English FA Cup

FT Sunday, April 23, 2017
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Arsenal LDWLW 2
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Wembley Stadium · 85,725 att.

Match Report

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
20
5
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
7
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
2
65.5
Possession
34.5
20
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
637
Accurate Passes
269
742
Passes
385
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
8
Accurate Crosses
6
30
Crosses
21
0.3
Cross %
0.3
69
Long Balls
80
32
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
16
16
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
28
Effective Clearances
31
28
Clearances
31

Head to Head

ARS leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

ARS · 3-4-2-1

  1. 33Petr CechG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD
  3. 16Rob HoldingCD-L
  4. 5Gabriel PaulistaCD-R
  5. 8Aaron RamseyCM-L
  6. 29Granit XhakaCM-R
  7. 18Nacho MonrealLM
  8. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainRM
  9. 12Olivier GiroudF
  10. 7Alexis SánchezCF-L
  11. 11Mesut ÖzilCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 34Francis CoquelinSUB
  2. 23Danny WelbeckSUB
  3. 24Héctor BellerínSUB
  4. 26Emiliano MartínezSUB
  5. 17Alex IwobiSUB
  6. 14Theo WalcottSUB
  7. 3Kieran GibbsSUB

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Claudio BravoG
  2. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-L
  3. 4Vincent KompanyCD-R
  4. 22Gaël ClichyLB
  5. 15Jesús NavasRB
  6. 21David SilvaAM
  7. 42Yaya TouréLM
  8. 25FernandinhoRM
  9. 10Sergio AgüeroF
  10. 19Leroy SanéAM-L
  11. 17Kevin De BruyneAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Pablo ZabaletaSUB
  2. 6FernandoSUB
  3. 13Wilfredo CaballeroSUB
  4. 7Raheem SterlingSUB
  5. 72Kelechi IheanachoSUB
  6. 18Fabian DelphSUB
  7. 11Aleksandar KolarovSUB

Timeline

  1. 23' Substitution, Manchester City. Raheem Sterling replaces David Silva because of an injury.
  2. 25' Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 62' Goal! Arsenal 0, Manchester City 1. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yaya Touré with a through ball following a fast break.
  4. 69' Fernandinho (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 71' Goal! Arsenal 1, Manchester City 1. Nacho Monreal (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain with a cross.
  6. 83' Substitution, Arsenal. Danny Welbeck replaces Olivier Giroud.
  7. 89' Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 90'
  9. 99' Substitution, Manchester City. Fabian Delph replaces Sergio Agüero.
  10. 99' Substitution, Manchester City. Fernando replaces Fernandinho because of an injury.
  11. 101' Goal! Arsenal 2, Manchester City 1. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Danny Welbeck following a set piece situation.
  12. 102' Leroy Sané (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 105' Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 105' Fabian Delph (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 105'+1' Substitution, Arsenal. Héctor Bellerín replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
  16. 105'+3'
  17. 105' Substitution, Manchester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Raheem Sterling.
  18. 105' Second Half Extra Time begins Arsenal 2, Manchester City 1.
  19. 115' Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  20. 119' Substitution, Arsenal. Francis Coquelin replaces Mesut Özil.
  21. 120'+2' Second Half Extra Time ends, Arsenal 2, Manchester City 1.

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