Division One League Match, Newcastle vs. Arsenal (Wed Oct 31)


                            Newcastle  |  Arsenal
                          4-1-2-2-1 P  |  4-5-1 C
                     Tony Glendinning  |  Adrian Dalmedo
                                       |
                          T_Conner GK  |  GK D_James
                          D_A_Cole DF  |  DF G_Collins
                          A_Hanson DF  |  DF R_Holding
                          B_Benson DF  |  DF S_Ramos
                         L_Inagzij DF  |  DF C_Blewitt
                        P_Thompson DM  |  MF I_Falque
                            B_Yaga MF  |  MF N_Ben_Khalifa
                         A_Lallana MF  |  MF T_Cruise
                            W_Zaha AM  |  MF S_Matthews
                          F_Moussa AM  |  MF D_Rocastle
                         R_Bentley FW  |  FW P_Crouch
                                       |
                            W_Hunt SUB |  SUB V_Mannone
                           M_Salah SUB |  SUB P_Evra
                          L_Baines SUB |  SUB Bebeto
                        J_M_Jurado SUB |  SUB D_Murphy
                        J_Maddison SUB |  SUB Ricardo

Referee: F_Brych (Germany)


Min. 1  :(arn) S_Matthews takes possession
          ...  Knocks it past the defender
          ...  He's through on goal
          ...  S_Matthews lobs T_Conner!
          ...  The fans behind the goal jump up!
          ...  But it's gone just wide !!
Min. 2  :(arn) C_Blewitt nutmegs L_Inagzij
          ...  C_Blewitt with a graceful, looping effort !
          ...  T_Conner guesses right
Min. 8  :(arn) D_Rocastle turns nicely onto the ball
          ...  D_Rocastle hits the ball first time!
          ...  He could have let that bounce
          ...  But T_Conner punches it away
          ...  He had to be brave to come for that one
Min. 9  :(nwt) F_Moussa with a well-controlled run
          ...  F_Moussa leaps into the air to perform a scissors kick!!!
          ...  D_James is stranded!
          ...  He can't get there in time!
          ...  OH! It drifts just past the post
          ...  Great strike!
          ...  Deserved a goal really
Min. 9  :(arn) S_Matthews knocks it forward
          ...  B_Benson slips
          ...  P_Crouch gets to it!
          ...  What a shot from P_Crouch !
          ...  It could go anywhere
          ...  But T_Conner pulls out a save of the game
Min. 13 :(nwt) W_Zaha holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to R_Bentley
          ...  R_Bentley with the attempt at goal!
          ...  D_James is just going to watch it go over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  But goes just over !!
          ...  D_James looks very relieved!
Min. 20 :(nwt) A defence splitting pass from B_Yaga to R_Bentley
          ...  But G_Collins wins the ball with a sliding challenge
Min. 21 :(arn) N_Ben_Khalifa looks to play the ball out wide
          ...  He plays the ball across to P_Crouch
          ...  A_Hanson wins the ball with a superb sliding challenge
          ...  It goes out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  The corner is swung in by S_Matthews!
          ...  The danger is dealt with by L_Inagzij
Min. 24 :(nwt) B_Benson fires over a low cross to R_Bentley
          ...  Cleaned up by G_Collins
Min. 26 :(nwt) A_Lallana feeds the ball through the middle
          ...  R_Bentley runs onto it
          ...  He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender
          ...  R_Bentley rises above the defence to head the ball !
          ...  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. 27 :(nwt) R_Bentley finds his way through
          ...  His quick turn fooled R_Holding
          ...  R_Bentley has time and space!
          ...  He tries the lob!
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  Wide !!
          ...  That was fortunate
Min. 31 :(nwt) A_Hanson loses his marker
          ...  A wicked drive by A_Hanson !
          ...  But D_James tips it over
          ...  F_Brych has given a goal kick
          ...  Unbelievable !
Min. 33 :(arn) S_Matthews with a glorious long pass to P_Crouch
          ...  L_Inagzij takes out the attacker
          ...  He looked to have fouled him there
Min. 36 :(nwt) D_A_Cole finds his way through
          ...  He bent his run well
          ...  C_Blewitt with an awful challenge
          ...  I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  It is well within shooting range!
          ...  R_Bentley hits it over the wall
          ...  D_James falls over
          ...  But the ball sails wide anyway!
Min. 40 :(arn) D_Rocastle has found himself in space
          ...  He looks up for his team mates
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  N_Ben_Khalifa gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  N_Ben_Khalifa fires off a left-footed shot !
          ...  T_Conner with a great save
          ...  He shows why he is the number 1
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Newcastle 0-0 Arsenal

