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Commentary
A thirty yard shot from ADEBAYOR caused the 'keeper no problem.
SAMUEL touched the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
MORRISON made space on the left and knocked the ball to DOWNING who rasped the ball wide.
10¹GOAL!! DOWNING hit a curling twenty-five yard shot past the bemused Arsenal 'keeper. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
22¹CLICHY was put clear by HEINZE and he dummied the 'keeper but drilled his shot just beyond the near post.
23¹A free-kick from RIVALDO floated wide.
23¹A accurate pass found KRANJCAR and his looping effort raced narrowly wide.
28¹BORUC saved a beautiful effort from DOWNING.
37¹ROCHEMBACK worked the ball to DOWNING, TAYLOR latched onto his pass and kicked the ball within easy reach of BORUC.
40¹A strike from ADEBAYOR held little difficulty for SCHWARZER.
41¹A penalty box scramble resulted in MUTU driving a low shot over.
45¹EBOUÉ stormed through the Middlesbrough defence but shot straight at the Middlesbrough 'keeper.
VIDUKA dribbled past MILNER and stroked a weak shot wide.
MILNER headed just beyond the far post.
MARCOS SENNA beat three Middlesbrough players and fired a great chance just beyond the far post.
11²DOWNING's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
13²The referee cautions MARCOS SENNA for a cynical foul.
17²DOWNING headed the ball wide of the lefthand post from the edge of the box.
19²EBOUÉ receives a yellow card for a late tackle on HOOGLAND.
24²A good ball from MUTU on the right bobbled toward HEINZE who scuffed his shot inches over.
35²CLICHY shot over.
45²Uncertainty in the Arsenal defence enabled RIVALDO to hit an effort just wide.

 
Arsenal
 
League position: 8
Home league form: WWLW
Overall league form: XWLWOLWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Artur BORUC1Mark SCHWARZER(c)
Emmanuel EBOUÉ2Tim HOOGLAND
Gaël CLICHY3Andrew TAYLOR
(c)MARCOS Antônio SENNA4George BOATENG
Walter SAMUEL5Tsuneyasu MIYAMOTO
Gabriel HEINZE6David WHEATER
Niko KRANJCAR7James MORRISON
James MILNER8Stewart DOWNING
(p)Emmanuel ADEBAYOR9Mark VIDUKA(p)
(f)Roman PAVLYUCHENKO10Fábio ROCHEMBACK(f)
Adrian MUTU11RIVALDO
Manager
Rio MAVUBA  12  Filip SEBO
Jean-Alain BOUMSONG  13  Vedran RUNJE
Ricardo OSORIO  14Anthony McMAHON
José REYES  15  Chris JANSSENS
Matías OYOLA  16Stuart PARNABY
 
Middlesbrough
 
League position: 22
Away league form: LXLO
Overall league form: XLOLLXWL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Arsenal 0 Middlesbrough 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 38,372, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Fortunato Alves Azevedo 7½)

 
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Downing 10¹
 BoatengóMcMahon 23², DowningóParnaby 36²
  
Marcos Senna 13², Eboué 19² 
15
83
33
55
87
1312
53
51%49%
Man of the match: Marcos Antônio Senna