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Tuesday January 1, 2008 Finished Emirates Stadium

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Arsenal

  • Eduardo 2’
  • Adebayor 19’

West Ham

  1. Gunners maintain dominance

    Gunners maintain dominance

    Arsenal continued their dominance in London derbies with an entertaining 2-0 victory over West Ham United at the Emirates Stadium. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Arsenal
    • West Ham
    • - Thanks for joining me this afternoon; make sure you stick around for all the latest from around Europe...
    • 93 FULL-TIME: A fine display from both sides, but especially Arsenal, who maintain their run of victories against sides from the capital.
    • 90 Noble is booked for tugging back Fabregas as the little Spaniard tries to get away from him in midfield. A foul of frustration.
    • 89 Wenger brings Diaby on to replace Rosicky, who has been very good this afternoon; another all-action display from the Czech star.
    • 87 Ashton climbs strongly to meet a chipped cross from deep on the right, but he can't direct his header from 18 yards. West Ham are gradually getting a few players further forward, but it is too little, too late.
    • 83 BRAVE SAVE! Green dives at the feet of Rosicky to save as Arsenal press for a third.
    • 81 LAME! Adebayor spins and breaks into the penalty area...but his attempt to curl the ball into the far corner is a poor one.
    • 79 A very patient spell of possession from Arsenal in the West Ham half...they are really killing this game off, not letting the Hammers get any momentum up.
    • 77 CHANGES! Arsenal replace Eboue with Hleb, while West Ham throw on Camara for Mullins.
    • 75 GREAT TURN! Walcott's superb turn gets him away from Neill, although his shot from the edge of the penalty area is weak and straight at Green.
    • 73 BLOCK! Fabregas and Rosicky take a short corner, the Spaniard latching on to a return pass before unleashing a shot from the corner of the box...Mullins blocks.
    • 70 WEST HAM SUB: Dean Ashton comes on to replace Cole; a strange like-for-like change, considering they are chasing the game.
    • 69 CLOSE! Adebayor tries to chip Green from 30 yards as he sprints on to a flick on...his effort goes over the keeper, but bounces wide of the post.
    • 67 No sign that Arsenal are settling on closing out this match; Walcott is leading some threatening counters as the home side look to take advantage of the growing spaces.
    • 63 ARSENAL SUB: Eduardo is replaced by Walcott; fresh legs, more pace in the Arsenal attacks.
    • 62 WIDE! McCartney hooks a volley wide from the edge of the area after Toure had headed clear a high, hanging cross.
    • 59 JUST WIDE! Eduardo gets in at the back stick to meet Eboue's cross...he stoops for the header, but sends it wide of the post from a couple of yards out. He gets to his feet, complaining of a push, but that's wishful thinking.
    • 57 Fabregas sends a corner into the middle; the ball is only half-cleared, but Adebayor's snap-shot is blocked on the penalty spot.
    • 55 There have been fewer chances at goal so far in this second half, although it has still been an open and attacking ten minutes. The next goal could be crucial.
    • 52 OFF-SIDE! Cole is just caught off-side when Gallas gambles and steps out on Noble's cross; it wouldn't have mattered anyway - Cole shanked his shot.
    • 50 GOOD BLOCK! Eduardo looks set to prod home Rosicky's low cross after the Czech star had got to the by-line, but Upson just gets to the ball before the Croatian striker to clear on the edge of his own six-yard box.
    • 48 Arsenal win a free-kick, central, 35 yards out, when Collison slides in on Fabregas...Upson's defensive header clears from Adebayor from the resulting set-piece.
    • 46 The second half is underway...
    • 45 HALF-TIME: A fantastic half of football ends with Arsenal two goals up, although the Hammers will be disappointed not to have taken one of their own chances.
    • 44 GERAT KEEPING! Cole sprints through, trying to get on a lofted pass...but Almunia just gets to the ball before him, palming out for a throw. He had to get that one right.
    • 43 PENALTY SHOUT! Fabregas puts Eboue free down the right; his cross strikes McCartney somewhere...the referee rules it struck the defender on the torso, not on the arm as the Arsenal players would have him believe...