Min. 46 :(arn) I_Falque drives the ball across field
          ...  It comes to D_Rocastle
          ...  D_Rocastle goes for the top corner !
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!!
          ...  But it thumps off the woodwork !!
          ...  And goes safely clear!
          ...  T_Conner never had a chance!
Min. 47 :(nwt) The defender slips and falls over!
          ...  F_Moussa is through!
          ...  But N_Ben_Khalifa will cut out the threat
Min. 47 :(arn) G_Collins comes to collect the ball
          ...  Great turn!!!
          ...  Superb play
          ...  A cracking drive from G_Collins !
          ...  But T_Conner with the difficult save
Min. 48 :(nwt) B_Yaga with a pinpoint pass to R_Bentley
          ...  R_Bentley with a bicycle kick !
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!!
          ...  D_James tips it wide !!
          ...  Great goalkeeping there!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  B_Yaga chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  D_A_Cole swings a leg at it!
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  Wide !!
          ...  That was fortunate
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  F_Moussa plays it towards the near post!
          ...  D_James fists it away!
Min. 53 :(arn) C_Blewitt with the first time flick to P_Crouch
          ...  L_Inagzij reads it well
          ...  This boy is a quality defender
          ...  The crowd sing his praises
Min. 54 :(nwt) B_Yaga cuts the ball back to F_Moussa
          ...  F_Moussa tries to beat D_James from outside the area!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Hammered home!
          ...  Newcastle have snatched the lead!
          ...  Newcastle 1-0 Arsenal ...
Min. 55 :(arn) The Arsenal manager told his side to change to a A strategy
Min. 57 :(arn) P_Crouch beats P_Thompson
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  P_Crouch with a terrific drive !
          ...  But the ball goes harmlessly wide
Min. 58 :(arn) N_Ben_Khalifa looks for options
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to T_Cruise
          ...  T_Cruise with his head down lets it go !
          ...  T_Conner collects it comfortably
          ...  The shot never troubled him
Min. 59 :(arn) I_Falque looks around for some movement
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He hits the ball to N_Ben_Khalifa
          ...  A glorious effort by N_Ben_Khalifa !
          ...  But the ball goes harmlessly wide
Min. 62 :(nwt) B_Yaga pass splits open the defence
          ...  What a ball!
          ...  W_Zaha is clean through!
          ...  N_Ben_Khalifa clatters him to the floor and puts the ball out of play
          ...  The linesman is flagging
          ...  Throw in
Min. 65 :(nwt) J_M_Jurado replaces A_Lallana to play as a MF
Min. 65 :(nwt) B_Yaga is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a team mate loosing his marker
          ...  He throws it to P_Thompson
          ...  P_Thompson hits the ball first time!
          ...  It floats over D_James
          ...  Its heading goal ward!
          ...  But floats just over
          ...  That was a great effort
Min. 66 :(nwt) P_Thompson looks around for some movement
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He hits the ball to R_Bentley
          ...  R_Bentley hits a great drive!
          ...  It hits the side netting!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 67 :(nwt) F_Moussa takes possession on the halfway line
          ...  He runs forward with the ball
          ...  He skips past the challenges
          ...  F_Moussa with his head down lets it go !
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But flies wide of the post!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  F_Moussa chips the ball into the area!
          ...  R_Holding gets up well
          ...  And he clears the danger
Min. 68 :(arn) T_Cruise turns past the defender
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to P_Crouch
          ...  P_Crouch controls the ball well!
          ...  He hits the shot towards goal!
          ...  It hits the post!!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Arsenal have squared things up with that goal!
          ...  Newcastle 1-1 Arsenal ...
Min. 70 :(nwt) Up goes the substitution board - M_Salah on for D_A_Cole as a DF
Min. 70 :(arn) R_Holding turns past L_Inagzij
          ...  He has created space for himself now
          ...  R_Holding has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He fires the ball goal ward!
          ...  T_Conner with a great save
          ...  He holds onto it as well!
Min. 72 :(arn) P_Crouch knocks the ball past the lunge of the defender
          ...  P_Thompson with the dive
          ...  There's no room in the game for that!
          ...  F_Brych shows him a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on!
Min. 77 :(nwt) R_Bentley with a real burst of pace
          ...  He leaves T_Cruise behind
          ...  R_Holding with a pull on the shirt
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! He is in the book for that one
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
Min. 78 :(nwt) F_Moussa lobs it over R_Holding
          ...  F_Moussa 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
Min. 80 :(nwt) J_Maddison is coming on for R_Bentley and will play FW
Min. 81 :(arn) T_Cruise finds D_Rocastle on the edge of the box
          ...  M_Salah makes the challenge and clears the ball
Min. 83 :(nwt) J_M_Jurado finds W_Zaha in the box
          ...  W_Zaha fires a shot at goal !
          ...  D_James parries the shot
          ...  And the defender clears it!
Min. 85 :(nwt) W_Zaha has the ball on the wing
          ...  He takes it past C_Blewitt
          ...  He knocks it to F_Moussa!
          ...  F_Moussa with a thundering drive!
          ...  The net bulges!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He kisses his shirt!!
          ...  He shows his love for the club!!
          ...  The fans cheer him and chant his name!!
          ...  That surely hands Newcastle victory!!
          ...  Newcastle 2-1 Arsenal ...
Min. 86 :(arn) D_Murphy is coming on and S_Matthews is being brought off
          ...  Looks likely he will go and play FW
Min. 86 :(arn) Ricardo is going to be brought on
          ...  D_Rocastle is leaving the pitch
          ...  He hasn't had the best of games today
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play FW
Min. 86 :(arn) There's going to be a change
          ...  Bebeto will come on for C_Blewitt and play MF
Min. 86 :(nwt) J_M_Jurado kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate leave his marker!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  B_Benson gets on the end of the pass
          ...  B_Benson aiming for the bottom corner !
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Right into the top corner!
          ...  Newcastle 3-1 Arsenal ...
Min. 87 :(nwt) J_M_Jurado with a smart pass to F_Moussa
          ...  F_Moussa with the cheeky shot!
          ...  But he miskicks and puts it well off target
          ...  The Arsenal fans taunt him about that effort
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(arn) D_Murphy nutmegs L_Inagzij
          ...  J_Maddison with an ugly foul
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  He is ordered to cool off
Min. 91 :(nwt) B_Yaga gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He slides the ball past G_Collins!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  R_Holding stands his ground and wins the tackle
Min. 91 :(arn) I_Falque has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past A_Hanson
          ...  He puts in N_Ben_Khalifa!
          ...  N_Ben_Khalifa hits the shot!
          ...  It swerves a lot!
          ...  The shot slips through T_Conner's hands
          ...  But goes wide!
          ...  He got away with that!
          ...  Goal kick given! That looked like a corner to me

