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Saturday December 29, 2007 Finished Goodison Park

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Everton

  • Cahill 19’

Arsenal

  • Eduardo 47’, 57’
  • Adebayor 78’
  • Rosicky 90’
  1. Arsenal top table with fighting win

    Arsenal top table with fighting win

    Arsenal finish the year at the top of the league after beating Everton 4-1 in a bitter encounter at Goodison Park. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Everton
    • Arsenal
    • 90+4 And there goes the whistle to mark the end of a bruising encounter! Thanks for joining us, have a happy new year!
    • 90+3 GOAL!! Adebayor and Sagna sneak the ball into the area and substitute Rosicky fires in a low shot in at the near post to give the scoreline a very flattering look for the Gunners, who ill finish 2007 as league leaders!
    • 90+1 Arsneal are doing what they do best now, keeping the ball and not giving anyone a look in.
    • 87' Fabregas goes off to a chorus of boos from the Everton fans, and is replaced by Rosicky.
    • 86' It's gone card crazy as Goodison as Fabregas is booked for a foul, then Flamini for delaying the free kick! Meanwhile, in the football that is running concurrently, Lescott hits the top of the bar with a shot from miles out!
    • 83' Another red card, this time for Arteta! His went up against Fabregas for the ball, his arm made contact with his face and the Arsenal midfielder did not need any encouragemnt to go down clutching his face!
    • 82' A bit of handbags between Cahill and Fabregas! The Spaniard will be happy to keep it up if it means Everton waste their time.
    • 81' Arsenal make another change, bringing on Lassana Diarra for Hleb.
    • 78' GOAL!! Calamity in the Everton defence and Adebayor gets the easiest goal of his career! Almunia's goal kick is left by Yobo for Howard and Adebayor pounces to take it round the keeper and knock the ball into an empty net from a yard out!
    • 76' Pienaar knocks it to the far post where Johnson's header is diverted away from goal by Yobo! Everton come again and CARSLEY... His shot from distance is low and easy for Almunia.
    • 74' Arsene Wenger makes the change he was going to make anyway, and brings on Adebayor for Eduardo.
    • 73' Bendtner goes in dangerously high on Johnson and, having alreay been booked, gets his marching orders!
    • 71' The set piece from Arteta is cleared. Everton retain the ball and will rebuild.
    • 70' Everton get another free kick in a similar position after Diaby handballs. Andy Johnson replaces Tony Hibbert just in time for the delivery...
    • 67' Now Clichy is in the book for a nasty challenge from behind on Arteta! The resulting free kick is cleared by Toure.
    • 65' A long ball comes over the top and Eduardo is through for his hat trick... SAVED BY HOWARD!! The referee is calling Eduardo over... He's booked him for a handball in the build up!Replays show he was right about the infringement, although a yellow card may be a little harsh.
    • 64' Everton are not taking this lying down! They are now experiencing the frustrations akin to Arsenal's in the first half, enjoying a sustained bout of possession but not being able to create any chances.
    • 58' GOAL!! Eduardo scores a fabulous goal to give Arsenal the lead! He chests the long ball down, flicks it round Jagielka and leaves him on the floor before slotting a cool finish in at the near post! This goal may herald the real arrival of Eduardo da Silva!
    • 56' Great play by Arteta again, this time he finds Lescott on the left wing, who swings in a terrific cross for YAKUBU... He heads wide as he is totally unmarked in the Arsenal area. Great chance!
    • 53' Phil Neville goes tumbling in the Arsenal area! Just like the Yakubu incident in the first half, referee Martin Atkinson waves it away!
    • 50' Hleb has the ball at his feet in the Arsenal area, and almost plays it right into the path of Cahill! Luckily for him his clearance has enough pace on it to reach safety.
    • 47' GOAL!! It takes Arsenal just two minutes of the second half to level it! Jagielka fails to intercept a ball into the box from Clichy and Eduardo swivels and shoots left-footed past Howard!
    • 46' The second half is underway! Will Arsenal squander this chance to go top?
