Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 4 Arsenal
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| Wolverhampton Wanderers | Arsenal | ||
| Jody Craddock (89') | Ronald Zubar (28') Own Goal | ||
| Jody Craddock (35') Own Goal | |||
| Cesc Fábregas (45') | |||
| Andrei Arshavin (66') |
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| Match Stats | |||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | Arsenal | ||
| 7(1) | Shots (on Goal) | 13(5) | |
| 11 | Fouls | 15 | |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 4 | |
| 1 | Offsides | 8 | |
| 38% | Time of Possession | 62% | |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 3 | |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 | |
| 3 | Saves | 0 | |
| Current Lineup | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | Arsenal |
| 1 Wayne Hennessey (G) | (G) Manuel Almunia 1 |
| 16 Christophe Berra (CD-L) | (CD-L) Thomas Vermaelen 5 |
6 Jody Craddock (CD-R)  |  (CD-R) William Gallas 10 |
| 5 Richard Stearman (LB) | (LB) Kieran Gibbs 28 |
| 23 Ronald Zubar (RB) | (RB) Bacary Sagna 3 |
| 8 Karl Henry (CM-R) | (RM) Aaron Ramsey 16 |
| 9 Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (CF-L) | (ST) Robin Van Persie 11 |
| 29 Kevin Doyle (CF-R) | (RCF) Cesc Fábregas 4 |
7 Michael Kightly (SUB)  | (SUB) Tomas Rosicky 7 |
| 17 Matthew Jarvis (SUB) | (SUB) Alexandre Song Billong 17 |
| 27 Michael Mancienne (SUB) | (SUB) Samir Nasri 8 |
Saturday, November 7, 2009
| Aston Villa | 5 | |
| Bolton Wanderers | 1 | FT |
| Blackburn Rovers | 3 | |
| Portsmouth | 1 | FT |
| Manchester City | 3 | |
| Burnley | 3 | FT |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | |
| Sunderland | 0 | FT |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 | |
| Arsenal | 4 | FT |
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Ramsey comes close to getting a fifth for Arsenal, drilling a shot just wide after great build-up play.
There will be at least three minutes' stoppage time.
Jarvis wins a corner for Wolves.
Rosicky plays a one-two with Van Persie before firing over from inside the area. Great play, but poor finish.
There's some confusion in defence as Gallas waits for Almunia to come but both fail to deal with a dangerous throughball.
Zubar plays a woeful backpass and Van Persie rounds Hennessey, but he tries to do it all on his own and the chance is wasted!
Fabregas bursts through despite the close attentions of several defenders and, although his pass finds Van Persie, the Dutchman is offside.
Kightly lays it off for Henry, but he's closed down and the ball goes out of play.
Wolves win a free-kick in a dangerous position as Vermaelen brings down Ebanks-Blake.
Michael Mancienne comes on to replace David Edwards.
Van Persie nearly finds a way through, but he's just denied after some good build-up play.
Kightly gives the ball away to Nasri out wide but, as he makes his way into the area, he's dispossessed.
Fabregas blazes over the bar after Van Persie battles away to pull the ball back from the goal line.
Ramsey nearly creates some space for a shot, but he dallies and is dispossessed. He then gives away a free-kick as he looks to get the ball back.
There were shouts for handball when that free-kick struck the wall and that could have been given.
Milijas takes the free-kick, but it bounces off the wall and Arsenal can clear.
Doyle takes a boot to the face in a high challenge from Vermaelen. The defender could have had a yellow card there.
Eduardo misses a great chance for 5-0! He's played through but can't beat Hennessey one-on-one! The ball just squirms out from under the keeper after the first attempt but he's closed out.
Arshavin fires a shot on goal! Hennessey tips the ball away from his top corner at the near post and Arsenal have a corner.
Doyle charges down Sagna and nearly gives him a problem, but the defender recovers.
Gibbs bursts down the left and just keeps going for Arsenal. He eventually pulls the ball back into the area, but there are too many defenders around and it's cleared.
Vermaelen puts the ball out for a throw as the ball comes into the Arsenal area.
Stearman goes in hard on Van Persie. The Dutchman looks in pain, but there's no yellow card.
Milijas floats it in but Almunia gathers well.
Wolves win a free-kick just inside the Arsenal half and look to loft it forwards.
Hennessey gathers the ball right on the edge of the area - there were suspicions that he may have caught that outside there. Still, he wasn't under too much pressure and no one kicks up a fuss.
Vermaelen plays a ball over the top for Eduardo as he breaks into the area, but the ball won't quite drop and Hennessey gathers. Great pass from the Belgian.
More miscommunication for Arsenal as Eduardo plays it back for a static Sagna, but the win the ball back, even if Doyle wanted a free-kick.
Fabregas and Arshavin aren't on the same wavelength as the Spaniard tries a throughball and Arshavin remains rooted.
Arshavin curls in a cross from the right flank, but Hennessey gathers easily.
Van Persie's shot on the edge of the area and nearly bounces kindly for Arsenal, but there are enough defenders there to deal with it.
