UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Besiktas WDWWD 0
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Arsenal LWWDD 1
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2nd Leg - Arsenal win 1-0 on aggregate · Emirates Stadium · 59,946 att.

Match Report

Alexis Sanchez sends Arsenal through

Arsenal scraped into the group stage of the Champions League on a night of high anxiety at the Emirates Stadium that saw Alexis Sanchez open his Gunners account.

Full story at ESPN →

Team Stats

12
Fouls
14
6
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
0
0
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
0
43
Possession
57
3
SHOTS
10
1
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
1
0
Crosses
2
0.0
Cross %
0.5
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
2
Blocked Shots
1
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
1
Clearances
0

Head to Head

Lineups

ARS

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 2Mathieu DebuchyD
  3. 4Per MertesackerD
  4. 6Laurent KoscielnyD
  5. 18Nacho MonrealD
  6. 10Jack WilshereM
  7. 20Mathieu FlaminiM
  8. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainM
  9. 11Mesut ÖzilM
  10. 19Santi CazorlaM
  11. 17Alexis SánchezF

Substitutes

  1. 26Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 21Calum ChambersD
  3. 7Tomas RosickyM
  4. 34Francis CoquelinM
  5. 9Lukas PodolskiF
  6. 22Yaya SanogoF
  7. 28Joel CampbellF

BES

  1. 29Tolga ZenginG
  2. 3Ismail KöybasiD
  3. 19Pedro FrancoD
  4. 22Adem GulumD
  5. 31Motta RamonD
  6. 13Atiba HutchinsonM
  7. 8Veli KavlakM
  8. 15Oguzhan ÖzyakupM
  9. 11Mustafa PektemekF
  10. 10Olcay SahanF
  11. 9Demba BaF

Substitutes

  1. 1Cenk GonenG
  2. 2Serdar KurtulusD
  3. 6Tomas SivokD
  4. 7Gökhan TöreM
  5. 20Necip UysalM
  6. 21Kerim KoyunluM
  7. 23Cenk TosunM

Timeline

  1. 14' Mathieu Debuchy is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  2. 23' Veli Kavlak is awarded a yellow card. Reason: dissent
  3. 32' Oguzhan Ozyakup is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  4. 45'+1' Goal!! Alexis Sánchez hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Arsenal now leads 1 - 0
  5. 59' Pedro Franco is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  6. 63' Besiktas makes a sub: Gokhan Tore enters for Olcay Sahan. Reason: Tactical
  7. 75' Mathieu Debuchy has been shown the red card and will no longer take part of this game! Reason: second bookable offence
  8. 76' Arsenal makes a sub: Calum Chambers enters for Mesut Özil. Reason: Tactical
  9. 76' Besiktas makes a sub: Necip Uysal enters for Veli Kavlak. Reason: Tactical
  10. 77' Calum Chambers is awarded a yellow card. Reason: entering the field of play without permission
  11. 79' Atiba Hutchinson is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  12. 85' Necip Uysal is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  13. 86' Wojciech Szczesny is awarded a yellow card. Reason: time wasting
  14. 87' Besiktas makes a sub: Cenk Tosun enters for Mustafa Pektemek. Reason: Tactical
  15. 90' Gokhan Tore is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  16. 90' End of the game

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