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Commentary
The 'keeper dived to his right to save a lovely shot from Arsenal's MAYORAL.
FÁBIO VIEIRA made space on the left and touched the ball to MKHITARYAN who rasped the ball over.
A wonderful save prevented HATATE from scoring a great goal.
16¹A free-kick from XHAKA floated inches over.
16¹MKHITARYAN cautioned for a high foul.
21¹KJÆR rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
22¹GOAL!! A CHAMBERS run down the middle resulted in a nice cross for PABLO to fire in. (1-0 Arsenal)
23¹A great effort from KLIMALA scraped the top of the crossbar.
25¹The 'keeper parried a clever strike from KLIMALA.
31¹PABLO was put clear by AZPILICUETA and he stepped inside the Celtic 'keeper but thrust his shot wide.
35¹A poor strike from MKHITARYAN trickled agonisingly wide.
39¹A perfect shot from HATATE was dealt with by a useful block from the Arsenal 'keeper.
A right foot shot from KLIMALA was pushed over by the 'keeper.
A cross from CHRISTIE left ABADA in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
MAYORAL fluffed a simple chance.
13²A strike from MKHITARYAN held little difficulty for the Celtic 'keeper.
14²MAYORAL placed a deadly shot wide from twenty yards out.
20²PENICKA cautions XHAKA.
21²The Celtic 'keeper saved a glorious shot from KRAMER.
24²PABLO beat three Celtic players and thundered a golden opportunity over the bar.
27²GORDON did well to hold onto a wicked shot from PABLO.
28²GOAL!! After a good build-up DE SCIGLIO drove a low shot past the 'keeper. (1-1)
30²GOAL!! A neat one-two left MAYORAL clear and he made no mistake by cleverly drifting the ball beyond the oncoming GORDON. (2-1 Arsenal)
32²KRAMER booted the ball wide of the lefthand post from just outside the area.
41²A shot from WELSH was smothered by the 'keeper.
46²MARCOS ALONSO's shot beat the Celtic 'keeper but rebounded off the Celtic upright.

 
Arsenal
 
League position: 1
Home league form: XWWW
Overall league form: WXWWWWXW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Matt TURNER1Craig GORDON(c)
Cesar AZPILICUETA2Tony RALSTON
MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza3Mattia DE SCIGLIO
Granit XHAKA4Ryan CHRISTIE
PABLO Mari5Simon KJÆR
Calum CHAMBERS6Jozo SIMUNOVIC
FÁBIO Daniel VIEIRA7Liel ABADA
(c)Henrikh MKHITARYAN8Reo HATATE
(p)Borja MAYORAL9Patryk KLIMALA(p)
(f)Christoph KRAMER10Stuart ARMSTRONG(f)
Folarin BALOGUN11Kyogo FURUHASHI
Manager
CÉDRIC Ricardo  12  Phil JONES
Rúnar RÚNARSSON  13Stephen WELSH
Adnan JANUZAJ  14  Daizen MAEDA
Amin YOUNES  15  JOTA
Amario COZIER-DUBERRY16  James FORREST
 
Celtic
 
League position: 9
Away league form: LWWL
Overall league form: LLWWWWWW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Arsenal 2 Celtic 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 38,325, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Martin Penicka 7½)

Pablo 22¹, Mayoral 30²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
de Sciglio 28²
Fábio VieiraóCozier-Duberry 2²KlimalaóWelsh 7²
  
Mkhitaryan 16¹, Xhaka 20² 
43
813
87
77
82
159
36
56%44%
Man of the match: Amario Cozier-Duberry