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Full Time THERE'S THE FULL-TIME WHISTLE: Arsenal are into the Fourth Round of the FA Cup and will face Huddersfield at Emirates Stadium next Sunday
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SZCZESNY GATHERS: Somma can’t find a team mate and that should be that
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SZCZESNY PUNCHES WELL: Schmeichel was actually the nearest Leeds man to that but the Arsenal goalkeeper does brilliantly to clear
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SCHMEICHEL FORWARD: For a corner…
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DESPARATE STUFF FROM LEEDS: They are pumping balls into the box and Koscielny does well to head the head away
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Yellow Card JOHNSON BOOKED: Leeds are frustrated and the goalscorer gets a needless booking for kicking the ball away
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TYPICAL VAN PERSIE: Great play from the Dutchman who has looked very sharp since coming on. He cuts onto his left foot and, from inside the area, bends an effort just wide of the far post
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JUST A CASE OF PLAYING OUT THE FINAL FEW MINUTES: Four minutes left now, and Arsenal are keeping hold of the ball and not letting Leeds near it
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Yellow Card SNODGRASS BOOKED: For dissent I think, that’s the first yellow card of the night
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Substitution FINAL ARSENAL CHANGE: Captain for the night, Nasri, is replaced by Clichy as Arsenal look to see it out
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SZCZESNY PUNCHES WELL: Snodgrass delivers a decent free kick into the box and the goalkeeper punches confidently
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AMBITIOUS FROM FABREGAS: The ball sits up nicely for the Spaniard and you can’t blame him for having a go from 25 yards. But it trickles harmlessly wide
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Substitution LEEDS CHANGE: And it’s the Arsenal loanee, Watt, who comes off to be replaced by Sam
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WAS THAT HIS FIRST TOUCH? It might well have been you know. Bendtner is the architect with a magnificent cross from the right leaving Van Persie with simplest of headers from four yards
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GOAL! - Robin van Persie 1 : 3 GOAL FOR ARSENAL! Van Persie heads in from close range to make it 3-1..
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SAGNA COVERS WELL: Gradel plays a clever back heel to Johnson and the defender reads it to clear
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INCHES WIDE FROM FABREGAS: That was close. The substitute hits a wonderful free kick just wide of the left post from 20 yards
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TACTICS: Nasri goes out to the left where Arshavin was playing and Fabregas comes into the middle
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Substitution And Van Persie on for Chamakh
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Substitution DOUBLE CHANGE: Here they come, firstly Fabregas on for Arshavin
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NASRI CAN’T QUITE CONTROL IT: Bendtner tries to find the feet of the captain on the edge of the area but it just rolls under his foot
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DUE WARMING UP: Van Persie and Fabregas. Not a bad pair to bring on to close out a game, eh?
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NEARLY AN INSTANT IMPACT: Somma gets to the front post to meet a cross and knees the ball wide when he could have done better
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Substitution CHANGE FOR LEEDS: Somma for Paynter. Like for like up front for the home side
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NO CHANCES TO NOTE: The game is being played in midfield and neither side are holding on the ball for sustained period
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Substitution CHANGE FOR LEEDS: O'Brien is limping off and he will be replaced by Bromby
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TEASING BALL FROM GRADEL: He whips in a really dangerous ball in from the right. It runs across the six-yard box but no-one can get a touch and Arsenal clear
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ALL A BIT SCRAPPY: The game has lost it’s way a little bit in the last five minutes.
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ARSHAVIN FIRES OVER: Arsenal work the ball well from right to left and the ball comes to the Russian who, first time, gets it all wrong
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ARSHAVIN CAN’T FIND BENDTNER: The Russian tries an ambitious cross-field ball but it goes out for a goal kick
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FIRST REAL SIGN OF WATT: The Arsenal loanee plays a great give and go before Djourou is forced to concede a corner
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LEEDS FREE KICK: Bendtner handles from the corner and Leeds clear
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ARSHAVIN NEARLY IN: Bendtner does really well on the right before feeding Chamakh, he then gives it to Nasri on the edge of the area. First time, he passes the ball onto Arshavin and just as he is about to pull the trigger, Snodgrass comes from nowhere to slide the ball behind
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GIBBS DOES WELL TO WIN A THROW IN: Paynter tries to hold the ball up in the corner but the defender does well to kick the ball of him and win the throw
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NO CHANCES TO NOTE: Arsenal keeping the ball well and Leeds are chasing it
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GOOD START FROM ARSENAL: They have come out of the traps quickly in the second half
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GOOD FREE KICK FROM NASRI: He bends one towards the top left corner from 25 yards and Schmeichel has to be smart to get across and make the save
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EARLY CHANCE FOR SONG: From a tight angle he stings the palms of Schmeichel.
