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Match report
English Footie
FA Cup: Round 8 (setup 1, season 29)
Arsenal
v.
Newcastle United
Formation:
3-4-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Gianluigi BUFFON81Steve MANDANDA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
SERGIO RAMOS García2Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco
José María GIMÉNEZ de Vargas73FILIPE LUIS Karsmirski
Sergio BUSQUETS Burgos847RAÚL GARCÍA Escudero
Gerard PIQUÉ Bernabeu757Shkodran MUSTAFI
Xabier Alonso Olano, XABI ALONSO76Dejan LOVREN
Darijo SRNA777José María CALLEJÓN Bueno
ROBERTO FIRMINO Barbosa de Oliveira78Ivan PERISIC
DIEGO da Silva COSTA96Simone ZAZA
NEYMAR da Silva Santos Júnior107Steven N'ZONZI
JORDI ALBA Ramos116André SCHÜRRLE
Manager
Asier ILLARRAMENDI Andonegi12Alan DZAGOEV
Francisco Casilla Cortés, KIKO CASILLA13Cédric CARRASSO
Aleksandar KOLAROV14FERNANDO Francisco Reges
Anwar EL GHAZI15Timothée KOLODZIEJCZAK
Riccardo SAPONARA16Álvaro DOMINGUEZ Soto

Arsenal 2 Newcastle United 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 89,984, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Florent BATTA 7½, TV: live)
20 Neymar, 60 NeymarScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners7
8Fouls5
9Offsides8
5Shots on6
8Shots off7
13Total shots13
3Shots saved6
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Gianluigi BUFFON
14XABI ALONSO's header was well saved by MANDANDA.
14XABI ALONSO rushed through the Newcastle United defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
19BUFFON saved a swerving shot from FILIPE LUIS.
20GOAL!! A neat one-two left NEYMAR clear and he made no mistake by flicking the ball beyond the oncoming Newcastle United 'keeper. (1-0 Arsenal)
23SCHÜRRLE beat SERGIO RAMOS and hit the ball to ZAZA who blasted his shot wide.
31A corner was collected by DIEGO COSTA who fired an effort wide.
33NEYMAR rushed an easy chance.
38SERGIO RAMOS beat two Newcastle United players and fired a shot just wide.
39A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming MANDANDA.
40A wonderful save prevented FILIPE LUIS from scoring an exceptional goal.
44BUFFON was able to claw away a tame header from N'ZONZI.
45+2A cross from JORDI ALBA left DIEGO COSTA in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
 
46A pin-point pass was collected by ZAZA and his looping shot flew narrowly over.
49SCHÜRRLE played the ball to PERISIC who touched it wide.
51DIEGO COSTA made space on the left and knocked the ball to NEYMAR who clipped the ball over.
54A mix up in the Arsenal defence enabled ZAZA to crack an effort over.
56JORDI ALBA ran onto a wonderful ball from SRNA but fumbled his shot wide.
60GOAL!! SRNA drove a fierce shot against the crossbar with NEYMAR knocking in the rebound. (2-0 Arsenal)
62A poor strike from NEYMAR trickled agonisingly wide.
63N'ZONZI drilled a right foot shot just beyond the near post from close range.
65A shot from LOVREN was smothered by the 'keeper.
68PERISIC was put clear by MUSTAFI and he beat BUFFON but thrust his shot over.
81PERISIC's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Arsenal crossbar.
83A strike from PERISIC held no problem for BUFFON.
84A good ball from BUSQUETS on the right fell to JORDI ALBA who scuffed his shot inches wide.
89A penalty box scramble resulted in AZPILICUETA driving a low shot over.