    • 42 GREEDY! Eduardo's cute pass puts Adebayor through; the Croatian sprints to keep up with his strike partner and offer support...who, instead of returning the pass to give Eduardo a simple chance, is forced wide.
    • 39 IMPORTANT HEADER! Ferdinand stoops to nod Rosicky's cross out for a corner after the forward had sold a dummy to two Hammers defenders.
    • 37 WEST HAM SUB: Curbishley is forced into a change when Ljungberg goes down with a thigh strain - although he spurns the chance to bring on Ashton, instead turning to young Jack Collison.
    • 35 FINE DEFENDING! West Ham launch a swift counter-attack, Noble feeding Cole with a pass down the left channel...Toure comes flying across to cover and slide the ball out of play.
    • 34 The Hammers are chasing a third successive Premier League win on Arsenal turf - surely Curbishley has to bring on another striker if his side are to get the goals to keep that record alive?
    • 31 GREAT EFFORT! Pantsil's overhead kick looks impressive...the contact is sweet...but the ball flies a foot or so wide of the post. Almunia looks relieved.
    • 30 CLOSE! Eboue overlaps Hoyte down the right...his cross is dangerous, but Eduardo just can't get his out-stretched boot on it.
    • 28 Eboue needs some treatment on a thigh injury, although he looks to be okay.
    • 27 Hammers boss Alan Curbishley sends Dean Ashton out to warm up on the sidelines; could he be contemplating an early change as he looks for a way back into the match?
    • 25 The game has settled down a little after that incredible start, although I have a feeling the goal-scoring is far from finished...
    • 23 Cole is harshly booked as Clichy trips over his own feet in midfield; the Hammers striker is rightly furious with the decision.
    • 22 Adebayor is just caught off-side as he tries to get on to Rosicky's through-ball down the right. West Ham are playing a dangerous game with that off-side trap...
    • 20 This has been one of the most open, attacking openings to a Premier League game I have ever seen; it really could be 3-3, even after just twenty minutes!
    • 19 WHAT A FINISH! INCREDIBLE GOAL! Adebayor just gets to Clichy's through-ball before Green...the angle looks against him as the ball bounces towards the by-line, but somehow he guides it into the net off the far post!
    • 17 SAVE! Ljungberg almost grabs the equaliser against his former club after teaming up well with Noble, only to see his left foot shot on the spin saved at the near post by Almunia.
    • 15 NICE MOVE! Eduardo does well to hold the ball up in the penalty area before feeding Rosicky...but the Czech forward's shot is deflected, and Green takes it comfortably.
    • 13 CRIKEY O'REILLY! Ferdinand meets the corner from the right with a swing of his boot; Almunia blocks on his own goal-line, and Eboue hoofs clear. What a start!
    • 12 DEFLECTED! Cole cuts inside on to his right foot, but his drive is deflected narrowly wide for a corner. Great response from West Ham, who are flooding forward now.
    • 11 FIERCE! Eduardo goes close again, but this well-struck left-footed shot from a tight angle flies a couple of yards the wrong side of the post.
    • 10 Eboue's dangerous cross into the middle skips across the turf; Ferdinand deals calmly with the loose ball at the back post.
    • 9 Arsenal last entered a new year as leaders in the Premier League table in 2003, but finished the season second to Manchester United; have they got the strength to clinch the title this year?
    • 7 Neill is lucky that Eduardo and Adebayor can't profit from his loose pass on half-way.
    • 6 JUST WIDE! Cole brilliantly controls a through-ball before laying the ball back to Noble...unfortunately for the Hammers, his shot from the edge of the box drifts a yard wide of the post.
    • 3 Adebayor climbs highest at the back post at a corner, although he heads wide. What a start from Arsenal! West Ham have barely been out of their half.
    • 2 GOAL! Eduardo fires his third in two games, chesting down Fabregas' cross before volleying low past Green. Super goal from the Croatian.
    • 2 Adebayor fires in the first shot of the afternoon...if you can call it that. A very tame effort from the edge of the penalty area, Green collects easily.
    • 1 The first half is underway at the Emirates...
    • - Hi there; welcome to our coverage of Arsenal's London derby-clash against West Ham...

