UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Galatasaray WDDLW 1
–
Arsenal DLWLD 4
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Emirates Stadium · 52,000 att.

Match Report

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Three and easy for Welbeck as Arsenal ease past Galatasaray

The former Manchester United striker notched his first senior hat trick to down the Turkish side and hand Arsene Wenger's side all three points.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
4
Offsides
3
7
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
6
49.1
Possession
50.9
18
SHOTS
12
7
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
376
Accurate Passes
393
450
Passes
469
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
3
21
Crosses
14
0.1
Cross %
0.2
50
Long Balls
57
25
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
4
24
Effective Tackles
11
27
Tackles
15
0.9
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
27
Effective Clearances
24
27
Clearances
24

Lineups

ARS · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 4Per MertesackerCD-R
  4. 20Mathieu FlaminiDM
  5. 3Kieran GibbsLB
  6. 21Calum ChambersRB
  7. 19Santi CazorlaCM-L
  8. 11Mesut ÖzilCM-R
  9. 17Alexis SánchezLM
  10. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainRM
  11. 23Danny WelbeckF

Substitutes

  1. 39Héctor BellerínSUB
  2. 9Lukas PodolskiSUB
  3. 10Jack WilshereSUB
  4. 13David OspinaSUB
  5. 28Joel CampbellSUB
  6. 34Francis CoquelinSUB
  7. 7Tomas RosickySUB

GAL · 3-5-2

  1. 1Fernando MusleraG
  2. 3Felipe MeloCD
  3. 26Semih KayaCD-L
  4. 21Aurélien ChedjouCD-R
  5. 6Blerim DžemailiCM-L
  6. 35Yekta KurtulusCM-R
  7. 10Wesley SneijderAM
  8. 13Alex TellesLM
  9. 88Veysel SariRM
  10. 19Goran PandevCF-L
  11. 17Burak YilmazCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Umut BulutSUB
  2. 38Sinan BolatSUB
  3. 4Hamit AltintopSUB
  4. 11BrumaSUB
  5. 22Hakan BaltaSUB
  6. 29Olcan AdinSUB
  7. 77Tarik CamdalSUB

Timeline

  1. 22' Goal! Arsenal 1, Galatasaray 0. Danny Welbeck (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez with a through ball.
  2. 30' Goal! Arsenal 2, Galatasaray 0. Danny Welbeck (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  3. 34' Felipe Melo (Galatasaray) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 41' Goal! Arsenal 3, Galatasaray 0. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mesut Özil with a through ball.
  5. 43' Blerim Dzemaili (Galatasaray) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 44' Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45' Substitution, Galatasaray. Hamit Altintop replaces Yekta Kurtulus.
  8. 52' Goal! Arsenal 4, Galatasaray 0. Danny Welbeck (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain with a through ball.
  9. 60' Wojciech Szczesny (Arsenal) is shown the red card.
  10. 62' Substitution, Arsenal. David Ospina replaces Alexis Sánchez.
  11. 63' Goal! Arsenal 4, Galatasaray 1. Burak Yilmaz (Galatasaray) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  12. 68' Substitution, Arsenal. Tomas Rosicky replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
  13. 69' Substitution, Galatasaray. Bruma replaces Goran Pandev.
  14. 69' Substitution, Galatasaray. Umut Bulut replaces Veysel Sari.
  15. 77' Substitution, Arsenal. Jack Wilshere replaces Mesut Özil.

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