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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 14 (setup 1, season 31)
Portsmouth
v.
Arsenal
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Wojciech SZCZESNY61Kevin TRAPP
Formation:
5-3-2
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Aymeric LAPORTE2JORDI ALBA Ramos
Marcelo BROZOVIC36José María GIMÉNEZ de Vargas
Miralem PJANIC747Gerard PIQUÉ Bernabeu
Joshua KIMMICH758Darijo SRNA
JUAN Guilherme Nunes Jesus767Sergio BUSQUETS Burgos
Ángel Fabián DI MARÍA77Georginio WIJNALDUM
Ander HERRERA Agüera687Marcus COCO
Marco REUS79Mesut ÖZIL
Juan BERNAT Velasco610DIEGO da Silva COSTA
Romelu LUKAKU117NEYMAR da Silva Santos Júnior
Nigel BeckManagerRichard Metcalfe
Javier HERNÁNDEZ Balcázar612Aleksandar KOLAROV
Jeroen ZOET13Gianluigi BUFFON
Ilkay GÜNDOGAN14Abdelhak NOURI
Stevan JOVETIC15Anwar EL GHAZI
RICARDO Domingos Barbosa PEREIRA16ROBERTO FIRMINO Barbosa de Oliveira

Portsmouth 2 Arsenal 3
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 42,723, Stadium: Fratton Park, Referee: Lee MASON 6½)
45+2 Reus, 49 Di MaríaScorers7 Özil, 37 Neymar, 56 Coco
77 Bernat <=> HernándezSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
4Corners1
11Fouls8
2Offsides1
7Shots on3
4Shots off8
11Total shots11
5Shots saved0
41%Possession59%
Man of the match: Darijo SRNA
7GOAL!! A deep cross from BUSQUETS on the right was nodded home by ÖZIL at the far post. (1-0 Arsenal)
10A mix up in the Portsmouth defence enabled BUSQUETS to crack an effort inches wide.
12COCO floated the ball to JORDI ALBA who fired it just wide.
18LUKAKU beat a number of Arsenal players and fired a golden opportunity wide.
18An exceptional shot from PJANIC was dealt with by a fine stop from TRAPP.
22An inswinging corner was touched into the arms of TRAPP by DI MARÍA.
27A weak shot from JORDI ALBA trickled agonisingly wide.
37GOAL!! An imaginative JORDI ALBA played a delightful ball down the left to NEYMAR who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (2-0 Arsenal)
38REUS dribbled round ÖZIL and rattled a weak shot well wide.
44JUAN galloped through the Arsenal defence but shot straight at the Arsenal 'keeper.
45KIMMICH headed just beyond the near post.
45+2GOAL!! A shot from REUS raced through a crowd of players and bounced past the unsighted 'keeper. (2-1 Arsenal)
 
47DIEGO COSTA beat KIMMICH and whacked the ball to ÖZIL who fumbled his effort wide.
49GOAL!! A patient Portsmouth side were rewarded with a lovely strike from DI MARÍA. (2-2)
51ÖZIL nodded the ball wide of the lefthand post from just inside the area.
56GOAL!! A NEYMAR run down the left resulted in a nice cross for COCO to tap in. (3-2 Arsenal)
58NEYMAR ran onto a great ball from ÖZIL but pulled his effort wide.
62NEYMAR made space on the left and knocked the ball to ÖZIL who rasped the ball over.
63ÖZIL was put clear by JORDI ALBA and he dummied the 'keeper but rammed his shot just wide.
66A cross from HERRERA left REUS in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
69A shot from DI MARÍA was smothered by the 'keeper.
73The Arsenal 'keeper was able to claw away a weak shot from REUS.