Kick Off NASRI AND BENDTNER GET US UNDERWAY: Arsenal kicking from left to right in this second half
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ARSENAL MAKING THEIR WAY BACK OUT: It doesn’t look like any changes for the Gunners
Half Time THERE'S THE HALF-TIME WHISTLE: 2-1 to Arsenal at the break.
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A LET OFF: Snodgrass has a go from 30 yards and finds row Z (at best)
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NASRI CONCEDES A FREE KICK: In a dangerous crossing position
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HOWSON NEARLY FINDS GRADEL: The home side have got their backs up now and look dangerous going forward.
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A CRAZY FEW MINUTES: Arsenal were in control and that goal, out of nowhere, has got Leeds right back in the game
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GOAL! - Bradley Johnson 1 : 2 Goal for Leeds. Johnson scores from long range to get the home side back into the game. That was some strike you have to say. 2-1
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WHAT A STRIKE: There was nothing else on for the right back and he thundered into the to corner from a tight angle just inside the area
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GOAL! - Bacary Sagna 0 : 2 GOAL FOR ARSENAL! 2-0 and it’s SAGNA who has got it!
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SNODGRASS FORCES A SAVE FROM SZCZESNY: The forward cuts inside onto his left foot from the right and bends an effort at goal. It’s straight at the ‘keeper who saves comfortably
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SZCZESNY HAS TO BE SHARP: Arshavin doesn’t get enough on a headed backpass and, with Gradel looking to pounce, the goalkeeper races off his line to gather well
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ARSENAL IN CONTROL: At the moment, Wenger’s side look like they will go on to win this at a canter. But this is the FA Cup, and this is the Third Round
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IT SHOULD BE TWO: Koscielny plays a great ball over the top to Sagna, who beats the offside trap before baring down on goal. He opts to square to Bendtner and, sliding in, he is just inches away from getting contact on the ball and making it 2-0
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JOHAN DJOUROU: Yet again, he has been immaculate so far. Repelling everything that Leeds have thrown at him
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SONG WINS IT WELL: The midfielder wins it from Snodgrass and sets Arsenal on an attack. The Cameroon man then over-hits a pass to Nasri and it runs out for a goalkick
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LEEDS STARTING TO GROW: After the setback of the goal, the Championship side are beginning to get on the ball more without really creating anything
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ARSHAVIN HAS A GO: And forces a smart stop low down to Schmeichel’s left. Decent stop that, but Arshavin has looked lively so far
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IMPORTANT HEADER FROM DJOUROU: Snodgrass does well to beat Song and deliver a cross from the left. With two Leeds players waiting, the Swiss defender clears well under pressure
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OH, WHAT A CHANCE: Chamakh plays a delightful ball across the six-yard box from the right to Arshavin. With the goal at his mercy he just can’t get anything on it two yards from goal
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ARSHAVIN FIRES OVER: Good, one-touch football from Arsenal. Bendtner, Nasri and then to Arshavin who hits an effort over the bar from outside the area. Good football, and unlucky
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PRETTY IN PINK: Szczesny is wearing the pink goalkeeper shirt tonight. Available in the Arsenal Club shop… now
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A FRENETIC START: Arsenal are a goal up and in all truth it could be two. Leeds started the better of the two sides but Arsenal are growing all the time and are starting to dictate the pace of the game
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NASRI NEARLY IN AGAIN: The goalscorer plays a great one-two with Djourou on the edge of the area but the defender just over-hits his pass and Schmeichel gathers
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ARSHAVIN LOOKING AT THE REFEREE: He goes down under a challenge from Connolly on the edge of the area but the referee doesn’t want to know
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CHAMAKH CLOSE TO MAKING IT TWO: The striker meets a corner from the right with a powerful header six yards out. It bounces just in from of Schmeichel who makes a wonderful one-handed save low to his right.
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LEEDS SHOCKED: The home fans are stunned and you can only here the travelling away fans now
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INCREDIBLE: It was all Leeds in the opening five minutes but Arsenal score with their very first attack! Arshavin feeds the ball to Nasri from the left and he takes the ball away from two defenders before coolly slotting part Schmeichel from inside the area. What a start!
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GOAL! - Samir Nasri 0 : 1 GOAL FOR ARSENAL! That was their first chance of the game. Nasri makes it 1-0….
