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Monday November 12, 2007 Finished Madejski Stadium

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Reading

  • Shorey 87’

Arsenal

  • Flamini 44’
  • Adebayor 52’
  • Hleb 78’
  1. Three and easy for Arsenal at Reading

    Three and easy for Arsenal at Reading

    Arsenal stretched their unbeaten run to 27 games with a comfortable 3-1 win over Reading to go back to the top of the Premier League table. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Reading
    • Arsenal
    • 90'+4 There goes the final whistle! And it's all too easy for Arsenal who run out 3-1 winners!
    • 90'+3 Walcott blazes over the bar!
    • 90'+1 Eboue's in here! But he takes it too wide and his eventual shot hits the side netting!
    • 87' GOAL! SHOREY NETS AFTER A CRAZY GOALMOUTH SCRAMBLE! It's nothing but a consolation, but some slight silver lining to an otherwise dull night for Reading fans! 3-1 now!
    • 84' Triple change now... Walcott and Bendtner on for Arsenal... Rosicky and Adebayor off... and for Reading Doyle is replaced by Long!
    • 83' OFF THE POST! SHOREY STRIKES THE BASE OF THE POST FROM THE FREE KICK! That's as close as Reading have come all night long!
    • 82' Free-kick to Reading now! Perhaps a chance for a consolation?
    • 80' Fabregas goes into the book for having said something to the ref! And that's his fifth booking of the season - he'll miss the Wigan game now...
    • 79' Diarra comes on for goalscorer Hleb!
    • 78' GOAL! HLEB MAKES IT THREE! He nearly walks the ball into the net... he takes it past Hahnemann about three times before sticking the ball into the back of the net! All too easy for Arsenal now!
    • 76' Nothing doing this time for the Gunners...
    • 75' Here come Reading on a rare sortie into the Arsenal half... Murty loses the ball though and now Arsenal can break!
    • 72' Fabregas plays a protracted one-two with Hleb... but his eventual shot is way over the bar!
    • 70' Here comes another Reading change... John Oster replaces Bobby Convey...
    • 64' Arsenal are playing the ball around like Brazil in 1970! Reading are getting taught a real lesson tonight...
    • 61' Adebayor races onto a Flamini through ball... he's in here! Well, he would be if the linesman's flag was not raised! Offside again!
    • 60' And Reading make their first change of the night... Emerse Fae comes on to replace James Harper... what can the Ivorian do to turn this one round?
    • 56' Adebayor fancies it now! He runs through again here, and blasts inches over the bar!
    • 55' GOAL! NO! ADEBAYOR THINKS HE'S SOCRED AGAIN! But the linesman's flag is up as he rounds Hahnemann and slots home after another quick break from Arsenal! Replays later show he was not offside... real let-off for Reading!
    • 52' GOAL! ADEBAYOR CURLS ONE JUST INSIDE OF THE FAR POST TO GIVE ARSENAL A 2-0 LEAD! It's a beautiful flowing move from the Gunners, Fabergas providing the final lay off to Adebayor, who hits it first time into the back of the net!
    • 51' Nothing comes of it... although the ball finds its way to Adebayor eventually... he nutmegs Shorey but his shot is wildly high and wide!
    • 50' FLAMINI! Ooh! His low drive from the edge of the box brings a decent save out of Hahnemann! First corner of the night for Arsenal!
    • 48' Fabregas breaks through the middle... he slips the ball out to Eboue... but his centre is deflected back to Hahnemann by Ingimarsson and the chance goes begging!
    • 46' No changes to tell you about...
    • 46' Back underay at the Madejski Stadium!
    • 45'+1 And there goes the half-time whistle! Arsenal head into the dressing rooms a goal to the good thanks to Mathieu Flamini's strike just before the break!
    • 45' That's been coming... but Reading boss Steve Coppell will be disappointed with his side there... so close to half-time... you now fear the floodgates will open in the second half.
    • 44' GOAL! FLAMINI FINALLY PUTS ARSENAL INTO THE LEAD! It's all about Adebayor's through pass to Hleb, which splits the Reading defence wide open! Hleb centres and there's Flamini to slide in and finish it off! 1-0 Arsenal!
    • 43' Reading win yet another corner as the ball comes off Flamini! And again, Shorey will have a chance to whip a ball in... it goes deep, and Almunia claims... disappointing.
    • 41' Eboue is next to fire a shot way over Hahnemann's cross bar! Way over from the Ivorian! Perhaps Arsenal have not brought their shooting boots with them tonight...
