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Arsenal 3-0 AS Monaco

Goals

Arsenal: Bukayo Saka (78')

AS Monaco:

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Kickoff: 20:00+UTC

Venue: Emirates Stadium - London England

Head referee: Davide Massa

Arsenal form [old → recent]: ✅️✅️✅️✅️➖️

AS Monaco form [old → recent]: ✅️✅️❌️❌️✅️

Head to head [recent → old]: (ARS-MON): 1-1, 2-0, 1-3, 0-1

Lineups

Arsenal 4-3-3:

David Raya(22) - Jakub Kiwior(15) - William Saliba(2) - Myles Lewis-Skelly(49) - Thomas Partey(5) - Declan Rice(41) - Mikel Merino(23) - Martin Ødegaard(8) - Gabriel Jesus(9) - Gabriel Martinelli(11) - Bukayo Saka(7)⚽️

Bench: Jurriën Timber - Ayden Heaven - Josh Robinson - Raheem Sterling - Tommy Setford - Zane Monlouis - Leandro Trossard - Ethan Nwaneri - Kai Havertz - Neto - Kieran Tierney - Jorginho

AS Monaco 4-2-3-1:

Radoslaw Majecki(1) - Mohammed Salisu(22) - Thilo Kehrer(5) - Caio Henrique(12) - Vanderson (2) - Aleksandr Golovin(10) - Soungoutou Magassa(88) - Lamine Camara(15) - Breel Embolo(36) - Eliesse Ben Seghir(7) - Maghnes Akliouche(11)

Bench: Samuel Nibombé - Lucas Michel - Eliot Matazo - Philipp Köhn - Joan Tincres - Takumi Minamino - Kassoum Ouattara - George Ilenikhena - Yann Lienard - Jordan Teze

Match Stats

Possession: 55%🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🔴🔴🔴🔴45%

Shots On Goal: 8 - 2

Shots Attempted: 16 - 7

Fouls: 12 - 7

Yellow Cards: 2 - 1

Red Cards: 0 - 0

Corners: 3 - 1

Saves: 2 - 5

Match Events

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

First Half begins.

2' - Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

2' - Foul by Thomas Partey (Arsenal).

4' - Foul by Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco).

4' - Thomas Partey (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

4' - Attempt saved. Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Martin Ødegaard.

5' - Delay in match because of an injury Maghnes Akliouche (Monaco).

5' - Delay over. They are ready to continue.

8' - Foul by Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal).

8' - Vanderson (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

9' - Attempt missed. Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Eliesse Ben Seghir.

16' - Hand ball by Soungoutou Magassa (Monaco).

20' - Attempt missed. Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Bukayo Saka.

23' - Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

23' - Foul by Soungoutou Magassa (Monaco).

24' - Attempt missed. Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus.

25' - Attempt saved. Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jakub Kiwior.

28' - Attempt saved. Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gabriel Martinelli.

28' - Foul by Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal).

28' - Radoslaw Majecki (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

32' - Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

32' - Foul by Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal).

32' - Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

34' - Goal! Arsenal 1, Monaco 0. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus.

38' - Attempt missed. Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Thomas Partey with a cross.

39' - Attempt missed. Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.

40' - Foul by Lamine Camara (Monaco).

40' - Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

41' - Offside, Arsenal. Gabriel Martinelli is caught offside.

45' - Foul by Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal).

45' - Lamine Camara (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

45' - Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.

45'+1' - Foul by Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal).

45'+1' - Lamine Camara (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

45'+1' - Attempt saved. Maghnes Akliouche (Monaco) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Soungoutou Magassa.

45'+2' - First Half ends, Arsenal 1, Monaco 0.

45' - Second Half begins Arsenal 1, Monaco 0.

45' - Substitution, Monaco. Takumi Minamino replaces Soungoutou Magassa.

46' - Foul by Jakub Kiwior (Arsenal).

46' - Maghnes Akliouche (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

47' - Attempt missed. Thilo Kehrer (Monaco) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Lamine Camara following a set piece situation.

51' - Attempt missed. Takumi Minamino (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Breel Embolo.

51' - Offside, Monaco. Takumi Minamino is caught offside.

52' - Foul by Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal).

52' - Mohammed Salisu (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

55' - Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Jakub Kiwior.

58' - Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Mohammed Salisu.

59' - Breel Embolo (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

59' - Foul by Mikel Merino (Arsenal).

