inches wide from twenty yards out.
10¹A great effort from TORRES scraped the upright.
11¹MAMARDASHVILI saved a swerving effort from MARTÍNEZ.
20¹FERGUSON was put clear by RÚBEN DIAS and he turned the Arsenal 'keeper but rammed his shot over the bar.
23¹CHERKI beat MOLINA and hit the ball to WALKER who dragged his shot wide.
24¹A tame strike from MARTINELLI bounced agonisingly wide.
25¹HERNÁNDEZ beat three Benfica players and slammed a great chance wide.
26¹A useful ball from WALKER on the left found DAVIES who scuffed his shot just beyond the near post.
38¹A header by DAVIES at the near post was comfortably collected by the Benfica 'keeper.
38¹DAVIES rushed an easy chance.
41¹MARTÍNEZ shot over.
43¹PEDRO NETO worked the ball to KIMMICH, MOLINA latched onto his pass and headed the ball within easy reach of EDERSON.
GOAL!! As MOLINA was trying to hold back MARQUINHOS the ball dropped to HERNÁNDEZ who lashed the ball into the top corner. (2-0 Arsenal)
The motionless EDERSON could only watch as a backpass from SALIBA dropped just wide.
18²CHERKI waltzed past ANTÓNIO SILVA and stroked a poor shot over.
24²GOAL!! A perfect ball from MARQUINHOS left BERNARDO SILVA in the clear, he made the Benfica 'keeper commit himself before nudging the ball to RICE to score. (3-0 Arsenal)
28²PEDRO NETO ran onto a delightful ball from VITINHA but toe-poked his shot wide.
37²A header from MARTINELLI was nodded off the line by VAN DE VEN.
42²DAVIES headed just beyond the far post.
44²A thirty yard drive from FERGUSON caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
45²A free-kick from BERNARDO SILVA went inches over.

 
Arsenal
 
League position: 1
Home league form: XWWW
Overall league form: LXWWWWWW
Formation: 4-1-3-2
Line-ups
EDERSON Santana1Giorgi MAMARDASHVILI
Kyle WALKER2Nahuel MOLINA
Theo HERNÁNDEZ3Mickey VAN DE VEN
Declan RICE4Joshua KIMMICH
(c)MARQUINHOS5ANTÓNIO João SILVA
William SALIBA6RÚBEN Santos DIAS(c)
Rayan CHERKI7Cole PALMER
Alphonso DAVIES8PEDRO Lomba NETO
(p)Gabriel MARTINELLI9Ferrán TORRES(p)
(f)Lautaro MARTÍNEZ10VITINHA(f)
BERNARDO Mota SILVA11Evan FERGUSON
Philip ThorneManagerSteven Gibson
Trent ALEXANDER-ARNOLD  12  Isak HIEN
Jan OBLAK  13  Marco CARNESECCHI
Alessandro BASTONI  14  Daniel VIVIAN
Luis DÍAZ  15SAVINHO
Leon GORETZKA  16Mathys TEL
 
Benfica
 
League position: 2
Away league form: XWWW
Overall league form: WXXWWWXW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Arsenal 3 Benfica 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 76,743, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Fortunato Alves Azevedo 5½)

Davies 6¹, Hernández 3², Rice 24²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
 KimmichóSavinho 15², Rúben DiasóTel 25²
  
  
71
137
55
62
106
168
32
54%46%
Man of the match: Declan Rice