    • 40' Kitson meets Shorey's corner kick! But he was always leaning back and the ball flies wide of the far post without troubling Almunia....
    • 39' And Reading win a corner at the other end, thanks to Gunnarsson's travails against Gallas...
    • 38' Fabregas over it... the referee just making sure the wall is ten yards... it's rolled to Toure! Oh dear! The Ivorian slices his effort horribly and the ball skews off to near the corner flag!
    • 37' Fabregas is felled by Gunnarsson right on the edge of the Reading box! Danger here!
    • 35' And Reading's tactics of putting ten men behind the ball must be given credit for that... the longer the game goes on, the more Arsenal will become frustrated...
    • 34' This game is yet to really catch fire... Arsenal may well be bossing things, but they haven't really created a real goalscoring opportunity - Adebayor's effort off the post excepted - so far...
    • 31' GUNNARSSON! Great strike from the Reading midfielder! Almunia is forced into a diving save as Gunnarsson's half volley from 25 yards arrowed towards the corner of the net!
    • 30' Their team may be struggling here, but at least the Reading fans are entertaining themselves... they're singing 'In-ger-land' in a shameless show of patriotism...
    • 29' Doyle sees a cross deflected dangerously close to Harper! But Almunia dives on the ball and the danger is snuffed out nearly as quick as it appeared...
    • 27' Adebayor nearly springs the Reading off-side trap... he takes the ball down beautifully, but he's half a yard offside!
    • 26' Reading fans sing out a series of ironic 'oles' (they are ironic, aren't they?) as they string together three passes in the same move!
    • 24' Arsenal are trying to walk the ball into the net at the moment... pass after pass after pass they're completing, just without the final one... and Reading really can't get a touch... there's a goal coming soon...
    • 22' Flamini wastes possession for Arsenal with an overhit pass looking for Adebayor... you'd expect better from the Frenchman...
    • 21' Arsenal with over 65% of possession last time I looked... Reading can't seem to play more than a few passes together...
    • 19' Sonko nearly gets caught out by doing a Cruyff turn in his own box... Fabregas catches him, but the Reading defender recovers in time to make up for his error....
    • 18' Adebayor tries to take on the entire Reading defence on his own! He may be good, but he's not Ronaldinho and as he tries to come inside Ingimarsson, the ball spoons through to Hahnemann....
    • 16' Doyle holds the ball up brilliantly under pressure from both Gallas and Toure... but his team-mates can't give him the support he needs and the move breaks down.
    • 15' Arsenal still dictating play... click on the tab above for live up-to-date stats to see how much possession they're enjoying.
    • 14' Adebayor with an uncharatersisticly poor touch... and that illicits a cheer from the Reading faithful...
    • 11' Fabregas tries his luck from distance! It's a decent strike, but Hahnemann's never going to be beaten from that range...
    • 10' Arsenal keeping the ball well at the moment... and Reading can't get a look in...
    • 8' It's not... Shorey goes near post, but Kitson can't make anything of it.
    • 7' Murty wins Reading's first corner of the game off Clichy! And this could be dangerous.... Shorey to take...
    • 5' Harper now at the other end! He brings Almunia into action, but it's a relatively easy save for the Spaniard to make!
    • 4' ADEBAYOR! OFF THE POST! Harper gives the ball away to Fabregas, who sends Adebayor clear... he opens up his body, Henry-like, but the ball rolls against the outside of the post! Real let-off for Reading!
    • 3' Reading have started brightly... unlike during the corresponding fixture last season...
    • 1' Underway in Reading!
    • - Referee: Rob Styles (Hampshire)
    • - Arsenal line-up: Almunia, Sagna, Toure, Gallas, Clichy, Eboue, Fabregas, Flamini, Rosicky, Hleb, Adebayor - Subs: Lehmann, Diarra, Silva, Bendtner, Walcott
    • - Reading line-up: Hahnemann, Murty, Sonko, Ingimarsson, Shorey, Convey, Gunnarsson, Harper, Hunt, Kitson, Doyle - Subs: Federici, Oster, Fae, Bikey, Long
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of tonight's clash between Reading league leaders Arsenal! Kick-off is at 20h GMT so be sure to join us then for minute-by-minute text commentary on the match!