    • 45+2 The whistle goes, and Everton step out of the driving rain and into the break as deserved leaders here at Goodison.
    • 45+2 Lescott brings the ball out of defence and runs 40 yards with it into the Arsenal half! Great play.
    • 44' Toure blasts it into the wall, then does the same with the rebound! Eventually Everton get a goal kick.
    • 42' Arsenal are finding no way into the Everton box, but they are not losing the ball either. Fabregas keeps hold of the ball superbly depsite being surrounded by blue shirts. They win a free kick around 35 yards from goal, in a central area.
    • 40' Yakubu beats Toure with his strength, but Toure regains the ball with his pace. Yakubu goes down in the area, looking for a penalty. No chance! Referee Martin Atkinson doesn't even bother to wave the appeals away.
    • 39' Diaby runs a Hibbert on the far side. He tries to beat the full back, but Hibbert manages to get in the challenge and win a goal kick, much to the joy of the home crowd!
    • 37' Tony Hibbert has the ball on the edge of the box. He lays it back to NEVILLE... The Everton captain strikes it over the bar from 20 yards out!
    • 36' Arsenal are slowly getting themselves back into this match, although they are still to use their increased possession to full effect.
    • 31' Great football down the right as Arteta and Carsley combine well. Arteta gets to the byline and goes down from Clichy's challenge... The referee waves play on! Replays show the Spaniard did go to ground fairly easily.
    • 29' Flamini has to be on his guard to head away another superb corner by Arteta that was destined for Yakubu. It's out for another corner, which is only half-cleared. Eventually Pienaar feeds Yakubu in the box with a slick backheel, but the shot is dragged wide.
    • 28' Joleon Lescott charges forward and wins a corner off of Hleb. Another dangerous moment for the Gunners...
    • 27' Sagna moves the ball well forward from where he was awarded a free kick. His ball forward from the iwng is caught easily by Howard though.
    • 22' Great defending from Yobo, as he barges Bendtner off the ball and shields it out for a goal kick. Bendtner is booked for his impetuous attempts to win it back.
    • 19' GOAL!! The corner comes in, and Bendtner fails to clear at the far post! Just as Yakubu is going to nod in form three yards out, Cahill's boot appears and pushes the ball over the line!
    • 18' Yakubu chases down a long ball over the top. Toure is far quicker than him, but gives away a corner under pressure from the big Nigerian!
    • 16' Toure went down holding his face after that passage of play. It looks as though he may have been struck by something thrown from the crowd. He is up, and play continues.
    • 15' Some Arsenalesque play from Evcerton here, as Pienaar pushes the ball forward and continues his run to receive a backheel from Cahiil. He overhits the ball, but gets to the byline and almost keeps it in with a backheel of his own.
    • 13' Diaby is clumsy in possession and clatters into Neville as he tries to win it back! This young man gets more like Vieira every day!
    • 10' A good spell from Everton, Arsenal struggling to gain possession in the last few minutes. Almunia crashes to vthe ground after catching a Phil Neville cross. Jens Lehmann whips his track suit off in an instant! The SPaniard is fine, though, and will continue!
    • 7' Yakubu receives the ball with his back to goal. He turns Toure and slips it through into the box... It's a big ask for Cahill to make that and Almunia collects comfortably.
    • 3' Diaby almost slips it through to Eduardo, who is tackled. Then Fabregas almost gets a shot off! Everton living dangerously in these opening moments.
    • 1' The match is underway here at Goodison! Arsenal have the chance to regain top spot due to Manchester United's loss at Upton Park. Rest assured that Everton will do their utmost to make sure that doesn't happen!
    • - ARSENAL TEAM NEWS: Robin van Persie is out with a muscle problem while Theo Walcott has flu. Denilson is banned but skipper William Gallas is fit despite an ankle knock.
    • - EVERTON TEAM NEWS: Everton cannot call upon injured players Andy van der Meyde (calf), Leon Osman (ankle), Leighton Baines (hamstring), Alan Stubbs (calf) or Iain Turner (hip).
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of Everton's big match against Arsenal, starting at 17:15 GMT!

