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Commentary
5¹IBAI rattled an easy chance past the righthand post.
14¹A header by REYES at the near post was comfortably collected by the Athletic Bilbao 'keeper.
15¹A penalty box scramble resulted in GILARDINO driving the ball over.
20¹A shot from REYES held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
25¹GOAL!! A ÁLVARO run down the middle resulted in a exceptional cross for IBAI to tap in. (1-0 Athletic Bilbao)
28¹GILARDINO ran onto a wonderful ball from WINGERTER but blasted his effort wide of the goal.
31¹IBAI blasted a right foot shot wide from just outside the area.
38¹A poor strike from REYES trickled agonisingly wide.
42¹ÁLVARO shot wide.
45¹IBAI worked the ball to FEGHOULI, ÁLVARO controlled his cross and booted the ball within easy reach of the Arsenal 'keeper.
0²A good ball from BLANCO on the right bobbled toward DZYUBA who sliced his shot just beyond the near post.
2²A late tackle on FEGHOULI by GILARDINO results in a booking.
3²WINGERTER kicked the ball wide from just outside the area.
8²GOAL!! A great thirty yard shot from WINGERTER rattled the crossbar and in the ensuing scramble the ball was kicked into the net by TYMOSCHUK. (1-1)
10²GOAL!! A delightful dummy from IBAI allowed ÁLVARO to lay a nice ball off to DZYUBA who struck the ball into the roof of the net. (2-1 Athletic Bilbao)
14²ANTONIO LÓPEZ cautioned for a poor challenge.
22²A great effort from REYES scraped the outside of the post.
26²REYES beat BERTRÁN and whacked the ball to GILARDINO who pulled his shot wide.
27²GUARDADO scuffed a simple chance.
31²The 'keeper saved a lovely shot from GILARDINO.
37²A corner bobbled toward CALLEJÓN who nodded an effort inches wide.
40²A refined cross from ÁLVARO was slammed goalbound by CALLEJÓN only for the 'keeper to palm clear.
42²A pin-point pass was collected by MATIP and his looping shot flew narrowly over.
43²The Arsenal 'keeper saved a glorious shot from CALLEJÓN.
44²BLANCO brought the ball away from WINGERTER and flicked a tame shot over the bar.

 
Athletic Bilbao
 
League position: 9
Home league form: LWWL
Overall league form: LLLWWLLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Gorka IRAIZOZ7½17 Paul ROBINSON
Marc BERTRÁN7½25½Scott CUTHBERT
Andrés GUARDADO7½37½Olivier DESCHACHT
Sofiane FEGHOULI8 46½Anatoliy TYMOSCHUK
Jean-Pascal MIGNOT7 56½Joël MATIP(c)
Jeroen SIMAEYS8 66½Walter SAMUEL
José CALLEJÓN8 75½Benjamin WINGERTER
IBAI Gómez6½86 José REYES
(p)Artem DZYUBA7 96½Alberto GILARDINO(p)
(f)ÁLVARO Cejudo7 105½ANTONIO LÓPEZ Guerrero(f)
(c)Cuauhtémoc BLANCO7 115½DEDÉ
Manager
Ander ALAÑA  12  Taye TAIWO
José PINTO  13  RICARDO Alexandre
Badr EL KADDOURI  14  Kolo TOURÉ
Víctor SOSA  15  LÉO
Olivier AURIAC  16  JUAN Silveira
 
Arsenal
 
League position: 20
Away league form: LLXL
Overall league form: XLWWLLLX
Formation: 4-4-2

Statistics
Athletic Bilbao 2 Arsenal 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 29,008, Stadium: San Mamés, Referee: Libero Brignoccoli 5½)

Ibai 25¹, Dzyuba 10²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Tymoschuk 8²
  
  
 Gilardino 2², Antonio López 14²
45
49
11
54
77
1211
33
62%38%
Man of the match: Jeroen Simaeys