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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 34 (setup 1, season 31)
Arsenal
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-1-3-2
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Gianluigi BUFFON1Loris KARIUS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Darijo SRNA72Joe LEDLEY
JORDI ALBA Ramos36Chris BRUNT
Sergio BUSQUETS Burgos4Gareth BARRY
Gerard PIQUÉ Bernabeu856Matthijs DE LIGT
Andrea BARZAGLI766Jason PUNCHEON
Rick KARSDORP7Ahmed MUSA
Mesut ÖZIL886Andy KING
Edinson Roberto CAVANI Gómez9Carlton MORRIS
Georginio WIJNALDUM710Emmanuel Agyemang BADU
Francisco Román Alarcón Suárez, ISCO7117Eric CHOUPO-MOTING
Chris GreenwellManager
Iker MUNIAIN Goñi12Michael CARRICK
Kevin TRAPP13Max LOWE
DIEGO da Silva COSTA14Shane LONG
Aleksandar KOLAROV15Moses Daddy SIMON
Asier ILLARRAMENDI Andonegi166Glenn WHELAN

Arsenal 4 Birmingham City 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 50,969, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Steve BENNETT 6, TV: highlights)
32 Isco, 36 Karsdorp, 63 Isco, 85 PiquéScorers
Substitutions69 Choupo-Moting <=> Whelan
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners3
6Fouls8
11Offsides4
10Shots on1
14Shots off6
24Total shots7
5Shots saved1
59%Possession41%
Man of the match: JORDI ALBA Ramos
2An exceptional effort from DE LIGT scraped the upright.
8The 'keeper parried a neatly crafted shot from ISCO.
11A pin-point pass fell to BARRY and his right foot shot flew narrowly over.
21KARIUS saved a curling effort from CAVANI.
22A good ball from MUSA on the left fell to MORRIS who scuffed his shot over.
23ÖZIL dribbled past BADU and stroked a weak shot over the bar.
25ISCO was put clear by JORDI ALBA and he dummied KARIUS but glanced his shot just wide.
26A strike from ÖZIL held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
31A cross from KARSDORP left ISCO in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
32GOAL!! Arsenal's ISCO beat three defenders before firing just inside KARIUS's lefthand post. (1-0 Arsenal)
36GOAL!! A cross from the right was flicked down by PIQUÉ for KARSDORP to score. (2-0 Arsenal)
39A great save prevented WIJNALDUM from scoring a great goal.
 
63GOAL!! A deep cross by PIQUÉ was met by ISCO who stormed in to score. (3-0 Arsenal)
68A mix up in the Birmingham City defence enabled SRNA to hammer an effort over.
70BUSQUETS made space on the left and pulled the ball to ÖZIL who touched the ball wide.
72CAVANI beat WHELAN and placed the ball to ISCO who hit his shot wide.
75A shot from ISCO was headed off the line by PUNCHEON.
75BARZAGLI beat two Birmingham City players and fired a shot just beyond the near post.
76The stunned KARIUS was a mere bystander as a backpass from DE LIGT dropped just over.
79A tame shot from ISCO bounced agonisingly wide.
84ISCO blasted a right foot shot over from twenty-five yards out.
85GOAL!! A neat one-two left PIQUÉ clear and he made no mistake by expertly drifting the ball past the oncoming 'keeper. (4-0 Arsenal)