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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 1 (setup 4, season 27)
Arsenal
v.
Exeter City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
1
Petr CECH17Manuel NEUER
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
DANILO Luiz da Silva2SERGIO RAMOS García
Timothée KOLODZIEJCZAK3David ALABA
Aaron RAMSEY747Toni KROOS
Raúl ALBIOL Tortajada757Mats HUMMELS
Ronaldo Aparecido Rodrigues, NALDO6Gerard PIQUÉ Bernabeu
Theo WALCOTT677Harry KANE
Alexis Alejandro SÁNCHEZ Barbé786Gareth BALE
Olivier GIROUD798NEYMAR da Silva Santos Júnior
Håvard NORDTVEIT107Paul POGBA
Joel Nathaniel CAMPBELL Samuels11Daniel CARVAJAL Ramos
ManagerSteve Gibson
Daniele BONERA12Joshua KIMMICH
José Manuel REINA Páez13Gianluigi DONNARUMMA
Jack WILSHERE14Raphaël VARANE
Mohamed Nassir ELNENY15Antoine GRIEZMANN
Jeff REINE-ADELAÏDE16Kevin DE BRUYNE

Arsenal 2 Exeter City 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 54,937, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Alan WILEY 5, TV: live)
44 Campbell, 85 SánchezScorers79 Varane
67 Walcott <=> WilshereSubstitutions61 Pogba <=> Varane
Sendings off
Bookings
5Corners6
10Fouls6
3Offsides13
8Shots on9
6Shots off2
14Total shots11
5Shots saved8
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: NEYMAR da Silva Santos Júnior
3A drive from KROOS seemed a certain goal but the Arsenal 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear.
4GIROUD shot over.
5A thirty yard drive from NORDTVEIT caused the Exeter City 'keeper no problem.
9A cross from KROOS left BALE in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
14WALCOTT ran onto a wonderful ball from RAMSEY but pulled his shot wide.
26A great save prevented SÁNCHEZ from scoring an exceptional goal.
33A weak shot from GIROUD trickled agonisingly wide.
34SÁNCHEZ stroked an easy chance past the righthand post.
37A great strike from GIROUD was dealt with by a useful block from the Exeter City 'keeper.
42NEUER was able to block a tame shot from SÁNCHEZ.
44GOAL!! A neat one-two left CAMPBELL clear and he made no mistake by instinctively drifting the ball past the oncoming Exeter City 'keeper. (1-0 Arsenal)
 
55A clever cross from KANE, was drove goalbound by NEYMAR only for CECH to palm clear.
55CECH saved a curling effort from CARVAJAL.
58NEYMAR's shot was well saved by CECH.
60The 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked shot from CARVAJAL.
65A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
66KROOS was put clear by ALABA and he dummied the 'keeper but rammed his shot just wide.
73A useful ball from CAMPBELL on the left found SÁNCHEZ who mishit his shot inches over.
78NEYMAR worked the ball to CARVAJAL, KANE latched onto his cross and headed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
79GOAL!! The creative SERGIO RAMOS neatly nodded on a cross for VARANE to thump the ball in. (1-1)
80GIROUD rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
83KOLODZIEJCZAK beat a number of Exeter City players and blasted a great chance just wide.
85GOAL!! SÁNCHEZ waltzed forward, looked up and slammed a shot into the Exeter City net. (2-1 Arsenal)
89A shot from CARVAJAL was booted off the line by DANILO.
90+2CECH saved a lovely strike from KANE.