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


Match Details
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Venue                : St James Park
Attendance           : 100,000
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Newcastle Match Info
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Best player          : F_Moussa (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : F_Moussa (54,85), B_Benson (86)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : P_Thompson (72)
Injured              : N/A
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Arsenal Match Info
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Best player          : T_Cruise
Scorers              : P_Crouch (68)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : R_Holding (77)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                            Newcastle     |     Arsenal
Attempts on Goal     :          17        |       13
Off target           :          11        |       5
On target            :           6        |       8
Possession           :          47        |       53
Corners              :           3        |       1
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       1
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :          11        |       7
Key Tackles          :           4        |       5
Key Passes           :          13        |       11
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Final Score          : Newcastle 3 - 1 Arsenal
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Player Statistics - Newcastle
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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T_Conner       GK  32   3   3   2  32 |  94   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  25   0   0   0
D_A_Cole       DF   1  27   9  11  29 |  73   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
A_Hanson       DF   2  27   9  10  22 |  94   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  40  20  25
B_Benson       DF   1  27   8   7  12 |  94   0   0   1   0   1   1   0   0   0  20  30  50
L_Inagzij      DF   1  26  11   6  11 |  94   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
P_Thompson     DM   2  26  12   6  30 |  94   0   0   1   0   1   0   1   0   0  -2   8  -1
B_Yaga         MF   2   9  27   8  35 |  94   0   0   5   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  65   0
A_Lallana      MF   3  10  26   8  21 |  68   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
W_Zaha         AM   2   7  25  18  12 |  94   0   0   2   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  35   5
F_Moussa       AM   1   5  25  18  23 |  94   0   0   0   0   6   2   0   0   0   0   0  64
R_Bentley      FW   3   8   8  25  21 |  83   0   0   0   0   6   0   0   0   0   0   0  10
W_Hunt         GK  29   3   3   1  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Salah        DF   2  26   7   8  22 |  21   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
L_Baines       DF   3  25   9   5  32 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_M_Jurado     MF   2   7  26  17  18 |  26   0   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  45   0
J_Maddison     FW   2   7   8  25  30 |  11   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

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  33   2   2   3  26 |  94   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -10   0   0   0
G_Collins      DF   2  28   9   7  19 |  94   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  40   0   5
R_Holding      DF   1  28   8   6  22 |  94   0   2   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  38  -2   3
S_Ramos        DF   2  28   7   7  40 |  94   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
C_Blewitt      DF   3  27   7   6  22 |  89   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   5
I_Falque       MF   3  15  28  10  19 |  94   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
N_Ben_Khalifa  MF   1  12  28  12  25 |  94   0   2   2   0   3   0   0   0   0  40  20   7
T_Cruise       MF   2  10  28   9  39 |  94   0   0   2   1   1   0   0   0   0 -20  15 -15
S_Matthews     MF   3   8  28   7  32 |  89   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   1
D_Rocastle     MF   2   7  27  10  21 |  89   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  10   6
P_Crouch       FW   1   6  12  27  21 |  94   0   0   0   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0  36
V_Mannone      GK  27   5   3   1  30 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
P_Evra         DF   3  27  11  10  21 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Bebeto         MF   1   9  27   7  30 |   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -20
D_Murphy       FW   2  10   8  27  37 |   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ricardo        FW   1   7   9  25  21 |   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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