Elite League Cup Group Match, Arsenal vs. Manchester Utd (Wed May 10)


                              Arsenal  |  Manchester Utd
                              3-5-2 C  |  4-4-2 N
                       Adrian Dalmedo  |  Derek Purvis
                                       |
                           D_James GK  |  GK Tom_Clements
                          A_Hansen DF  |  DF Z_Knight
                          J_Valera DF  |  DF P_Zabaleta
                         G_Collins DF  |  DF Ben_Barcley
                          G_Cooper MF  |  DF P_Hoskins
                          S_Parker MF  |  MF Paas_De_Boll
                        R_Radinski MF  |  MF J_Molby
                           C_Baker MF  |  MF S_Sidwell
                          B_Harley MF  |  MF J_Maria
                           Taliyah FW  |  FW Van_Tijkaan
                       D_Trezeguet FW  |  FW Brian_Lavery
                                       |
                          D_de_Gea SUB |  SUB N_Winneke
                           S_Ramos SUB |  SUB D_Promotion
                      S_Malbranque SUB |  SUB Dave_Smith
                          D_Murphy SUB |  SUB A_Drury
                        Freddy_Abu SUB |  SUB A_Ribbery

Referee: H_Webb (England)


Min. 5  :(mnu) Paas_De_Boll gets to the bye line
          ...  He puts it into the box
          ...  He finds S_Sidwell
          ...  S_Sidwell leaps into the air to perform a scissors kick!!!
          ...  D_James just watches it fly safely wide!
Min. 9  :(arn) A_Hansen has it on the edge of the box
          ...  What a shot from A_Hansen !
          ...  It could go anywhere
          ...  Tom_Clements falls over
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Tom_Clements looks a little embarrassed now!
          ...  That's put Arsenal ahead!
          ...  Arsenal 1-0 Manchester Utd ...
Min. 9  :(mnu) Paas_De_Boll miskicks!
          ...  He finds J_Molby though
          ...  That was fortunate
          ...  J_Molby with a little chip!
          ...  But D_James punches it away
Min. 10 :(mnu) Brian_Lavery takes advantage of a mistake by J_Valera
          ...  J_Valera reacts well to win the ball back
Min. 11 :(mnu) J_Molby plays it to his team mate for a one-two
          ...  Z_Knight keeps possession instead!
          ...  He runs towards the goal now!
          ...  R_Radinski with an ugly foul
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  This is very far out
          ...  Brian_Lavery knocks it forward
          ...  J_Molby gets on the end of it
          ...  A_Hansen steals the ball of off him
Min. 13 :(arn) G_Cooper fires over a low cross to Taliyah
          ...  Taliyah smashed the ball towards the bottom corner!
          ...  But Tom_Clements just gets his fingers to that one
          ...  H_Webb has given a goal kick
          ...  Unbelievable !
Min. 15 :(arn) B_Harley brings the ball under control
          ...  He sees a team mate leave his marker!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  D_Trezeguet gets on the end of the pass
          ...  A scorcher of a shot from D_Trezeguet !
          ...  But Tom_Clements punches it away
          ...  That's gone out for a corner kick
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  G_Cooper lofts the ball in!
          ...  R_Radinski swings a leg at it!
          ...  Tom_Clements tips it round the post
          ...  Good save
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  C_Baker plays it towards the near post!
          ...  The ball comes to S_Parker
          ...  He knocks it goalward
          ...  Tom_Clements makes a fine save
Min. 18 :(arn) R_Radinski fires over a low cross to B_Harley
          ...  B_Harley controls the ball well!
          ...  He hits the shot towards goal!
          ...  It fly's into Row Z!
Min. 19 :(arn) B_Harley is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He throws it to S_Parker
          ...  S_Parker sends it flying towards goal!
          ...  But Tom_Clements palms it away
          ...  He could have caught that!
Min. 21 :(mnu) J_Maria has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past A_Hansen
          ...  He puts in Van_Tijkaan!
          ...  Van_Tijkaan heads the ball towards goal !
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  D_James dives desperately to try and save it!!
          ...  He can't get to it!
          ...  But it creeps just wide!!
          ...  The deflection had D_James beaten!
Min. 22 :(mnu) Van_Tijkaan dribbles it into the box
          ...  Van_Tijkaan pounds a rocket on goal !
          ...  OOOOOOHHHHHHHH
          ...  It grazes the post and goes wide
Min. 25 :(arn) B_Harley looks up for support for support
          ...  He spots his team mate making a run now
          ...  He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now!
          ...  Taliyah receives the pass and heads towards the goal
          ...  Taliyah rises above the defence to head the ball !
          ...  Tom_Clements parries it
Min. 30 :(arn) R_Radinski holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to Taliyah
          ...  The ball comes in high
          ...  Taliyah beats the defender to the ball and heads it into his path
          ...  He just has Tom_Clements to beat
          ...  He tries to slide it past Tom_Clements
          ...  Tom_Clements pulls off a save !!
Min. 33 :(arn) B_Harley slumps to the ground!
          ...  He gets up again though
          ...  He signals to the bench he is ok to continue
Min. 34 :(mnu) The ball runs loose!
          ...  Van_Tijkaan seizes control of it and thinks about the shot
          ...  A_Hansen steals the ball of off him
Min. 34 :(arn) Taliyah with the nutmeg
          ...  He takes the ball forward
          ...  Ben_Barcley fouls badly
          ...  I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball
Min. 40 :(arn) Taliyah runs forward
          ...  He nicks it past the slide tackle skilfully
          ...  He only has going for the goal in mind!
          ...  Taliyah tries to lob the keeper !
          ...  But Tom_Clements just gets his fingers to that one
          ...  H_Webb has given a goal kick
          ...  Unbelievable !
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 45 :(arn) Taliyah beats P_Zabaleta
          ...  It looked like he pushed his marker
          ...  "Play On!" Waves H_Webb
          ...  Taliyah attempts a chip!
          ...  Tom_Clements with the acrobatic save
          ...  He must have spotted the TV cameras!
Min. 46 :(arn) S_Ramos is going to be brought on
          ...  B_Harley is leaving the pitch
          ...  He hasn't had the best of games today
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Arsenal 1-0 Manchester Utd