  • Team Stats

    Everton Stats Arsenal
    50% Possession 49%
    12 Shots 10
    3 Shots on target 4
    0 Saves 0
    10 Corners 2
    14 Fouls 14
    2 Offsides 0
    0 Yellow cards 4
    1 Red cards 1
    23 Tackles 18
    249 Accurate passes 258
    65 Bad passes 50

  • 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
    • Everton
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      24 Tim Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
      4 Joseph Yobo 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 4
      5 Joleon Lescott 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 22 18 2
      2 Tony Hibbert 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 0 2
      17 Tim Cahill 1 2 1 4 3 0 0 26 5 2
      26 Lee Carsley 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 23 5 0
      18 Philip Neville 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 29 5 5
      6 Mikel Arteta 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 40 8 4
      20 Steven Pienaar 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 28 10 3
      16 Phil Jagielka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 7 1
      22 Yakubu Aiyegbeni 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 13 4 0
      19 Nuno Valente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 James Vaughan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Andrew Johnson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
      33 Stefan Wessels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Victor Anichebe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Arsenal
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      24 Manuel Almunia 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 0
      5 Kolo Toure 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 2
      22 Gaël Clichy 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 28 11 0
      3 Bacary Sagna 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 24 2 5
      10 William Gallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 4 1
      4 Francesc Fabregas 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 38 6 3
      16 Mathieu Flamini 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 38 4 1
      13 Alexander Hleb 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 22 1 4
      2 Vasiriki Abou Diaby 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 21 10 1
      26 Nicklas Bendtner 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 18 2 0
      9 Eduardo da Silva 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 8 4 0
      7 Tomas Rosicky 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      6 Philippe Senderos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Jens Lehmann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Emmanuel Adebayor 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 2 0
      8 Lassana Diarra 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 1

  • Summary

    • 90+3 GOAL!! Adebayor and Sagna sneak the ball into the area and substitute Rosicky fires in a low shot in at the near post to give the scoreline a very flattering look for the Gunners, who ill finish 2007 as league leaders!
    • 83' Another red card, this time for Arteta! His went up against Fabregas for the ball, his arm made contact with his face and the Arsenal midfielder did not need any encouragemnt to go down clutching his face!
    • 78' GOAL!! Calamity in the Everton defence and Adebayor gets the easiest goal of his career! Almunia's goal kick is left by Yobo for Howard and Adebayor pounces to take it round the keeper and knock the ball into an empty net from a yard out!
    • 73' Bendtner goes in dangerously high on Johnson and, having alreay been booked, gets his marching orders!
    • 58' GOAL!! Eduardo scores a fabulous goal to give Arsenal the lead! He chests the long ball down, flicks it round Jagielka and leaves him on the floor before slotting a cool finish in at the near post! This goal may herald the real arrival of Eduardo da Silva!
    • 56' Great play by Arteta again, this time he finds Lescott on the left wing, who swings in a terrific cross for YAKUBU... He heads wide as he is totally unmarked in the Arsenal area. Great chance!
    • 47' GOAL!! It takes Arsenal just two minutes of the second half to level it! Jagielka fails to intercept a ball into the box from Clichy and Eduardo swivels and shoots left-footed past Howard!
    • 19' GOAL!! The corner comes in, and Bendtner fails to clear at the far post! Just as Yakubu is going to nod in form three yards out, Cahill's boot appears and pushes the ball over the line!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Everton

    Manager: David Moyes

    Captain: Philip Neville

    On the Field

    • Howard
    • Hibbert
    • Yobo
    • Jagielka
    • Lescott
    • Arteta
    • Carsley
    • Neville
    • Pienaar
    • Cahill
    • Yakubu

    Subs

    • Wessels
    • Johnson
    • Valente
    • Vaughan
    • Anichebe

    Injured

    • Stubbs
    • Van der Meyde
    • Osman
    • Turner
    • Baines

    Suspended

    None

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsene Wenger

    Captain: William Gallas

    On the Field

    • Almunia
    • Sagna
    • Gallas
    • Toure
    • Clichy
    • Hleb
    • Fabregas
    • Flamini
    • Diaby
    • Bendtner
    • Eduardo

    Subs

    • Lehmann
    • Rosicky
    • Adebayor
    • Senderos
    • Diarra

    Injured

    • van Persie
    • Eboue
    • Walcott

    Suspended

    • Denilson