FT: Arsenal 3-1 Stoke
FT: Crystal Palace 0-2 Swansea
For further match analysis and stats, click here. FULL TIME at the Emirates. Arsenal 3-1 Stoke City. A well deserved win for the Gunners. 93′ – Ramsey with a shot on goal, Begovic tips it over. What a shot that! Corner for Arsenal. 92′ – Yellow card for Stephan Ireland for a foul on Arteta. 91′ – There will be four minutes of injury time. 89′ – Stoke trying to make something happen. Nothing is though.
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85′ – Stoke just going through the proceedings here. The match appears to be well and truly over 83′ – Corner for Stoke. Can they do to Arsenal, what Arsenal have done to them thrice already? Bad news for Manchester United fans. RVP is out of the Manchester Derby. Confirmed news.
81′ – Stoke passing the ball around, but unable to break through. SUBSTITUTION: Arteta on for Ozil.
78′ – Freekick for Stoke as Mertesacker fouls Walters 75′ – Arsenal have dropped anchor and are holding out. Stoke need a goal now if they want something from the game. SUBSTITUTIONS: Miyachi on for Gnabry, Monreal on for Wilshere Three set-pieces. Three goals for Arsenal. Against Stoke. Stoke. The world as we know it is over. GOAL! Ozil’s delivery finds Sagna who loops the ball over Begovic. 72′ – Wilshere brought down by Walters. Freekick for Arsenal outside the box. 70′ – Stoke piling on the pressure here. Arsenal holding steady though.
SUBSTITUTION: Erik Peters comes off, Palacios comes on. 66′ – Wilshere is down, receiving treatment 65′ – Stoke pump the ball into the box, but an offside renders the move ineffective. 63′ – Ozil has a shot on goal after Wilshere’s header falls in his path. Begovic saves easily. 60′ – Another freekick for Arsenal, out wide. Begovic collects the cross. SUBSTITUTION: Charlie Adam goes off, Stephen Ireland takes his place. 58′ – Ozil with a lovely piece on control there, manages to get a throw-in.
56′ – Ozil puts in a dangerous ball from a freekick, but it is cleared. 53′ – Giroud finds himself in tons of space, and shoots a rocket at Begovic, who tips it over. Corner for Arsenal. Huth gets a yellow card for a foul on Gnabry. 52′ – Gibbs gives the ball away. Stoke counter, but Koscielny covers it and puts the ball out. GOAL UPDATE: Nathan Dyer doubles Swansea’s lead at Palace. 49′ – Gnabry cuts inside and shoots with his left. Begovic collects easily. 47′ – The home crowd booing Shawcross every time he gets the ball. 46′ – Arsenal starts the proceedings in the second half. No changes from either side. Second half kicks off. Arsenal will be looking to score early and put this game to bed HALF-TIME: Arsenal 2-1 Stoke. It’s been a brilliant game so far. More of the same please!
47′ – Huth fouls Giroud near the halfway line. Cheap freekick conceded there. 46′ – Three minutes of added time. Arsenal controlling possession. There will be time added on for that stoppage. 44′ – Jones and Mertesacker collide while going for the same ball! A clash of heads that sees both players receiving medical attention. Hopefully, both are okay. 43′ – Beautiful stepover by Ozil. Defender didn’t have a clue! 42′ – Freekick to Arsenal. Gnabry manhandled near the corner flag. Correct decision. 40′ – Poor clearance by Begovic finds Ozil, who squares for Gnabry. But the youngster’s shot goes well wide.
37′ – Arsenal try a counterattack through Giroud, who loses the ball after a lovely touch to bring it in control. Here’s the goal video.
Corner for Arsenal. Ozil to take it, as the referee warns Shawcross and Giroud for physical play. 32′ – This match is really open now. Arsenal have a corner again. 30′ – Arsenal’s attack is ended. Stoke regroup. 28′ – Stoke are in again. Gibbs caught napping and the ball goes out for a corner. 26′ – GOAL! Stoke get back on level terms. Arnautovi? hits the post, and Cameron slots home the rebound. Lovely ball by Nzonzi to start the move.
25′ – Gibbs with an outrageous weak foot effort. And it showed as the ball balloons over the keeper. 23′ – Clearance by Gibbs. Corner to Stoke. 22′ – Sagna brings down Adam just outside the box on the left side. Freekick to Stoke. All the big boys are in there!
19′ – Ozil loses the ball, Stoke attack on the counter. Poor delivery into the box, the attack fizzles out. The EPL’s newest bad boy, Marko Arnautovi?, starts for Stoke. How much do you know about this maverick star? 16′ – Joachim Loew in the stands, presumably keeping an eye on Mertesacker, Podolski and Ozil. Probably Gnabry too now, he has been a livewire so far. 14′ – Lovely work down the right wing by Gnabry. Corner to Arsenal. Poor delivery, Begovic collects. 13′ – Bad challenge on Wilshere by Nzonzi. Freekick to Arsenal
9′ – Stoke try to slow the home team’s momentum with a deep freekick. 7′ – Stoke restart, probably still reeling from the early goal. Begovic saves Ozil’s freekick, but palms it straight at Ramsey, who slots it home. Dream start! Here’s the goal video.
Wilshere is brought down by Adam. Freekick to Arsenal Goal Update: Crystal Palace 0-1 Swansea. Michu scores in the 2nd minute! 1′ – Stoke gets things going. KICK-OFF! The players are lining up in the tunnel. We are seconds from kick-off.
UPDATE: Late change to the starting XI. Theo Walcott is out with “illness” and will be replaced by Serge Gnabry. More on that as we get updates..
Minutes to go till kick-off. This promises to be an exciting match. Aaron Ramsey is in the form of his life and will be looking to score again today. Arsenal fans having some fun before the game by getting their picture taken with their Ozil shirts. Who’s this Ozil guy they keep talking about? 
The lineups are here: Home Team Arsenal: Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Flamini, Ramsey, Wilshere, Ozil, Walcott, Giroud Subs: Viviano, Jenkinson, Vermaelen, Arteta, Monreal, Bendtner, Gnabry Away Team Stoke City: Begovi?; Cameron, Shawcross, Huth, Pieters; Walters, Wilson, Nzonzi, Adam, Arnautovi?; Jones Subs: Sorensen, Whelan, Pennant, Palacios, Crouch, Etherington, Ireland This is Mesut Ozil’s home debut, so all eyes will be on the German playmaker, not that they weren’t already! Hello and welcome to Sportskeeda’s coverage of the EPL Super Sunday match between Arsenal and Stoke City.
