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Match report
Football Elite
Division 4: Round 22 (setup 3, season 7)
Newport County
v.
Arsenal
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Alex McCARTHY61Gianluigi BUFFON
Formation:
3-5-2
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
James TOMKINS727Branislav IVANOVIC
Ryan BERTRAND637ADRIANO Correia Claro
Emmanuel Agyemang BADU747Luka MODRIC
Ciaran CLARK757Javier Alejandro MASCHERANO
Nathan BAKER766Xavier Hernández Creus, XAVI
Jordan HENDERSON7Marco REUS
Tom CLEVERLEY787Ángel Fabián DI MARÍA
Gary HOOPER97Luis Alberto SUÁREZ Díaz
Jake LIVERMORE107Francesc FABREGAS Soler
Jay RODRIGUEZ116Wayne ROONEY
James SmithManagerRichard Wheatley
Jamie PATERSON12Bruno MARTINS-INDI
Karl DARLOW13David DE GEA Quintana
George BOYD14Jorge Resurrección Merodio, KOKE
John STONES15PEDRO Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma
Matt PHILLIPS16NEYMAR da Silva Santos Júnior

Newport County 1 Arsenal 3
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 19,441, Stadium: Rodney Parade, Referee: Luis MEDINA CANTALEJO 7½)
13 HooperScorers25og Badu, 47 Suárez, 65 Di María
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings26 Fabregas, 58 Xavi
6Corners3
16Fouls4
8Offsides9
5Shots on7
5Shots off7
10Total shots14
4Shots saved3
46%Possession54%
Man of the match: Marco REUS
2SUÁREZ made space on the left and pulled the ball to REUS who fired the ball wide.
13GOAL!! HOOPER waltzed forward, looked up and fired a shot into the Arsenal net. (1-0 Newport County)
15A penalty box meleé resulted in SUÁREZ knocking the ball over.
20The 'keeper parried a neatly crafted shot from ROONEY.
23SUÁREZ's shot beat the Newport County 'keeper but rebounded off the Newport County crossbar.
25GOAL!! A corner flew into the penalty box and BADU fumbled the ball into his own net.
26FABREGAS booked for arguing with the referee.
35HOOPER snapped at an easy chance.
38CLEVERLEY worked the ball to LIVERMORE, RODRIGUEZ controlled his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of BUFFON.
44A refined pass from LIVERMORE, was tapped goalbound by RODRIGUEZ only for the Arsenal 'keeper to block.
 
47GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with SUÁREZ blasting the ball into the top corner. (2-1 Arsenal)
54BADU headed over.
55ROONEY raced past HENDERSON but slammed the ball into the arms of the Newport County 'keeper.
55ROONEY shot over.
57SUÁREZ rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
58The ref yellow cards XAVI for violent conduct against CLARK.
60HOOPER ran onto a delightful ball from HENDERSON but fumbled his shot wide of the lefthand post.
65GOAL!! After being forced wide DI MARÍA was able to ram the ball in from the tightest of angles. (3-1 Arsenal)
67A tame shot from HOOPER bounced agonisingly wide.
71The 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked strike from RODRIGUEZ.
82SUÁREZ brought the ball round BAKER and poked a weak shot well wide.
85CLARK nodded the ball wide from just outside the area.
90A great effort from DI MARÍA scraped the outside of the post.
90+1Uncertainty in the Newport County defence enabled REUS to fire the ball just wide.
90+2The Arsenal 'keeper managed to palm clear a fierce shot.
90+2DI MARÍA blasted a right foot shot just beyond the near post from just outside the area.