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0¹ A great save prevented MAYORAL from scoring a lovely goal. 2¹ An exceptional effort from KRAMER scraped the top of the crossbar. 5¹ A corner found AZPILICUETA who touched an effort wide. 5¹ The bemused 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from DELCROIX dropped just over. 10¹ A penalty box scramble resulted in PEDRO GONÇALVES driving a low shot wide. 12¹ KRAMER rushed a simple chance. 20¹ GOAL!! A deep corner left the Anderlecht 'keeper struggling and GREALISH stabbed the ball into the net. (1-0 Arsenal) 20¹ DOLBERG poked an easy chance past the far post. 21¹ MAYORAL hoofed the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area. 26¹ PABLO was put clear by CHAMBERS and he stepped inside the Anderlecht 'keeper but thrust his shot wide. 29¹ LUKEBAKIO ran onto a wonderful ball from PEDRO GONÇALVES but dragged his effort wide. 45¹ GOAL!! A swerving inswinging corner was forced in at the near post by PEDRO GONÇALVES. (1-1) 4² An exceptional shot from LUKEBAKIO was dealt with by a fine parry from TURNER. 5² MAYORAL headed wide. 6² A deadly effort from KRAMER was pushed round the post by VAN CROMBRUGGE. 10² GOAL!! A one-fisted punch from the Anderlecht 'keeper enabled GREALISH to glance the ball into the empty net. (2-1 Arsenal) 14² GREALISH brought the ball away from LUCUMÍ and flicked a tame shot past the post. 16² FÁBIO VIEIRA drove a looping shot just wide from just outside the area. 20² Uncertainty in the Anderlecht defence enabled GREALISH to crack the ball just beyond the near post. 21² A useful ball from XHAKA on the right fell to KRAMER who mishit his shot over the bar. 24² A cross from FÁBIO VIEIRA left AZPILICUETA in lots of space but he scuffed his shot. 33² WOOD beat CHAMBERS and blasted the ball to PEDRO GONÇALVES who blasted his shot wide. 35² FÁBIO VIEIRA worked the ball to XHAKA, MAYORAL gathered his cross and headed the ball within easy reach of the Anderlecht 'keeper.

Arsenal   League position: 5 Home league form: WWLW Overall league form: WXLWWLWW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Matt TURNER 6½ 1 6½ Hendrik VAN CROMBRUGGE Cesar AZPILICUETA 8  2 6  Matt TARGETT MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza 7  3 6½ Jhon LUCUMÍ Granit XHAKA 8  4 7  Ruslan MALINOVSKYI PABLO Mari 7½ 5 7  Zeno DEBAST Calum CHAMBERS 6½ 6 6  Hannes DELCROIX FÁBIO Daniel VIEIRA 7  7 6½ Dodi LUKEBAKIO Jack GREALISH 7  8 7  PEDRO António GONÇALVES (p)Borja MAYORAL 6  9 5½ Kasper DOLBERG(p) (f)Christoph KRAMER 7½ 10 5½ Chris WOOD(c,f) (c)Henrikh MKHITARYAN 7  11 7  DANILO Pereira Manager Connor BRADLEY    12    Lucas TOUSART Rúnar RÚNARSSON    13    Thomas DIDILLON ANDRÉ Filipe HORTA 6  14 7  Benito RAMAN Amin YOUNES    15    Lior REFAELOV Armando BROJA    16    MATHEUS Henrique

Anderlecht   League position: 22 Away league form: LLLX Overall league form: LXWLXLXW Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Arsenal 2 Anderlecht 1 (Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 38,332, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Andy D'Urso 7½) Grealish 20¹, Grealish 10² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Pedro Gonçalves 45¹ MayoralóAndré Horta 38² LucumíóRaman 19²         2 1 3 11 3 5 5 2 12 4 17 6 3 1 58% 42% ¶ Man of the match: Cesar Azpilicueta ¶