1. FC Nürnberg vs Arsenal, 2022 Club Friendly

· Club Friendly
1. FC Nürnberg
  • 24': Johannes Geis
  • 29': Kwadwo Duah
  • 73': Lukas Schleimer
FT
3 - 5
Arsenal
  • 47': Gabriel Jesus
  • 54': Mohamed Elneny
  • 57': Christopher Schindler (OG)
  • 63': Tim Handwerker (OG)
  • 75': Gabriel Jesus

Gabriel Jesus scores twice as Arsenal fight back to claim preseason win over Nurnberg

Gabriel Jesus scored twice in his first outing in an Arsenal shirt as his new club beat Nurnberg 5-3 in a preseason outing in Germany on Friday.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Attempt missed. Christoph Daferner (1. FC Nürnberg) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mats Dæhli with a cross.
  • 4': Attempt missed. Kieran Tierney (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Héctor Bellerín with a headed pass.
  • 5': Hand ball by Albert Sambi Lokonga (Arsenal).
  • 9': Christoph Daferner (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 9': Foul by Pablo Marí (Arsenal).
  • 14': Attempt saved. Emile Smith Rowe (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Kieran Tierney.
  • 14': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Christian Mathenia.
  • 19': Foul by Emile Smith Rowe (Arsenal).
  • 19': Jan Gyamerah (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 22': Albert Sambi Lokonga (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 22': Foul by Mats Dæhli (1. FC Nürnberg).
  • 24': Goal! 1. FC Nürnberg 1, Arsenal 0. Johannes Geis (1. FC Nürnberg) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lino Tempelmann.
  • 29': Goal! 1. FC Nürnberg 2, Arsenal 0. Kwadwo Duah (1. FC Nürnberg) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Johannes Geis.
  • 30': Substitution, Arsenal. Cédric Soares replaces Kieran Tierney.
  • 34': Foul by Lino Tempelmann (1. FC Nürnberg).
  • 34': Reiss Nelson (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Offside, 1. FC Nürnberg. Johannes Geis tries a through ball, but Christoph Daferner is caught offside.
  • 40': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Asger Sørensen.
  • 41': Attempt blocked. Reiss Nelson (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ainsley Maitland-Niles with a headed pass.
  • 41': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Christoph Daferner.
  • 43': Attempt missed. Nicolas Pépé (Arsenal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Emile Smith Rowe.
  • 44': Foul by Christoph Daferner (1. FC Nürnberg).
  • 44': Reuell Walters (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Foul by Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal).
  • 45': Lino Tempelmann (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+1': Offside, 1. FC Nürnberg. Christopher Schindler tries a through ball, but Kwadwo Duah is caught offside.
  • 45'+2': Offside, 1. FC Nürnberg. Mats Dæhli tries a through ball, but Kwadwo Duah is caught offside.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, 1. FC Nürnberg 2, Arsenal 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins 1. FC Nürnberg 2, Arsenal 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Jesus replaces Emile Smith Rowe.
  • 45': Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Magalhães replaces Reuell Walters.
  • 45': Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Martinelli replaces Héctor Bellerín.
  • 45': Substitution, Arsenal. Mohamed Elneny replaces Nicolas Pépé.
  • 46': Attempt missed. Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 47': Goal! 1. FC Nürnberg 2, Arsenal 1. Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Eddie Nketiah.
  • 50': Attempt missed. Kwadwo Duah (1. FC Nürnberg) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Christoph Daferner.
  • 52': Attempt missed. Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Albert Sambi Lokonga.
  • 54': Attempt blocked. Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Albert Sambi Lokonga.
  • 54': Goal! 1. FC Nürnberg 2, Arsenal 2. Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 57': Attempt saved. Albert Sambi Lokonga (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
  • 57': Own Goal by Christopher Schindler, 1. FC Nürnberg. 1. FC Nürnberg 2, Arsenal 3.
  • 59': Foul by Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal).
  • 59': Lino Tempelmann (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 61': Substitution, 1. FC Nürnberg. Erik Wekesser replaces Mats Dæhli.
  • 63': Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
  • 63': Own Goal by Tim Handwerker, 1. FC Nürnberg. 1. FC Nürnberg 2, Arsenal 4.
  • 66': Attempt saved. Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
  • 66': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Christian Mathenia.
  • 66': Attempt missed. Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus.
  • 68': Substitution, Arsenal. Marquinhos replaces Eddie Nketiah.
  • 68': Substitution, Arsenal. Salah-Eddine Oulad M'hand replaces Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
  • 68': Substitution, Arsenal. Arthur Okonkwo replaces Matt Turner.
  • 68': Substitution, Arsenal. Folarin Balogun replaces Reiss Nelson.
  • 68': Substitution, Arsenal. Charlie Patino replaces Albert Sambi Lokonga.
  • 70': Attempt missed. Folarin Balogun (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Cédric Soares.
  • 72': Substitution, 1. FC Nürnberg. Lukas Schleimer replaces Johannes Geis.
  • 73': Goal! 1. FC Nürnberg 3, Arsenal 4. Lukas Schleimer (1. FC Nürnberg) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christoph Daferner.
  • 75': Goal! 1. FC Nürnberg 3, Arsenal 5. Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal) right footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Gabriel Martinelli with a cross.
  • 78': Foul by Christoph Daferner (1. FC Nürnberg).
  • 78': Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 79': Foul by Lino Tempelmann (1. FC Nürnberg).
  • 79': Salah-Eddine Oulad M'hand (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Foul by Salah-Eddine Oulad M'hand (Arsenal).
  • 79': Tim Handwerker (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 83': Substitution, 1. FC Nürnberg. Taylan Duman replaces Lukas Schleimer because of an injury.
  • 85': Foul by Pablo Marí (Arsenal).
  • 85': Kwadwo Duah (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Pablo Marí (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 88': Substitution, 1. FC Nürnberg. Manuel Wintzheimer replaces Christoph Daferner.
  • 88': Substitution, 1. FC Nürnberg. Erik Shuranov replaces Kwadwo Duah.
  • 90'+1': Hand ball by Marquinhos (Arsenal).
  • 90'+2': Second Half ends, 1. FC Nürnberg 3, Arsenal 5.
  • 0': Match ends, 1. FC Nürnberg 3, Arsenal 5.