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GOOD OPENING FROM LEEDS: Koscielny is forced to block a Gradel shot and at the moment Arsenal haven’t got out of their own half
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LEEDS HAVE STARTED ON TOP: It was always going to be the way, the home side have started on the front foot and Arsenal haven’t got their foot on the ball yet
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EARLY SHOT FROM GRADEL: It’s takes Leeds barely 30 seconds to have their first effort. But it’s weak from outside the area and trickles harmlessly wide
Kick Off WE’RE OFF: We're kicking from right to left in this first half. COME ON ARSENAL!
ARSENAL IN YELLOW: Tonight we are in yellow shirts, redcurrant shorts and yellow socks
PACKED: Elland Road is full, and I mean FULL. The Leeds fans are making a lot of noise and we’re nearly ready to go
THE PLAYERS ARE ON THEIR WAY: Arsenal led out by the Frenchman, come on you Gunners!
Samir Nasri wears the armband tonight, I believe that's the first time he has ever captained the side
I spoke to a journalist from Leeds yesterday and he told me: “The fear is that Leeds’ chance has gone. But I spoke to Schmeichel after the game [against Scunthorpe] on Saturday and he was insisting that isn’t the case, he says the players aren’t thinking like that. He was saying they have run Arsenal close once so why not again?” So the Leeds camp is in confident mood.
Ahead of tonight’s game, Arsene Wenger has spoken about a lack of focus from his team in the 1-1 draw at Emirates. “I cannot deny that,” admitted the manager. “The players want to win everything and maybe we were a little bit surprised by the quality of the opposition. But we know now how good Leeds and Ipswich are and therefore we will adjust our focus to the difficulty of the task.”
The Arsenal subs, by the way, are Shea, Van Persie, Walcott, Eboue, Wilshere, Clichy, Fabregas
So Arsène Wenger makes six changes from the side that beat West Ham. Bacary Sagna returns from suspension to start at right back as Emmanuel Eboue drops to the bench.
The Arsenal team is in and here it is: Szczesny, Sagna, Djourou, Koscielny, Gibbs, Song, Denilson, Nasri, Bendtner, Arshavin, Chamakh. More to follow...
And, of course, I will bring you tonight’s teams as soon as I get them.
Arsenal.com editor Richard Clarke will be alongside commentator Dan Roebuck and they'll be taking your e-mails during the game and fielding your calls in our post-match show. I'll give you those all-important numbers later. In the meantime get your comments to us via www.arsenal.com/studio.
Welcome to Arsenal TV Online for another MatchDay Show. It gets underway at 7.30m (UK time) with the best bits from an exclusive interview with Arsène Wenger, highlights from the win against West Ham and all the breaking team news from Elland Road.
The prize for the winners: A Fourth-Round tie at home to League One side Huddersfield next Sunday.
Yes, it would have been ideal to go through at Emirates Stadium but it wasn’t to be. Tonight promises to be another very tough game at Elland Road in front of a partisan Yorkshire crowd.
In the end, we were grateful to a last-gasp Cesc Fabregas penalty against Leeds to force an FA Cup Third-Round replay.
Leeds
01 SCHMEICHEL, Kasper
14 CONNOLLY, Paul
28 BRUCE, Alex
19 PARKER, Ben
05 O'BRIEN, Andy
26 BROMBY, Leigh (64)
07 GRADEL, Max
08 HOWSON, Jonathan
04 JOHNSON, Bradley
08 PAYNTER, Billy
28 SOMMA, Davide (67)
55 WATT, Sanchez
11 SAM, Lloyd (77)
07 SNODGRASS, Robert
01 HIGGS, SHANE
15 COLLINS, NEILL
26 BROMBY, LEIGH
11 SAM, LLOYD
02 HUGHES, ANDY
28 SOMMA, DAVIDE
44 MCCORMACK, ROSS
Arsenal
01 SZCZESNY, Wojciech
03 SAGNA, Bacary
06 KOSCIELNY, Laurent
20 DJOUROU, Johan
28 GIBBS, Kieran
25 SONG, Alex
15 DENILSON
08 NASRI, Samir
22 CLICHY, Gael (83)
23 ARSHAVIN, Andrey
04 FABREGAS, Cesc (71)
17 BENDTNER, Nicklas
29 CHAMAKH, Marouane
20 VAN PERSIE, Robin (71)
04 FABREGAS, CESC
60 SHEA, JAMES
10 WILSHERE, JACK
27 EBOUE, EMMANUEL
22 CLICHY, GAEL
14 WALCOTT, THEO
20 VAN PERSIE, ROBIN
