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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 3 (setup 5, season 18)
Cardiff City
v.
Arsenal
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
VICENTE GUAITA Panadero71Petr CECH
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
MÁRIO Figueira FERNANDES2Stephan LICHTSTEINER
Yaroslav RAKITSKYI3Ignacio Monreal Eraso, NACHO MONREAL
Ivan RAKITIC48Aaron RAMSEY
José 'Martín' CÁCERES Silva5Calum CHAMBERS
Souleymane BAMBA667Laurent KOSCIELNY
Scott BROWN67Héctor BELLERÍN Moruno
José Antonio REYES Calderón788Mesut ÖZIL
Tim MATAVZ79Alexandre LACAZETTE
Lee PELTIER106Granit XHAKA
Junior HOILETT11Danny WELBECK
Manager
Joe RALLS12Jack WILSHERE
David CORNELL13David OSPINA Ramírez
Bruno ECUÉLÉ MANGA14Ainsley MAITLAND-NILES
Matthew CONNOLLY15Alex IWOBI
Joe BENNETT16Mohamed Nassir ELNENY

Cardiff City 1 Arsenal 1
after extra time, 7-6 on penalties
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 21,428, Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium, Referee: Jirí LERCH 7½, TV: highlights)
24 ReyesScorers5 Nacho Monreal
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings70 Koscielny
6Corners6
8Fouls8
4Offsides4
2Shots on1
7Shots off14
9Total shots15
1Shots saved0
42%Possession58%
Man of the match: Ignacio Monreal Eraso, NACHO MONREAL
4ÖZIL kicked the ball wide from the edge of the box.
5GOAL!! A great solo effort from NACHO MONREAL who beat two defenders before striking the ball in off the post. (1-0 Arsenal)
6A penalty box meleé resulted in XHAKA cracking the ball over.
12CHAMBERS beat three Cardiff City players and stroked a great chance wide.
24GOAL!! REYES hit a swerving twenty yard shot past the motionless 'keeper. (1-1)
27A corner was collected by BELLERÍN who flicked the ball wide.
32MATAVZ was put clear by HOILETT and he beat the 'keeper but glanced his shot just wide.
36A cross from RAMSEY left ÖZIL in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
44A free-kick from LICHTSTEINER flew just beyond the far post.
 
49REYES rattled an easy chance past the near post.
52BROWN made space on the left and pulled the ball to PELTIER who fired the ball wide.
54A pin-point pass was collected by XHAKA and his deadly effort went narrowly over.
62REYES headed over the bar.
64Uncertainty in the Cardiff City defence enabled XHAKA to fire an effort over.
67A twenty yard drive from REYES caused CECH little difficulty.
70A clumsy foul gets KOSCIELNY a yellow card.
76An exceptional effort from REYES scraped the upright.
90REYES brought the ball round LICHTSTEINER and poked a tame shot well wide.
 
93The bemused VICENTE GUAITA could only watch as a backpass from CÁCERES fell just wide.
94RAKITIC snapped at an easy chance.
100ÖZIL whacked a deadly shot over the bar from close range.
 
107A poor shot from LACAZETTE bounced agonisingly wide.
110A fine ball from LACAZETTE on the left fell to XHAKA who scuffed his shot inches over.
111LICHTSTEINER ran onto a wonderful ball from ÖZIL but toe-poked his effort wide of the goal.
112RAMSEY shot over.