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Commentary
The referee books CANDREVA for a late foul.
The bemused Birmingham City 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from MARCHISIO dropped just over.
GOAL!! A shot from BARZAGLI was hoofed off the line only for ABATE to nudge the ball home. (1-0 Birmingham City)
11¹CASSANO dribbled past BUSQUETS and rifled a poor shot over.
12¹GOAL!! A great shot from BALE was punched clear by the 'keeper only as far as SCHWEINSTEIGER who drove the ball past the stranded Birmingham City 'keeper. (1-1)
18¹GOAL!! A long goal-kick from BUSQUETS caught the Birmingham City defence napping and LUKAKU raced through to easily score. (2-1 Arsenal)
20¹A fine ball from CANDREVA on the left was collected by BONAVENTURA who sliced his shot wide.
21¹A corner fell to ISCO who touched an effort just wide.
26¹GOAL!! A clever set-piece enabled AGÜERO to slide the ball into the back of the net. (3-1 Arsenal)
27¹A shot from ISCO held no problem for DE SANCTIS.
34¹The 'keeper was able to claw away a poor shot from BALE.
38¹An inswinging corner was touched into the arms of DE SANCTIS by ADRIANO.
42¹BALE was put clear by BUSQUETS and he nutmegged the Birmingham City 'keeper but thrust his shot over the bar.
TOTTI shot wide.
LUKAKU hit a deadly shot just beyond the far post from twenty yards out.
10²ISCO made space on the right and touched the ball to SCHWEINSTEIGER who rasped the ball over.
13²SCHWEINSTEIGER given a yellow card for a high tackle on TOTTI.
15²A cross from ISCO left LUKAKU in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
16²REUS played the ball to LUKAKU who forced it wide.
26²MARCHISIO beat three Arsenal players and fired an effort over the bar.
27²An exceptional effort from LUKAKU scraped the upright.
35²GOAL!! As SCHWEINSTEIGER was trying to hold back BARZAGLI the ball dropped to TOTTI who flicked the ball into the net. (3-2 Arsenal)

 
Arsenal
 
League position: 4
Home league form: XWWW
Overall league form: LXLWXWWO
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Danny POTTER1Morgan DE SANCTIS
Stephan LICHTSTEINER2Ignazio ABATE
ADRIANO Correia3Angelo OGBONNA
(c)Bastian SCHWEINSTEIGER4Claudio MARCHISIO
Sergio BUSQUETS5Andrea BARZAGLI
Kurt ZOUMA6Paolo CANNAVARO
Marco REUS7Thiago MOTTA
Gareth BALE8Antonio CANDREVA
(p)Romelu LUKAKU9Antonio CASSANO(p)
(f)ISCO10Giacomo BONAVENTURA(f)
Sergio AGÜERO11Francesco TOTTI(c)
Manager
André SCHÜRRLE  12  Alberto AQUILANI
David VÍLLA  13  Paolo DE CEGLIE
Marco VERRATTI  14  Marco BENASSI
Samed YESIL15Manolo GABBIADINI
Juan MATA  16  Lorenzo INSIGNE
 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 10
Away league form: LLXL
Overall league form: WWLWOLWX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Arsenal 3 Birmingham City 2
(Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 59,954, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Mark Halsey 7½)

Schweinsteiger 12¹, Lukaku 18¹, Agüero 26¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Abate 4¹, Totti 35²
LichtsteineróYesil 5²BonaventuraóGabbiadini 21²
  
Schweinsteiger 13²Candreva 1¹
54
612
42
62
84
146
30
60%40%
Man of the match: Sergio Agüero