60' - Mikel Merino (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

63' - Attempt saved. Takumi Minamino (Monaco) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Caio Henrique.

63' - Foul by Vanderson (Monaco).

63' - Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

63' - Vanderson (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

64' - Substitution, Arsenal. Jurriën Timber replaces Myles Lewis-Skelly.

64' - Substitution, Arsenal. Jorginho replaces Declan Rice.

64' - Substitution, Arsenal. Leandro Trossard replaces Gabriel Martinelli.

65' - Attempt missed. Breel Embolo (Monaco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Takumi Minamino.

66' - Offside, Arsenal. Gabriel Jesus is caught offside.

68' - Eliesse Ben Seghir (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

68' - Foul by Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal).

69' - Attempt missed. Vanderson (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lamine Camara following a set piece situation.

70' - Foul by Mikel Merino (Arsenal).

70' - Lamine Camara (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

72' - Foul by Breel Embolo (Monaco).

72' - William Saliba (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

73' - Substitution, Arsenal. Kai Havertz replaces Gabriel Jesus.

74' - Attempt missed. Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.

78' - ⚽️ Goal! Arsenal 2, Monaco 0. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.

79' - Substitution, Arsenal. Ethan Nwaneri replaces Martin Ødegaard.

80' - Foul by Jorginho (Arsenal).

80' - Takumi Minamino (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

81' - Substitution, Monaco. Eliot Matazo replaces Lamine Camara.

81' - Substitution, Monaco. George Ilenikhena replaces Breel Embolo.

81' - Substitution, Monaco. Jordan Teze replaces Vanderson.

83' - Offside, Monaco. George Ilenikhena is caught offside.

84' - Attempt missed. Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kai Havertz.

85' - Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Jordan Teze.

87' - Attempt saved. Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bukayo Saka.

87' - Foul by George Ilenikhena (Monaco).

87' - Jakub Kiwior (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.

88' - Attempt blocked. Mikel Merino (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Leandro Trossard with a cross.

88' - Attempt blocked. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.

88' - Goal! Arsenal 3, Monaco 0. Kai Havertz (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Bukayo Saka following a set piece situation.

90' - Offside, Monaco. George Ilenikhena is caught offside.

90'+1' - Attempt saved. Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jorginho.

90'+1' - Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Eliot Matazo.

90'+3' - Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.

90'+3' - Second Half ends, Arsenal 3, Monaco 0.

Match ends, Arsenal 3, Monaco 0.

Generated by lemmy-match-thread-bot

108 comments

Back four of Tierney, Kiwior, Saliba, and Gunnersaurus incoming

What a fucking pass.
- Lewis-Skelly, Jesus, Saka, all three doing very well on that.
  
  Jesus has been playing well so far. Unfortunate for 2/3 of his shots

Everything I've seen of Nwaneri and MLS suggests that they're not only ready for top level football, but on course to become elite players.

Love this automated offsides. It would have been really interesting to work on the implementation of it. But more importantly, the VAR check was over in like 10 seconds.

Their diving is paying dividends now.
- Has been all game so far. Feels like we're being reffed a little differently
  
  It's giving PL referee

Damnit, that was a good save. Jesus coulda used that goal. Kinda feeling like Havertz before that penalty to get things going now.

What in the actual fuck is going on today. That's the third time.

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK ARE THESE FOULS YOU'RE GIVING, REF? When Martin is mad you know you're doing a shit job
- My stream stuttered and just saw the replay. That's farcial
  
  You know it's bad when they don't show the "foul" as a replay. They instead showed Minamino dithering on the edge of the box for 10 seconds.

Jorginho's a fucking air traffic controller out there

These are some great looks we're getting but one thing just goes wrong in each of the passages of play. So fucking frustrating.
- Tell me about it, it's killing me xD

OUR BIG FUCKING GERMAN

MLS, WHEW

I mean fuck, if they keep giving us these terrible backpasses I'll take them, but we should be 2 or 3 up right now.

I'm glad Jesus is at least not exiting the pitch like a wounded animal. I'd really like him to find at least some of his former spark.
- Same. I feel like it might be time to part, but it would be nice for him to still contribute. That one world cup man...
  
  Fixture congestion is a plague on the sport. I really feel that the World Cup/continental competitions need to move to an Olympics-style policy of only allowing amateur athletes/players. They'd never agree to it, of course, but it's the only thing in my mind that would fix the problem.

