UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Arsenal LWWWL 4
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Galatasaray WLLWW 1
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RAMS Park · 20,590 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal ease to victory over Galatasaray as Ramsey nets stunner

Arsenal produced the perfect response to silence their critics with a 4-1 Champions League win over Galatasaray in Istanbul, where Aaron Ramsey scored one of the goals of the season.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
5
6
Saves
2
47.4
Possession
52.6
13
SHOTS
32
6
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
467
Accurate Passes
505
524
Passes
561
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
6
9
Crosses
31
0.2
Cross %
0.2
34
Long Balls
49
14
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
8
11
Effective Tackles
16
14
Tackles
26
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
22
Interceptions
9
30
Effective Clearances
14
30
Clearances
14

Head to Head

ARS leads series 1-0

Lineups

GAL · 4-4-1-1

  1. 38Sinan BolatG
  2. 22Hakan BaltaCD-L
  3. 26Semih KayaCD-R
  4. 13Alex TellesLB
  5. 77Tarik CamdalRB
  6. 52Emre ColakCM-L
  7. 3Felipe MeloCM-R
  8. 10Wesley SneijderLM
  9. 11BrumaRM
  10. 9Umut BulutF
  11. 17Burak YilmazRCF

Substitutes

  1. 20Furkan OzcalSUB
  2. 88Veysel SariSUB
  3. 35Yekta KurtulusSUB
  4. 4Hamit AltintopSUB
  5. 67Eray IscanSUB
  6. 23Yasin OztekinSUB
  7. 29Olcan AdinSUB

ARS · 4-3-3

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 4Per MertesackerCD-L
  3. 21Calum ChambersCD-R
  4. 39Héctor BellerínLB
  5. 2Mathieu DebuchyRB
  6. 20Mathieu FlaminiCM
  7. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainLM
  8. 16Aaron RamseyRM
  9. 22Yaya SanogoF
  10. 9Lukas PodolskiLF
  11. 28Joel CampbellRF

Substitutes

  1. 26Emiliano MartínezSUB
  2. 47Glen KamaraSUB
  3. 35Gedion ZelalemSUB
  4. 45Alex IwobiSUB
  5. 38Chuba AkpomSUB
  6. 70Ainsley Maitland-NilesSUB
  7. 73Stefan O'ConnorSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Galatasaray 0, Arsenal 1. Lukas Podolski (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Aaron Ramsey.
  2. 11' Goal! Galatasaray 0, Arsenal 2. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain following a fast break.
  3. 15' Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 29' Goal! Galatasaray 0, Arsenal 3. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner following a corner.
  5. 33' Felipe Melo (Galatasaray) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 43' Tarik Camdal (Galatasaray) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45' Substitution, Arsenal. Gedion Zelalem replaces Mathieu Flamini.
  8. 45' Substitution, Arsenal. Ainsley Maitland-Niles replaces Aaron Ramsey.
  9. 45' Substitution, Galatasaray. Hamit Altintop replaces Tarik Camdal.
  10. 45' Substitution, Galatasaray. Yasin Öztekin replaces Burak Yilmaz.
  11. 57' Semih Kaya (Galatasaray) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 65' Mathieu Debuchy (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 65' Lukas Podolski (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 77' Substitution, Arsenal. Stefan O'Connor replaces Mathieu Debuchy.
  15. 77' Substitution, Galatasaray. Olcan Adin replaces Bruma.
  16. 88' Goal! Galatasaray 1, Arsenal 3. Wesley Sneijder (Galatasaray) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  17. 90'+2' Goal! Galatasaray 1, Arsenal 4. Lukas Podolski (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yaya Sanogo.

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