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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 10 (setup 4, season 27)
Arsenal
v.
Darlington
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Petr CECH16Jon FLATT
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
DANILO Luiz da Silva627Kyle WALKER
Mohamed Nassir ELNENY38Giorgio CHIELLINI
Mesut ÖZIL74Luka MODRIC
Rob HOLDING65Daniele DE ROSSI
Jeff REINE-ADELAÏDE66Chris SMALLING
Theo WALCOTT77Samir NASRI
Alexis Alejandro SÁNCHEZ Barbé787Ángel Fabián DI MARÍA
Aaron RAMSEY97Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI
Jack WILSHERE10Francisco Alcácer García, PACO ALCÁCER
Joel Nathaniel CAMPBELL Samuels611Danny WELBECK
Manager
Eddie NKETIAH12Stevan JOVETIC
Reiss NELSON13Aleksei BEREZUTSKY
Per MERTESACKER14Federico MACHEDA
Joe WILLOCK156Gregory VAN DER WIEL
Santiago Cazorla González, SANTI CAZORLA16Thomas VERMAELEN

Arsenal 3 Darlington 3
(Half-time: 1-3, Attendance: 66,017, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Steve BENNETT 7½)
6 Ramsey, 68 Campbell, 87og Van Der WielScorers3 Balotelli, 21 Welbeck, 32 Balotelli
Substitutions77 Modric <=> Van Der Wiel
Sendings off
Bookings2 Paco Alcácer
2Corners2
7Fouls4
1Offsides6
5Shots on6
7Shots off11
12Total shots17
2Shots saved3
46%Possession54%
Man of the match: Giorgio CHIELLINI
2PACO ALCÁCER receives a yellow card by BENNETT.
3GOAL!! After a neat build-up BALOTELLI drove the ball past the Arsenal 'keeper. (1-0 Darlington)
6GOAL!! A neat one-two left RAMSEY clear and he made no mistake by expertly floating the ball beyond the oncoming 'keeper. (1-1)
7DI MARÍA fired a looping shot over from just outside the area.
15The motionless 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from ÖZIL fell just wide.
18A tame strike from CHIELLINI bounced agonisingly wide.
21GOAL!! A wonderful piece of skill from CHIELLINI gave BALOTELLI space on the right and WELBECK rattled in his accurate pass. (2-1 Darlington)
22A cross from SÁNCHEZ left RAMSEY in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
32GOAL!! An inswinging corner kicked out by ELNENY was knocked home by BALOTELLI. (3-1 Darlington)
41SÁNCHEZ ran onto a wonderful ball from WALCOTT but dragged his shot wide of the lefthand post.
45MODRIC beat HOLDING and blasted the ball to BALOTELLI who dragged his shot wide.
 
46WILSHERE was put clear by DANILO and he stepped inside FLATT but glanced his shot over.
48A pin-point pass found SÁNCHEZ and his left foot shot flew narrowly wide.
48A corner fell to BALOTELLI who turned the ball wide.
56Uncertainty in the Darlington defence enabled SÁNCHEZ to fire the ball over the bar.
58DI MARÍA shot wide.
63MODRIC made space on the right and knocked the ball to PACO ALCÁCER who clipped the ball over.
68GOAL!! A great drive from WILSHERE was punched clear by the Darlington 'keeper only as far as CAMPBELL who blasted the ball past the stranded Darlington 'keeper. (3-2 Darlington)
75An exceptional effort from BALOTELLI scraped the upright.
77A shot from PACO ALCÁCER was smothered by CECH.
87GOAL!! A shot from HOLDING deflected off the boot of VAN DER WIEL and bobbled past the helpless 'keeper and into the net.
90BALOTELLI headed inches over.