Vermaelen does well to deal with a throughball as Ebanks-Blake bears down on him.
It's half-time and Mick McCarthy and his men will feel very hard done by. It's 3-0 but Arsenal have been fortunate to greater or lesser extent on all three goals.
Arsenal have started the half on the front foot.
Sagna and Van Persie combine well down the flank and Sagna whips in a cross, which Zubar does well to head away.
Arsenal get the second half underway!
Two minutes of injury time added at the end of the half.
Gibbs looks for Fabregas as he attempts to burst into the box, but again it doesn't quite come off as the pass fails to reach its target. This is far from vintage Arsenal.
Henry loses possession and Ramsey looks for Van Persie in the area, but the Dutchman's first touch lets him down and Wolves survive.
A slack pass from Ramsey nearly allows Wolves to break, but Doyle can't latch onto Stearman's pass.
Milijas curls the free-kick over the bar from the right of the goal.
Van Persie fires just wide! Arsenal are getting into their stride now and Van Persie curls the ball just wide of the post.
Wolves deserve to at least be level here and will be hugely disappointed with the goals. Nonetheless, they committed too many men forward for the second and Arsenal should have scored without the need for a deflection.
Fabregas plays a dangerous ball through, but Zubar intercepts well and Hennessey clears.
Fabregas sends the corner over everyone and out for a goal kick.
Van Persie just overplays a pass to Eduardo on the edge of the area as Arsenal again threaten. they have to settle for a corner.
ESPN pitchside reporter Rebecca Lowe has revealed that the Arsenal medical team believe Diaby does have a calf injury.
Ramsey should score! Berra's poor header allows Van Persie in and he curls the ball back from the goal line for Ramsey to head on goal, but he can't quite get the power or the direction!
Hugely disappointing for Wolves given their start, and Arshavin nearly makes it 2-0 as he bursts through on goal.
Craddock is forced to head behind for a corner.
Zubar clatters Eduardo and Arsenal have a free-kick by the Wolves corner flag.
Wolves win a free-kick and Milijas again looks to swing a cross in. Ramsey is forced to clear for a corner.
Doyle pulls the ball across the face of goal from out on the flank but Ebanks-Blake can't get there.
Arsenal look to break away following the free-kick, but the attack is swiftly broken down. Wolves have started really well.
Arshavin clatters into Milijas as Wolves come down the left.
Diaby is nursing an injury and the physio appears to be looking at his calf.
Zubar does well to clear as Van Persie threatens to score after some good Arsenal build-up.
Wolves are making all the attacks right now and have looked much more likely to break the deadlock than the visitors.
Berra attempts to head a deep Milijas free-kick in as he gets beyond the defence, but he makes a mess of it, heading it backwards. Poor defending.
Sagna could cause problems as Hennessey and Stearman head to the corner flag to deal with the ball, but Sagna needlessly gives away a foul.
Sagna swings a cross in and Eduardo goes down after contact from Zubar's leg, but there's no appeal and there's nothing given.
Van Persie goes clean through and is given offside. It was a harsh decision, but Hennessey blocked his shot anyway.
Arshavin fires the ball just wide of goal with a first-time shot, but he was offside.
Ebanks-Blake comes close to heading in the opener! He stoops to head the ball towards goal from the corner. Fabregas probably would have had it covered, though.
Arsenal aren't quite clicking into gear here.
Arsenal look to build some possession for a while around the halfway line, but Van Persie gives it away with a poor pass.
Gibbs has to head the ball away from Doyle's header from the corner!
Wolves send a cross in from the right, which Sagna heads away, but they eventually come back down the left and win a corner.
Ebanks-Blake gets a chance to run at the Arsenal defence, but Vermaelen gets it away.
Wolves are tidying up nicely here, but Arsenal have taken the early initiative.
Milijas cuts out a Fabregas cross from out on the right as Arsenal try to create some space.
Wolves look like they'll be applying plenty of pressure from the early signs.
Wolves get the game underway!
Impeccably observed, and Wolves gather in a huddle ahead of the kick-off.
The sides gather around the centre circle for a minute's silence for Remembrance Sunday.
The teams are out on the field.
Steve Bennett will be the referee for this evening's match.
Wenger also remained coy about Arshavin's position with Eduardo coming back in and said he felt Almunia is back to his best.
Arsenal have left out Song, Nasri, Rosicky and Eboue. Ramsey is the biggest surprise but Wenger has told ESPN that he is simply giving the player a chance as he rests others.
A couple of surprises there. Nenad Milijas stars for Wolves on the left-hand side of midfield while Michael Kightly is on the bench.
Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Ramsey, Diaby, Arshavin, Fabregas, Eduardo, Van Persie. Subs: Mannone, Senderos, Rosicky, Nasri, Song, Silvestre, Eboue
Wolves: Hennessey, Zubar, Craddock, Berra, Stearman, Edwards, Henry, Castillo, Milijas, Doyle, Ebanks-Blake. Subs: Hahnemann, Kightly, Keogh, Halford, Jarvis, Mancienne, Meierhofer
Hello and welcome to the live commentary for Wolves v Arsenal at Molineux.