  • Team Stats

    Reading Stats Arsenal
    32% Possession 67%
    8 Shots 16
    3 Shots on target 4
    0 Saves 0
    5 Corners 1
    5 Fouls 9
    1 Offsides 7
    1 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    23 Tackles 25
    244 Accurate passes 612
    46 Bad passes 60

  • 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
    • Reading
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Marcus Hahnemann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 0
      5 Ibrahima Sonko 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 0 1
      3 Nicky Shorey 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 29 8 0
      2 Graeme Murty 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0
      16 Ivar Ingimarsson 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 19 4 4
      17 Bobby Convey 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 2 0
      6 Brynjar Gunnarsson 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 37 2 6
      15 James Harper 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 17 3 3
      10 Stephen Hunt 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 22 9 2
      12 Dave Kitson 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 19 8 4
      9 Kevin Doyle 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 5 1
      22 André Stéphane Bikey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Emerse Fae 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 15 3 0
      11 John Oster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1
      32 Adam Federici 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Shane Long 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
    • Arsenal
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      24 Manuel Almunia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
      5 Kolo Toure 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 54 0 0
      22 Gaël Clichy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 44 13 7
      3 Bacary Sagna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0 0
      10 William Gallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 1
      13 Alexander Hleb 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 62 9 2
      4 Francesc Fabregas 0 2 1 2 3 0 1 101 7 5
      16 Mathieu Flamini 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 85 9 4
      27 Emmanuel Eboue 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 50 1 1
      7 Tomas Rosicky 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 44 12 1
      25 Emmanuel Adebayor 1 5 1 1 0 6 0 48 8 2
      19 Gilberto Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Lassana Diarra 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15 1 2
      1 Jens Lehmann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Theo Walcott 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      26 Nicklas Bendtner 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0

  • Summary

    • 87' GOAL! SHOREY NETS AFTER A CRAZY GOALMOUTH SCRAMBLE! It's nothing but a consolation, but some slight silver lining to an otherwise dull night for Reading fans! 3-1 now!
    • 83' OFF THE POST! SHOREY STRIKES THE BASE OF THE POST FROM THE FREE KICK! That's as close as Reading have come all night long!
    • 78' GOAL! HLEB MAKES IT THREE! He nearly walks the ball into the net... he takes it past Hahnemann about three times before sticking the ball into the back of the net! All too easy for Arsenal now!
    • 55' GOAL! NO! ADEBAYOR THINKS HE'S SOCRED AGAIN! But the linesman's flag is up as he rounds Hahnemann and slots home after another quick break from Arsenal! Replays later show he was not offside... real let-off for Reading!
    • 52' GOAL! ADEBAYOR CURLS ONE JUST INSIDE OF THE FAR POST TO GIVE ARSENAL A 2-0 LEAD! It's a beautiful flowing move from the Gunners, Fabergas providing the final lay off to Adebayor, who hits it first time into the back of the net!
    • 50' FLAMINI! Ooh! His low drive from the edge of the box brings a decent save out of Hahnemann! First corner of the night for Arsenal!
    • 44' GOAL! FLAMINI FINALLY PUTS ARSENAL INTO THE LEAD! It's all about Adebayor's through pass to Hleb, which splits the Reading defence wide open! Hleb centres and there's Flamini to slide in and finish it off! 1-0 Arsenal!
    • 38' Fabregas over it... the referee just making sure the wall is ten yards... it's rolled to Toure! Oh dear! The Ivorian slices his effort horribly and the ball skews off to near the corner flag!
    • 31' GUNNARSSON! Great strike from the Reading midfielder! Almunia is forced into a diving save as Gunnarsson's half volley from 25 yards arrowed towards the corner of the net!
    • 4' ADEBAYOR! OFF THE POST! Harper gives the ball away to Fabregas, who sends Adebayor clear... he opens up his body, Henry-like, but the ball rolls against the outside of the post! Real let-off for Reading!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Rob Styles

  • Reading

    Manager: Steve Coppell

    Captain: Graeme Murty

    On the Field

    • Hahnemann
    • Murty
    • Ingimarsson
    • Sonko
    • Shorey Goal
    • Harper Substitution Out (60′)
    • Gunnarsson
    • Hunt
    • Convey Substitution Out (70′)
    • Kitson
    • Doyle Substitution In (83′)

    Subs

    • Oster Substitution In (70′)
    • Bikey
    • Long Substitution Out (83′)
    • Federici
    • Fae Substitution In (60′)

    Injured

    • Duberry

    Suspended

    None

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsene Wenger

    Captain: William Gallas

    On the Field

    • Almunia
    • Sagna
    • Toure
    • Gallas
    • Clichy
    • Eboue
    • Fabregas Yellow Card
    • Flamini Goal
    • Rosicky Substitution Out (84′)
    • Hleb Goal Substitution Out (79′)
    • Adebayor Goal Substitution Out (83′)

    Subs

    • Lehmann
    • Gilberto Silva
    • Diarra Substitution In (79′)
    • Bendtner Substitution In (83′)
    • Walcott Substitution In (84′)

    Injured

    • Senderos

    Suspended

    None