Min. 46 :(arn) C_Baker with the first time flick to G_Cooper
          ...  G_Cooper gets his head to the ball !
          ...  It sails over!
          ...  He should have hit the target at least!!
Min. 51 :(arn) D_Trezeguet pushes it past Ben_Barcley
          ...  P_Hoskins forces him off the ball
          ...  But it rolls out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  C_Baker chips the ball into the area!
          ...  It is kicked away by P_Zabaleta
Min. 53 :(arn) C_Baker kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate in space!
          ...  He plays the ball in to him!
          ...  A_Hansen gets on the end of the pass
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  Paas_De_Boll hits it out for a throw
Min. 54 :(arn) A_Hansen kills the ball dead
          ...  P_Zabaleta fouls badly
          ...  I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He was lucky to escape with a caution!
Min. 55 :(arn) D_Trezeguet turns past P_Hoskins
          ...  He has created space for himself now
          ...  But P_Zabaleta spotted the danger and cleans up the play
Min. 56 :(arn) S_Parker with electric pace
          ...  He eases past Ben_Barcley
          ...  Paas_De_Boll gathers up the loose ball
Min. 58 :(arn) D_Trezeguet hoofs it up field to find C_Baker
          ...  P_Zabaleta tackles cleanly
Min. 59 :(mnu) Van_Tijkaan flicks it over D_Trezeguet and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  G_Cooper is called for the holding foul
          ...  Looked like a fair jump
          ...  The referee got it wrong
          ...  He is ordered to cool off
Min. 63 :(mnu) Van_Tijkaan beats S_Ramos
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  G_Collins wins control of the ball with his hand!!
          ...  Play On!!
Min. 64 :(arn) S_Parker knocks it past the defender and runs onto it
          ...  He leaves the defender standing
          ...  Z_Knight is called for the holding foul
          ...  He was pushing down on his man
          ...  He gets a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
Min. 66 :(arn) S_Ramos plays a long ball to Taliyah
          ...  P_Hoskins with a nasty foul
          ...  H_Webb will want to speak to him
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  Just outside the box!
          ...  C_Baker knocks it forward
          ...  Taliyah gets on the end of it
          ...  Taliyah pounds a rocket on goal !
          ...  But Tom_Clements pulls out a save of the game
Min. 70 :(arn) D_Trezeguet jumps over Z_Knight's challenge
          ...  D_Trezeguet shoots towards goal !
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  He made that look harder than it was!!
Min. 71 :(arn) D_Trezeguet beats P_Hoskins
          ...  D_Trezeguet attempts to nutmeg Tom_Clements!
          ...  The fans get off there seats!
          ...  But it sails over !!
Min. 71 :(mnu) Brian_Lavery controls the ball with ease
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  G_Collins takes possession
Min. 76 :(arn) G_Cooper has the ball on the wing
          ...  He takes it past P_Hoskins
          ...  He knocks it to S_Parker!
          ...  A scorcher of a shot from S_Parker !
          ...  The shot deflects wide into the crowd!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Taliyah chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  Tom_Clements easily catches it!
Min. 80 :(arn) Arsenal changed their strategy to play D
Min. 83 :(arn) Freddy_Abu will come on for Taliyah and play FW
Min. 87 :(arn) S_Parker beats P_Hoskins
          ...  That was a quick burst of pace to set him free
          ...  But Z_Knight sweeps up the threat
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(mnu) P_Hoskins has the ball on the wing
          ...  He takes it past C_Baker
          ...  He knocks it to J_Molby!
          ...  J_Molby launches himself head first to connect with the low cross!
          ...  It hits the post!!
          ...  But he beats the defender to the rebound
          ...  OHHHHHHHH !!
          ...  He's put it over