  • Team Stats

    Arsenal Stats West Ham
    55% Possession 44%
    23 Shots 16
    7 Shots on target 3
    3 Saves 2
    5 Corners 7
    7 Fouls 5
    4 Offsides 4
    0 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    16 Tackles 29
    426 Accurate passes 309
    73 Bad passes 41

  • 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 10 1 0
      5 Kolo Toure 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 38 1 1
      22 Gaël Clichy 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 47 14 4
      31 Justin Hoyte 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 35 1 2
      10 William Gallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 3 0
      4 Francesc Fabregas 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 63 13 3
      16 Mathieu Flamini 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 55 7 2
      27 Emmanuel Eboue 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 27 0 2
      7 Tomas Rosicky 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 46 16 0
      9 Eduardo da Silva 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 16 4 0
      25 Emmanuel Adebayor 1 6 2 1 1 1 0 40 10 2
      13 Alexander Hleb 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 0
      2 Vasiriki Abou Diaby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
      1 Jens Lehmann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Theo Walcott 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
      17 Alexandre Song 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • West Ham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Robert Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 0
      5 Anton Ferdinand 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 25 3 4
      3 George McCartney 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 22 6 3
      18 Jonathan Spector 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 29 6 1
      2 Lucas Neill 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 43 1 6
      14 John Paintsil 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 20 1 4
      6 Matthew Upson 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 31 3 2
      7 Fredrik Ljungberg 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 8 5 1
      17 Hayden Mullins 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 40 4 4
      16 Mark Noble 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 40 5 3
      12 Carlton Cole 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 15 4 0
      33 Henri Camara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      21 Richard Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Dean Ashton 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0
      39 Jack Collison 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 1 1
      30 James Tomkins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 75 GREAT TURN! Walcott's superb turn gets him away from Neill, although his shot from the edge of the penalty area is weak and straight at Green.
    • 59 JUST WIDE! Eduardo gets in at the back stick to meet Eboue's cross...he stoops for the header, but sends it wide of the post from a couple of yards out. He gets to his feet, complaining of a push, but that's wishful thinking.
    • 50 GOOD BLOCK! Eduardo looks set to prod home Rosicky's low cross after the Czech star had got to the by-line, but Upson just gets to the ball before the Croatian striker to clear on the edge of his own six-yard box.
    • 43 PENALTY SHOUT! Fabregas puts Eboue free down the right; his cross strikes McCartney somewhere...the referee rules it struck the defender on the torso, not on the arm as the Arsenal players would have him believe...
    • 31 GREAT EFFORT! Pantsil's overhead kick looks impressive...the contact is sweet...but the ball flies a foot or so wide of the post. Almunia looks relieved.
    • 30 CLOSE! Eboue overlaps Hoyte down the right...his cross is dangerous, but Eduardo just can't get his out-stretched boot on it.
    • 19 WHAT A FINISH! INCREDIBLE GOAL! Adebayor just gets to Clichy's through-ball before Green...the angle looks against him as the ball bounces towards the by-line, but somehow he guides it into the net off the far post!
    • 17 SAVE! Ljungberg almost grabs the equaliser against his former club after teaming up well with Noble, only to see his left foot shot on the spin saved at the near post by Almunia.
    • 15 NICE MOVE! Eduardo does well to hold the ball up in the penalty area before feeding Rosicky...but the Czech forward's shot is deflected, and Green takes it comfortably.
    • 13 CRIKEY O'REILLY! Ferdinand meets the corner from the right with a swing of his boot; Almunia blocks on his own goal-line, and Eboue hoofs clear. What a start!
    • 12 DEFLECTED! Cole cuts inside on to his right foot, but his drive is deflected narrowly wide for a corner. Great response from West Ham, who are flooding forward now.
    • 11 FIERCE! Eduardo goes close again, but this well-struck left-footed shot from a tight angle flies a couple of yards the wrong side of the post.
    • 10 Eboue's dangerous cross into the middle skips across the turf; Ferdinand deals calmly with the loose ball at the back post.
    • 6 JUST WIDE! Cole brilliantly controls a through-ball before laying the ball back to Noble...unfortunately for the Hammers, his shot from the edge of the box drifts a yard wide of the post.
    • 3 Adebayor climbs highest at the back post at a corner, although he heads wide. What a start from Arsenal! West Ham have barely been out of their half.
    • 2 GOAL! Eduardo fires his third in two games, chesting down Fabregas' cross before volleying low past Green. Super goal from the Croatian.
    • 2 Adebayor fires in the first shot of the afternoon...if you can call it that. A very tame effort from the edge of the penalty area, Green collects easily.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Chris Foy

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsene Wenger

    Captain: William Gallas

    On the Field

    • Almunia
    • Hoyte
    • Gallas
    • Toure
    • Clichy
    • Eboue Substitution Out (76′)
    • Fabregas
    • Flamini
    • Rosicky
    • Adebayor Goal
    • Eduardo Goal Substitution Out (63′)

    Subs

    • Lehmann
    • Hleb Substitution In (76′)
    • Song
    • Diaby
    • Walcott Substitution In (63′)

    Injured

    • Gilberto Silva
    • van Persie

    Suspended

    None

  • West Ham

    Manager: Alan Curbishley

    Captain: Lucas Neill

    On the Field

    • Green
    • Neill
    • Ferdinand
    • Upson
    • McCartney
    • Spector
    • Pantsil
    • Noble
    • Mullins Substitution Out (77′)
    • Ljungberg Substitution Out (37′)
    • Cole Yellow Card Substitution Out (70′)

    Subs

    • Wright
    • Ashton Substitution In (70′)
    • Camara Substitution In (77′)
    • Tomkins
    • Collison Substitution In (37′)

    Injured

    • Bowyer
    • Etherington
    • Dyer
    • Bellamy
    • Gabbidon
    • Zamora
    • Collins
    • Davenport
    • Faubert

    Suspended

    None