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Tuesday October 23, 2007 Finished Emirates Stadium

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Arsenal

  • Fabregas 5’, 58’
  • Hleb 25’, 50’
  • Walcott 41’, 55’
  • Bendtner 88’

Slavia Praha

  1. Group H: Arsenal dazzle

    Group H: Arsenal dazzle

    Arsenal laid down a Europe-wide marker by crushing poor Slavia Prague 7-0 in Champions League Group H with a quite stunning display of attacking football at the Emirates while Sevilla beat Steaua Bucharest 2-1 in Spain. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Arsenal
    • Slavia Praha
    • 90 FULL-TIME: A stunning display comes to an end; no-one has ever won a Champions League game by a greater margin, and Arsenal looked in a class apart.
    • 88 GOAL! SEVEN! INCREDIBLE! Bentdner gilds the lilly as he latches on to Eboue's backheel before prodding a low shot under the keeper.
    • 81 WALCOTT! Walcott is denied a hat-trick by a stunning save as he got on the end of a low cross from the right - then Rosicky cracks a shot against the bar on the rebound!
    • 73 ANOTHER SMART SAVE! Almunia won't get any plaudits tomorrow, but a second superb save from Vlcek will do his chances of keeping Lehmann on the bench for a while longer the power of good.
    • 68 GOOD SAVE! Almunia has had nothing to do so far, but he shows he has remained alert with a sharp save from Belaid's low shot from the angle on the edge of the box.
    • 62 A triple substitution from Wenger, who has the weekend's Premiership clash in mind; off goes Hleb, Flamini and Adebayor - on come Rosicky, Gilberto and Bendtner.
    • 58 DREAM FOOTBALL! Fabregas gets a sixth, capping a quite stunning break the full length of the field, as Hleb feeds Adebayor inside, he finds Walcott who prods a first-time pass in to the path of the Spaniard, bursting in to the area - the finish is assured, and the Gunners are on fire.
    • 55 HOLY MACKREL! Walcott adds a fifth - and what a goal too. The youngster ghosts past two challenges, bursts in to the penalty area before prodding past the keeper and in off the far post!
    • 50 GOAL! Brilliant from Hleb as he feigns a shot on his left foot before cutting back on to his right and firing a shot in at the near post. Four - and still 40 minutes to go...
    • 49 Hleb takes a bit of a knock as he gives away a foul just inside his own half; he hobbles off, but I don't think there is any danger that he will want to come off - he has been very good tonight.
    • 46 The second half is underway...
    • 45 HALF-TIME: Party-time at the Emirates Stadium; the home side have been superb in the opening 45 minutes.
    • 43 WIDE! Adebayor climbs head and shoulders above everyone to meet Fabregas' corner, but he heads wide from eight yards. He is disgusted with himself for not getting that on target.
    • 41 GOAL! THEO! A horrific mistake from the keeper hands Walcott a first Champions League goal! Vaniak makes a hash of a pass-back which put him under pressure, and Walcott pounces to calmly slot in to the empty net from 25 yards!
    • 40 Walcott and Hleb have been excellent so far this evening; they are tearing Slavia apart with their movement.
    • 35 Krajcik cracks a left-foot shot from 25 yards after breaking down the flank and cutting in from the right; Almunia is well positioned at his near post to save.
    • 29 GOOD SAVE! Fabregas releases Walcott down the left; he clips a cross in to the middle which Adebayor meets with a fine header - but Vaniak saves with his feet.
    • 25 GOAL! Hleb latches on to a loose ball at a corner; his low drive from 10 yards on the angle goes through a crowd, hits the outstretched leg of Hubarek and in past the keeper at the near post!
    • 24 Ivana smashes a right-foot effort from 20 yards over the crossbar; he holds his head in his hands as he walks away - the visitors are yet to test Almunia at all.
    • 22 Slavia look fairly capable in possession; they knock the ball about well.
    • 19 Adebayor could prehaps have done better with a header from 12 yards as he gets in front of his marker and on to a cross from the left.
    • 14 Kalivoda flashes a shot from 20 yards just over the crossbar; Almunia would have been in trouble had that been a yard or so lower.
    • 10 Adebayor is just off-side as he sprints on to a through-ball. A close one, certainly.
    • 8 Eboue's low cross is just behind all three Arsenal players bursting into the penalty area. The crowd taunt Slavia with "Are you Tottenham in disguise?" Good one.
    • 5 GOAL! Fabulous goal from the brillant Fabregas, cutting in from the left wing before curling a shot in to the top corner.
    • 4 This is the visitors' 15th consecutive season in European football, of one sort or another, so they are no mugs at this level.
    • 1 Off we go! Full house at the Emirates of this clash between two sides top of their respective domestic leagues...