*************  FULL TIME  ****************


Match Details
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Venue                : Emirates Stadium
Attendance           : 121,079
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Arsenal Match Info
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Best player          : A_Hansen (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : A_Hansen (9)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Manchester Utd Match Info
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Best player          : Paas_De_Boll
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : P_Zabaleta (54), Z_Knight (64), P_Hoskins (66)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                              Arsenal     | Manchester Utd
Attempts on Goal     :          16        |       5
Off target           :           5        |       4
On target            :          11        |       1
Possession           :          61        |       39
Corners              :           4        |       0
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       3
Subs Used            :           2        |       0
Fouls                :          15        |       9
Key Tackles          :           5        |       6
Key Passes           :          11        |       4
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Final Score          : Arsenal 1 - 0 Manchester Utd
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Player Statistics - Arsenal
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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D_James        GK  30   2   2   3  26 |  92   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  45   0   0   0
A_Hansen       DF   3  27   6  10  19 |  92   0   2   0   0   1   1   0   0   0  80   0  20
J_Valera       DF   2  26   8   9  39 |  92   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
G_Collins      DF   2  26   9   7  19 |  92   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
G_Cooper       MF   4   8  27  14  27 |  92   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   1
S_Parker       MF   1  10  27  12  30 |  92   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  11
R_Radinski     MF   1  11  26   6  29 |  92   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   5
C_Baker        MF   2   5  26   6  13 |  92   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
B_Harley       MF   1   6  24   6  33 |  46   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  30   1
Taliyah        FW   2   6   6  27  44 |  84   0   0   0   0   6   0   0   0   0   0   0  30
D_Trezeguet    FW   3   6   9  26  21 |  92   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   0   0   0  10   7
D_de_Gea       GK  27   2   3   3  38 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Ramos        DF   2  26   7   7  40 |  46   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  30  20
S_Malbranque   MF   3   8  26  10  33 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Murphy       FW   2  10   8  26  37 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Freddy_Abu     FW   3   8  10  24  42 |   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20  20

Player Statistics - Manchester Utd
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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Tom_Clements   GK  29   2   3   2  42 |  92  11   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  45   0   0   0
Z_Knight       DF   1  25   9   5  27 |  92   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  18  -2  -2
P_Zabaleta     DF   2  25   4   1  27 |  92   0   3   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  58  -2  -2
Ben_Barcley    DF   3  23   7   8  41 |  92   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
P_Hoskins      DF   2  23   8   5  10 |  92   0   1   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  18   8  -2
Paas_De_Boll   MF   2   9  26   9  31 |  92   0   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  20   0
J_Molby        MF   2   8  25   9  31 |  92   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
S_Sidwell      MF   2   6  24   8  11 |  92   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -19
J_Maria        MF   3   8  24   9  32 |  92   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Van_Tijkaan    FW   1   9   8  26  22 |  92   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -18
Brian_Lavery   FW   2   6   8  24  32 |  92   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
N_Winneke      GK  28   2   2   3  20 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Promotion    DF   3  23   8   5  41 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Dave_Smith     DF   2  23   8   4  30 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Drury        MF   2   6  23   9  19 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Ribbery      FW   2   6   8  24  21 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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