FFO2 Premiership, Brighton vs. Arsenal (Mon Oct 02) Brighton | Arsenal 4-4-2 D | 4-1-0-3-2 E Peter Hayward | Darren Humphris | R_Sanchez GK | GK D_Henderson Yeray DF | DF J_Gomez A_Florenzi DF | DM K_Thuram H_Bellerin DF | DF A_Christensen J_Bednarek DF | DF J_Kounde M_Kovacic MF | DF M_Locatelli Rodri MF | AM N_Pepe J_Henderson MF | AM Thiago M_Reus MF | AM A_Correa S_Haller FW | FW R_Sallai D_Drexler FW | FW F_Chiesa | S_Mignolet SUB | SUB E_Audero B_Hubner SUB | SUB T_Malacia J_Bryan SUB | SUB R_Morrison Y_Bissouma SUB | SUB M_Ritter S_De_Jong SUB | SUB N_Madueke Min. 1 :(bri) M_Kovacic takes on the defender ... He gets past him! ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to S_Haller ... S_Haller attempts a chip! ... He has failed to hit the target! ... He looks horrified by that miss! ... He puts his face in his hands! Min. 4 :(ars) Thiago controls the ball with a deft piece of skill ... He plays the ball into the middle! ... K_Thuram gets onto the end of the pass! ... An audacious effort from K_Thuram! ... R_Sanchez with the save ... He holds onto it as well! Min. 7 :(bri) M_Kovacic headbutts A_Correa! ... He's taken leave of his senses! ... The Referee will just give him a speaking to Min. 8 :(bri) M_Reus skips past a challenge and gets over a cross to S_Haller ... A_Christensen seizes control of the ball ... He hoists it forward Min. 11 :(bri) J_Bednarek spots S_Haller who is in acres of space ... K_Thuram read the danger and stops the pass Min. 11 :(bri) M_Kovacic with the dribble ... He skips through the tackle ... A_Correa with an ugly foul ... That looked malicious ... The Referee writes his name in his little black book ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He'll need to be careful from now on! ... FREE KICK! ... And in a dangerous position as well! ... S_Haller hits it hard with some tremendous top spin ... It flies wide! ... He should have hit the target at least!! Min. 13 :(ars) A_Correa lobs the ball over the defence ... Thiago latches on to it ... S_Haller with an over the top challenge ... The Referee reaches to his pocket! ... He jots down his name! ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 19 :(bri) M_Kovacic with a slick pass to M_Reus ... J_Gomez reads it well ... This boy is a quality defender ... The crowd sing his praises Min. 20 :(ars) Tactical Change by Arsenal ... Arsenal have changed their playing style to P Min. 23 :(bri) M_Kovacic hits a hard pass to S_Haller ... K_Thuram wins control of the ball with his hand!! ... Play On!! Min. 23 :(ars) J_Gomez jumps over H_Bellerin's challenge ... Yeray catches his opponent late!! ... The Arsenal fans want him to be sent off! ... The Referee wants to have a word with him Min. 23 :(bri) S_Haller holds the ball up and waits for support ... He spots his team mate making a run now ... He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now! ... His team mate plays the through ball for him! ... J_Kounde with a deliberate foul ... That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment Min. 26 :(ars) A_Correa with a smart pass to M_Locatelli ... M_Locatelli pounds a rocket on goal! ... It hits the bar ... And goes over! ... That shot was so poor it would make Ronny Rosenthal cringe! Min. 28 :(ars) N_Pepe beats Yeray ... He mugged him off there with his dribbling skills ... N_Pepe rises above the defence to head the ball! ... R_Sanchez makes a great save ... But he can't hold onto it! ... He gathers it at the second attempt! Min. 31 :(ars) Tactical Change by Arsenal ... Arsenal have changed their playing style to A Min. 31 :(ars) F_Chiesa takes advantage of a mistake by J_Bednarek ... It's a lucky break ... F_Chiesa has time and space! ... He shoots towards goal! ... R_Sanchez with a fantastic point blank save ... He showed great reflexes there Min. 33 :(bri) M_Reus with a throw in ... He throws the ball across to M_Kovacic ... M_Kovacic with a screamer of a shot! ... But he puts it wide ... He found himself with no room to manoeuvre Min. 33 :(ars) A_Christensen takes on the defender ... He gets past him! ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to Thiago ... Yeray gets the foot in to win the ball ... It rolls out of play ... CORNER! ... M_Locatelli with an inswinging corner into the box ... The ball finds its way to J_Gomez ... He gets the shot away ... R_Sanchez goes down well to save Min. 34 :(ars) N_Pepe brings the ball under control ... He sees a team mate leave his marker! ... He plays the ball across to him! ... F_Chiesa gets on the end of the pass ... F_Chiesa with the drive! ... But he puts it wide ... That was a terrible attempt! Min. 40 :(ars) K_Thuram plays it to his team mate for a one-two ... N_Pepe keeps possession instead! ... He runs towards the goal now! ... N_Pepe flicks the header toward the far post! ... But it goes just over Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 1 minute of injury time Min. 43 :(bri) S_Haller sidesteps F_Chiesa ... He's been running his marker ragged all game ... J_Gomez wins the ball with a superb sliding challenge ... It goes out of play ... CORNER! ... Yeray hits it towards the far post! ... D_Henderson easily catches it! Min. 43 :(ars) R_Sallai beats the defender ... S_Haller steals the ball of off him Min. 44 :(bri) A_Florenzi takes advantage of a mistake by M_Locatelli ... That mistake could prove costly ... A_Florenzi tries to place it in the corner! ... The fans get off their seats! ... But it sails over!! Min. 44 :(ars) Thiago breaks free from Yeray ... D_Drexler with an ugly foul ... He received a good talking to from The Referee Min. 44 :(ars) A_Correa sidesteps his marker ... He runs forward now ... A_Correa from 20 yards! ... It hits off a defender! ... R_Sanchez is wrong footed! ... It drifts just wide! ... CORNER! ... K_Thuram swings the ball in hard and fast towards the back post! ... Headed away by Rodri Min. 45 :(bri) Substitution by Brighton ... COMING ON: Y_Bissouma ... COMING OFF: M_Reus Min. 45 :(bri) Substitution by Brighton ... COMING ON: B_Hubner ... COMING OFF: J_Bednarek Min. 45 :(ars) J_Kounde unselfishly heads the ball back to F_Chiesa ... A skilful effort from F_Chiesa! ... R_Sanchez just watches it drift out of play! Min. 46 :(ars) A_Correa jumps over B_Hubner's challenge ... Oh, beautiful nutmeg ... He's clean through ... B_Hubner recovers the situation to win the ball back ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Brighton 0-0 Arsenal Min. 46 :(ars) R_Sallai turns past A_Florenzi ... He has created space for himself now ... Good sliding challenge from S_Haller and it had to be Min. 51 :(bri) Yeray boots it towards S_Haller ... Thiago knocks the ball back to D_Henderson ... Ohhhh no!! ... It's gone past D_Henderson! ... And just creeps wide!! ... CORNER! ... Rodri plays it into the danger area! ... M_Locatelli deals with the danger and clears Min. 58 :(ars) F_Chiesa watches his team-mates pull the defenders out of position ... He decides to be greedy and run into the space ... He's gone right through! ... F_Chiesa blasts the ball towards goal! ... GOAL!! ... He does a celebratory dance with his team-mates! ... That puts Arsenal ahead! ... Now can they hang onto it? ... Brighton 0-1 Arsenal ... Min. 62 :(ars) K_Thuram skips past a challenge and gets over a cross to A_Correa ... A_Correa has time and space on the edge of the box! ... He shoots towards goal! ... R_Sanchez gathers it easily Min. 65 :(ars) Substitution by Arsenal ... COMING ON: R_Morrison ... COMING OFF: Thiago Min. 66 :(bri) S_Haller beats his marker ... He muscled him off the ball ... S_Haller curls the ball in on goal! ... D_Henderson is rooted to the spot! ... But the ball sails wide anyway! Min. 75 :(ars) Tactical Change by Arsenal ... Arsenal have changed their playing style to D Min. 80 :(bri) J_Henderson knocks the ball on and sprints past J_Kounde ... A delightful ball in to S_Haller ... J_Gomez clears with a diving header Min. 81 :(bri) J_Henderson turns past the defender ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to D_Drexler ... D_Drexler drives it towards goal! ... He has failed to hit the target! ... He looks horrified by that miss! ... He should have buried that! Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 1 minute of injury time ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Amex Stadium ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brighton Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : M_Kovacic Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : S_Haller (13) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arsenal Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : J_Gomez (Man of the Match) Scorers : F_Chiesa (58) Sent Off : N/A Booked : A_Correa (11) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brighton | Arsenal Attempts on Goal : 6 | 11 Off target : 6 | 5 On target : 0 | 6 Possession : 43 | 57 Corners : 2 | 2 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 1 | 1 Subs Used : 2 | 1 Fouls : 9 | 4 Key Tackles : 5 | 8 Key Passes : 9 | 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Brighton 0 - 1 Arsenal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Brighton Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- R_Sanchez GK 22 1 1 1 22 | 92 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 Yeray DF 1 20 12 8 33 | 92 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 0 A_Florenzi DF 1 20 15 9 27 | 92 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 H_Bellerin DF 1 20 14 8 21 | 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Bednarek DF 1 18 13 10 23 | 45 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 M_Kovacic MF 1 5 21 14 22 | 92 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 33 10 Rodri MF 1 15 20 6 21 | 92 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 J_Henderson MF 1 6 19 13 30 | 92 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 M_Reus MF 1 4 19 16 24 | 45 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 S_Haller FW 1 6 11 21 27 | 92 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 66 -2 7 D_Drexler FW 1 3 15 12 28 | 92 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 S_Mignolet GK 15 1 1 1 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B_Hubner DF 1 18 12 7 20 | 47 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 J_Bryan DF 1 15 12 7 26 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Y_Bissouma MF 1 14 19 10 31 | 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S_De_Jong FW 1 1 7 10 20 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Arsenal Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D_Henderson GK 23 1 1 1 24 | 92 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 J_Gomez DF 1 20 18 7 29 | 92 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 60 0 21 K_Thuram DM 1 16 21 7 27 | 92 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 48 22 21 A_Christensen DF 1 20 16 11 19 | 92 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 16 0 J_Kounde DF 1 20 14 11 27 | 92 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 M_Locatelli DF 1 17 21 14 27 | 92 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 23 0 10 N_Pepe AM 1 2 19 18 22 | 92 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 16 Thiago AM 1 8 20 17 25 | 66 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 12 0 A_Correa AM 1 4 20 19 26 | 92 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 22 12 R_Sallai FW 1 2 11 16 25 | 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F_Chiesa FW 1 5 18 20 22 | 92 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 40 E_Audero GK 17 1 1 1 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T_Malacia DF 1 20 17 7 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R_Morrison AM 1 6 13 11 25 | 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Ritter MF 1 4 11 8 19 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N_Madueke FW 1 4 17 19 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1696236824 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40