He's a starmannnnnnn
- I know it was partly their mistake but that's a great finish and good composure to take that opportunity nonetheless.
  
  After watching three of their mistakes go unpunished, not unreasonable to celebrate

I find myself much now optimistic about CL matches than league matches nowadays

Jesus is a cursed man

Martinelli's going to bring our red card total to 4 if he doesn't calm the fuck down.

Jesus can't catch a break

⭐ : FINE I'LL DO IT MYSELF

Martinelli was on-side. Should've scored.
- Jesus was off, which I feel like was the whistle anyway. Interfering with play and all that.

It's a shame - Havertz, Jesus, and Martinelli are the three attackers that I would have really hoped for a goal for to get them out of their funk. Given how the first half went, though, I'm going to guess that none of them will.

Looked better since the subs came on

Keep knocking on the door lads, they'll answer eventually

LEO COME ON

We want it.

That was a lovely little dink from Havertz, in other news.

My kingdom for a glimpse of Kieran Tierney at left back once more
- You should invest your kingdom into Nwaneri stocks instead
  
  well, the thing is that Richard III died, so...

CHRIST THAT WAS CLOSE

What was that pass, Saliba? 👀

Havertz has made a big difference to our fluency since coming on.
- I genuinely think Havertz might be better than Jesus in the role that Jesus came into this team to play. Especially if it means that Odegaard doesn't have to drop as deep.
  
  I think Jesus had his place and got us to where we needed to be, but we've evolved beyond that. Havertz enables us to play better football and he's a goal threat. I never believe Jesus will score.

Just seen on Twitter some bloke replacing "undefeated" with "Lewis-Skelly" in the 49 49 chant, lol

Rice working his arse off
- Actually playing the role we bought him for. It's beautiful.

It's finally flowing. Man, if only we were like this in the league, lol.
- Well hopefully it translates. We really need to figure out our attack.

Is it Darren Fletcher on TNT Sports who insists on calling Gabriel Jesus "Yayzus"?
He's Portuguese. It's a standard English "J" sound. If he were Spanish, which he isn't, it would be "Haysus". Where the hell is he pulling this "Yayzus" bullshit from?
- Religion has far reaching effects

He's only got his first hat trick!
- They gave it to Kai
  
  Think it doinks in off of Kai's toe, but it's hard to tell.
- Wait is it really??? :D

What's a man gotta do to see Tierney play :/ Cedric had more minutes than this last season and he's fucking Cedric
- Can only assume that Tierney is due on after an hour
  
  shoulda started... :/ i'm biased though.

MLS starts - but no Tierney?
- Super shocked we didn't start both as MLS can play either side

These guys are something... my god. Just get up. Slight3st touch and they go to ground.

Fantastic by Havertz

That was a criminal miss from Jesus

It's telling that with Partey at right back, none of the goals have come from build-up play on the right.
For the first one, Odegaard had to switch to the left where MLS put through a great ball to Gabriel Jesus.
The second was a mistake from their defenders and GK.
The third was a cross from the left by Trossard.

Finished some homework and left for a bit to grab boba and return, how are we doing?
- Not too much. Been a bit back and forth. Both teams have had some chances that haven't amounted to much

Come on Jesus, jheezy wheezy!

Well apparently Nichols was fit enough to play for the U19s. I wonder who plays for the main team, then.

Just started it up - are they acting or are we chopping them down for firewood?
- Acting mostly... they seem to go to ground from any contact

What I wouldn't give for him to have gone five hole.

AGAIN?!

Has the striking instincts of a linesman

Ødegaard should've at least hit the target

Finally!

Our tackling seems very off today.

That pass from MLS though

Our passing hasn't been crisp and is making it difficult on top of some of the refereeing decisions
- The refereeing decisions will always be there, we can fix the passing issues. Inshallah we cruise past Monaco and figure out our recent slump of form.

Nwaneri sharing minutes with Ødegaard but not getting any during his injury is hilarious. Make it make sense Mikel
- Odegaard is our only dedicated playmaker. It would be extremely unfair to put all that responsibility on a 17-year old's shoulders. Now that he's back, we're trying to integrate him. What's your complaint?
  
  This and I feel like the times Nwaneri could have played were high profile intense games, some of which we were down to 10 men.
  
  The points we dropped

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