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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 9 (setup 1, season 32)
Arsenal
v.
Portsmouth
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Gianluigi BUFFON718Wojciech SZCZESNY
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
14
Overall form:
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SERGIO RAMOS García27Thilo KEHRER
JORDI ALBA Ramos737Marcelo BROZOVIC
Sergio BUSQUETS Burgos4Ander HERRERA Agüera
Andrea BARZAGLI5Joshua KIMMICH
Aleksandar KOLAROV76JUAN Guilherme Nunes Jesus
Ivan RAKITIC77Ángel Fabián DI MARÍA
Mesut ÖZIL87Miralem PJANIC
Edinson Roberto CAVANI Gómez797Nicola SANSONE
DIEGO da Silva COSTA6107Juan BERNAT Velasco
Carles PÉREZ Sayol11Romelu LUKAKU
ManagerNigel Beck
Rick KARSDORP12Stevan JOVETIC
Kevin TRAPP13Jeroen ZOET
José María GIMÉNEZ de Vargas14Ilkay GÜNDOGAN
ÇAGLAR Söyüncü715Osvaldo 'Nicolás' Fabián GAITÁN
Iker MUNIAIN Goñi16RICARDO Domingos Barbosa PEREIRA

Arsenal 3 Portsmouth 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 44,267, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Tony BATES 5)
17 Cavani, 45 Jordi Alba, 47 CavaniScorers
53 Sergio Ramos <=> Giménez, 65 Özil <=> ÇaglarSubstitutions77 Bernat <=> Jovetic
Sendings off
15 Sergio RamosBookings12 Lukaku, 18 Di María
9Corners2
3Fouls14
1Offsides4
5Shots on6
5Shots off4
10Total shots10
2Shots saved6
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Wojciech SZCZESNY
2CAVANI ran onto a great ball from BUSQUETS but dragged his shot wide.
3The bemused SZCZESNY could only watch as a backpass from HERRERA fell just over.
10DI MARÍA was put clear by LUKAKU and he beat the Arsenal 'keeper but glanced his shot just beyond the near post.
11A header by BROZOVIC at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
12A poor tackle gets LUKAKU a yellow card.
15BATES yellow cards SERGIO RAMOS.
17GOAL!! BROZOVIC tried to play the ball out of the Portsmouth penalty area but was tackled by ÖZIL who turned the ball to CAVANI for an easy goal. (1-0 Arsenal)
18DI MARÍA receives a yellow card for a clumsy challenge on CAVANI.
22A strike from DI MARÍA held no problem for BUFFON.
22PJANIC chipped the ball to LUKAKU who turned it just wide.
32ÖZIL worked the ball to RAKITIC, CAVANI collected his pass and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
36A pin-point pass was collected by DI MARÍA and his deadly shot went narrowly over.
43An exceptional effort from ÖZIL scraped the upright.
45GOAL!! A Arsenal counter-attack allowed PÉREZ to setup JORDI ALBA with an easy goal. (2-0 Arsenal)
 
47GOAL!! An imaginative SERGIO RAMOS played a wonderful ball down the middle to CAVANI who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (3-0 Arsenal)
49A shot from SANSONE seemed a certain goal but BUFFON managed to palm the ball away.
58A free-kick from DIEGO COSTA flew over.
59A useful ball from DI MARÍA on the left found LUKAKU who sliced his effort inches wide.
65DI MARÍA fired the ball through a ruck of players but BUFFON was a match for it as he dived to his left.
68The Portsmouth 'keeper was able to block a powerful effort.
70JORDI ALBA waltzed round BERNAT and rifled a poor shot wide.
72The Arsenal 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from SANSONE.
89A great save prevented LUKAKU from scoring a good goal.