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| 3 | XAVI beat DRAXLER and whacked the ball to PIRLO who hit his shot wide. |
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| 5 | POGBA ran onto a wonderful ball from DRAXLER but toe-poked his shot wide. |
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| 9 | A great save prevented LAMELA from scoring a good goal. |
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| 9 | The Blackpool 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from GIROUD. |
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| 16 | XAVI dribbled past POGBA and stroked a tame shot wide. |
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| 17 | GIROUD headed over the bar. |
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| 18 | GOAL!! A long ball from DANILO down the middle was collected by the lurking PIRLO who blasted a left foot shot into the back of the net. (1-0 Aston Villa) |
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| 20 | A fine ball from VARANE on the right fell to LEWANDOWSKI who sliced his shot just beyond the far post. |
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| 29 | A shot from DRAXLER held no problem for the Aston Villa 'keeper. |
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| 30 | A free-kick from GIROUD flew inches over. |
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| 34 | DIEGO LÓPEZ managed to block a powerful shot. |
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| 37 | DIEGO LÓPEZ was able to claw away a poor shot from HÖWEDES. |
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| 45 | A poor shot from ALEX SANDRO trickled agonisingly wide. |
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| 47 | GOAL!! A great ball from WALCOTT left LEWANDOWSKI in the clear, he made the Aston Villa 'keeper commit himself before nudging the ball to POGBA to score. (1-1) |
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| 56 | GOAL!! The creative DANILO neatly headed on a cross for JORDI ALBA to crack the ball in. (2-1 Aston Villa) |
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| 58 | ALEX SANDRO was put clear by WALCOTT and he beat the 'keeper but thrust his shot just beyond the near post. |
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| 71 | GIROUD rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right. |
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| 77 | DRAXLER rattled an easy chance past the righthand post. |
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| 85 | POGBA beat four Aston Villa players and stroked a golden opportunity over the bar. |
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| 86 | A penalty box meleé resulted in JORDI ALBA knocking the ball over. |
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| 88 | BURAK shot over. |
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| 90 | GOAL!! A great twenty-five yard shot from DRAXLER rebounded off the crossbar and in the ensuing meleé the ball was hoofed into the net by WALCOTT. (2-2) |
Andrea PIRLO