Statistics

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8 Fouls 5
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 3
4 Corner Kicks 0
0 Saves 3
64.1 Possession 35.9
15 SHOTS 5
6 ON GOAL 3
0.4 On Target % 0.6
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
500 Accurate Passes 253
544 Passes 307
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 3
16 Crosses 8
0.3 Cross % 0.4
28 Long Balls 49
18 Accurate Long Balls 26
0.6 Long Balls % 0.5
2 Blocked Shots 0
4 Effective Tackles 9
8 Tackles 14
0.5 Tackle % 0.6
4 Interceptions 3
5 Effective Clearances 16
5 Clearances 16

Game Information

Competition: Club Friendly

Venue:
Location: ,
Attendance: 45,000

Line-Ups

FCN 1. FC Nürnberg (4-3-1-2)

No. Name
26 Christian Mathenia (GK)
4 Asger Sørensen
16 Christopher Schindler
29 Tim Handwerker
28 Jan Gyamerah
33 Christoph Daferner
5 Johannes Geis
10 Mats Daehli
15 Fabian Nürnberger
6 Lino Tempelmann
23 Kwadwo Duah
1. FC Nürnberg Substitutes:
Enrico Valentini, Jens Castrop, Erik Wekesser, Erik Shuranov, Lukas Schleimer, Jan Reichert, Manuel Wintzheimer, Carl Klaus, Sadik Fofana, Florian Hubner, Manuel Schaffler, Taylan Duman.

ARS Arsenal (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
30 Matt Turner (GK)
22 Pablo Marí Yellow Card
97 Reuell Walters
3 Kieran Tierney
2 Héctor Bellerín
10 Emile Smith Rowe
23 Albert Sambi Lokonga
15 Ainsley Maitland-Niles
14 Eddie Nketiah
24 Reiss Nelson
19 Nicolas Pépé
Arsenal Substitutes:
Lino Sousa, Salah-Eddine Oulad M'Hand, Rúnar Rúnarsson, Mohamed Elneny, Gabriel Jesus, Marquinhos, Folarin Balogun, Charlie Patino, Gabriel Magalhães, Gabriel Martinelli, Cédric, Arthur Okonkwo.

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