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| 3 | JUAN cautioned for a bad foul on NAVAS. |
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| 7 | A brilliant shot from BURAK was dealt with by a fine block from the 'keeper. |
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| 8 | BURAK's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Portsmouth woodwork. |
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| 11 | A twenty-five yard drive from BURAK caused the Portsmouth 'keeper little difficulty. |
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| 15 | A bad foul on IGNASHEVICH by JOVETIC results in a booking. |
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| 15 | The bemused 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from BERNAT fell just wide. |
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| 16 | GOAL!! On the left wing ANTONELLI collected a defender's clearance and hit it through the penalty area for JORDI ALBA to flick it into the roof of the net. (1-0 Aston Villa) |
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| 23 | JORDI ALBA clipped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left. |
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| 24 | JORDI ALBA ran onto a wonderful ball from PIRLO but hit his shot wide of the goal. |
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| 33 | GOAL!! A great twenty-five yard shot from BURAK struck the upright and in the ensuing meleé the ball was nodded into the net by GIROUD. (2-0 Aston Villa) |
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| 38 | PJANIC made space on the right and dragged the ball to LUKAKU who clipped the ball over. |
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| 40 | PJANIC cautioned by PIKE. |
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| 44 | GOAL!! A deep cross by JOVETIC was met by REUS who steamed in to score. (2-1 Aston Villa) |
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| 47 | A cross from PIRLO left GIROUD in lots of space but he fluffed his shot. |
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| 51 | GOAL!! A great ball from BERNAT left REUS in the clear, he made the 'keeper commit himself before passing the ball to LUKAKU to score. (2-2) |
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| 57 | DI MARÍA was put clear by GÜNDOGAN and he turned the 'keeper but thrust his shot wide. |
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| 64 | JORDI ALBA fired a deadly shot inches wide from long range. |
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| 66 | A poor shot from GIROUD trickled agonisingly wide. |
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| 68 | The Portsmouth 'keeper saved a neatly crafted strike from PIRLO. |
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| 70 | LUKAKU poked an easy chance past the lefthand post. |
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| 74 | A good effort from GIROUD scraped the outside of the righthand post. |
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| 81 | A high challenge gets BENDER a yellow card. |
