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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 35 (setup 1, season 33)
Crewe Alexandra
v.
Arsenal
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Thibaut COURTOIS716Gianluigi BUFFON
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Kostas MANOLAS72SERGIO RAMOS García
Radja NAINGGOLAN38JORDI ALBA Ramos
Sergej MILINKOVIC-SAVIC48Samuel UMTITI
Ömer TOPRAK757José María GIMÉNEZ de Vargas
Stefan DE VRIJ67Sergio BUSQUETS Burgos
FELIPE ANDERSON Pereira Gomes76Francisco Román Alarcón Suárez, ISCO
WILLIAM Silva de CARVALHO687Ivan RAKITIC
Álvaro Borja MORATA Martín9Edinson Roberto CAVANI Gómez
Yannick Ferreira CARRASCO710Mesut ÖZIL
Morgan SANSON11Yacine BRAHIMI
Beck NigelManagerGeorgie Boy
Arkadiusz MILIK12Aleksandar KOLAROV
Antonio MIRANTE13Kevin TRAPP
CARLOS SOLER Barragán14Asier ILLARRAMENDI Andonegi
Granit XHAKA15Georginio WIJNALDUM
André-Pierre GIGNAC16DIEGO da Silva COSTA

Crewe Alexandra 0 Arsenal 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 72,929, Stadium: Gresty Road, Referee: Lee MASON 5½)
Scorers56 Cavani
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
7Corners5
4Fouls10
2Offsides7
8Shots on9
8Shots off10
16Total shots19
7Shots saved8
47%Possession53%
Man of the match: JORDI ALBA Ramos
4A header by MORATA at the near post was comfortably collected by the Arsenal 'keeper.
10A free-kick from SERGIO RAMOS raced over.
13ÖZIL headed over the bar.
14SANSON shot over.
14The 'keeper was able to block a wicked shot.
33A clever cross from ISCO, was placed goalbound by ÖZIL only for the 'keeper to block.
38The motionless Arsenal 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from BRAHIMI dropped just over.
41RAKITIC made space on the right and touched the ball to CAVANI who rasped the ball wide.
42A shot from ÖZIL was smothered by the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper.
43NAINGGOLAN was put clear by CARRASCO and he stepped inside BUFFON but thrust his shot inches over.
45MORATA waltzed past JORDI ALBA and rifled a poor shot past the post.
 
48ÖZIL stepped inside DE VRIJ but tapped the ball into the arms of COURTOIS.
49A right foot shot from NAINGGOLAN was blocked by the Arsenal 'keeper.
54A great effort from RAKITIC scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
56GOAL!! A neat one-two left CAVANI clear and he made no mistake by drifting the ball beyond the oncoming 'keeper. (1-0 Arsenal)
59A cross from ISCO left BUSQUETS in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
63TOPRAK beat a number of Arsenal players and stroked a golden opportunity over.
72The 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful strike from BRAHIMI.
73A penalty box scramble resulted in NAINGGOLAN cracking the ball over.
76FELIPE ANDERSON's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Arsenal crossbar.
81A good ball from UMTITI on the right was collected by CAVANI who mishit his shot wide.
89A pin-point pass found ÖZIL and his deadly effort raced narrowly over.