  • Team Stats

    Arsenal Stats Slavia Praha
    61% Possession 38%
    19 Shots 8
    9 Shots on target 4
    0 Saves 0
    4 Corners 2
    10 Fouls 8
    8 Offsides 2
    3 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    19 Tackles 35
    578 Accurate passes 325
    67 Bad passes 42

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Arsenal
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      24 Manuel Almunia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
      5 Kolo Toure 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 67 1 1
      22 Gaël Clichy 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 66 17 2
      3 Bacary Sagna 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 63 2 4
      10 William Gallas 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 57 2 1
      32 Theo Walcott 2 5 3 1 0 3 1 10 2 1
      4 Francesc Fabregas 2 4 3 0 3 0 1 85 13 2
      16 Mathieu Flamini 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 56 7 0
      27 Emmanuel Eboue 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 44 1 4
      13 Alexander Hleb 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 38 9 1
      25 Emmanuel Adebayor 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 21 5 0
      7 Tomas Rosicky 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 3 1
      26 Nicklas Bendtner 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 11 2 0
      2 Vasiriki Abou Diaby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Gilberto Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 3 2
      1 Jens Lehmann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Eduardo da Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Lassana Diarra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Slavia Praha
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      28 Martin Vaniak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0
      4 David Hubacek 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 29 2 3
      2 Mikael Tavares 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 31 2 3
      17 Marek Suchy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 2
      5 Michal Svec 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 37 5 4
      25 David Kalivoda 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 1 3
      16 Daniel Pudil 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 29 16 5
      19 Matej Krajcik 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 39 0 3
      7 Stanislav Vlcek 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 20 1 1
      14 Zdenek Senkerik 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 31 0 5
      20 Milan Ivana 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 1
      12 Frantisek Drizdal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Tomas Jablonsky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 3
      10 Rodjerio Gaucho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Ladislav Volesak 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 4 1
      1 Michal Vorel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Tijani Belaid 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 24 1 1
      13 Ondrej Sourek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 88 GOAL! SEVEN! INCREDIBLE! Bentdner gilds the lilly as he latches on to Eboue's backheel before prodding a low shot under the keeper.
    • 58 DREAM FOOTBALL! Fabregas gets a sixth, capping a quite stunning break the full length of the field, as Hleb feeds Adebayor inside, he finds Walcott who prods a first-time pass in to the path of the Spaniard, bursting in to the area - the finish is assured, and the Gunners are on fire.
    • 55 HOLY MACKREL! Walcott adds a fifth - and what a goal too. The youngster ghosts past two challenges, bursts in to the penalty area before prodding past the keeper and in off the far post!
    • 50 GOAL! Brilliant from Hleb as he feigns a shot on his left foot before cutting back on to his right and firing a shot in at the near post. Four - and still 40 minutes to go...
    • 43 WIDE! Adebayor climbs head and shoulders above everyone to meet Fabregas' corner, but he heads wide from eight yards. He is disgusted with himself for not getting that on target.
    • 41 GOAL! THEO! A horrific mistake from the keeper hands Walcott a first Champions League goal! Vaniak makes a hash of a pass-back which put him under pressure, and Walcott pounces to calmly slot in to the empty net from 25 yards!
    • 35 Krajcik cracks a left-foot shot from 25 yards after breaking down the flank and cutting in from the right; Almunia is well positioned at his near post to save.
    • 25 GOAL! Hleb latches on to a loose ball at a corner; his low drive from 10 yards on the angle goes through a crowd, hits the outstretched leg of Hubarek and in past the keeper at the near post!
    • 19 Adebayor could prehaps have done better with a header from 12 yards as he gets in front of his marker and on to a cross from the left.
    • 14 Kalivoda flashes a shot from 20 yards just over the crossbar; Almunia would have been in trouble had that been a yard or so lower.
    • 5 GOAL! Fabulous goal from the brillant Fabregas, cutting in from the left wing before curling a shot in to the top corner.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsene Wenger

    Captain: William Gallas

    On the Field

    • Almunia
    • Sagna
    • Gallas
    • Toure
    • Clichy
    • Fabregas Goals×2
    • Flamini Substitution Out (61′)
    • Hleb Goals×2 Substitution Out (61′)
    • Walcott Goals×2
    • Diaby
    • Adebayor Substitution Out (61′)

    Subs

    • Lehmann
    • Rosicky Substitution In (61′)
    • Gilberto Silva Substitution In (61′)
    • Bendtner Substitution In (61′) Goal
    • Eduardo

    Injured

    • Senderos
    • van Persie

    Suspended

    None

  • Slavia Praha

    Manager: Karel Jarolim

    Captain: Stanislas Vlcek

    On the Field

    • Vaniak
    • Krajick
    • Suchy
    • Hubachek
    • Pudil
    • Svec
    • Kalivoda
    • Tavares
    • senkerik
    • Ivana
    • Vlcek

    Subs

    • Vorel
    • Gaucho
    • Dridzal
    • Belaid
    • Volesak

    Injured

    • Latka
    • Brabec
    • Smicer

    Suspended

    None