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Full Time FULL TIME: Wigan 0-1 Arsenal
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WIDE: McCarthy pokes Beausejour's cross just wide
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Substitution FINAL SUB: Laurent Koscielny is on for Cazorla
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WAS THAT HNDBALL? Gomez fires a shot goalwards. It's blocked by Gibbs, but did it hit his arm? The referee says no
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Substitution WIGAN SUB: Maloney is replaced by Jordi Gomez
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WELL WIDE: McArthur heads tamely wide
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NEARLY THERE: The Arsenal fans, who have again been outstanding, are willing their team on to victory
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Yellow Card YELLOW: Maloney catches Coquelin and is carded
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THE PRESSURE IS BUILDING: Wigan are seeing a lot more of the ball. Can Wenger's team stand firm?
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GREAT DEFENDING: Stam gets in down the right and Mertesacker does well to cut the cross out. Then Figueroa blazes over
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Substitution HERE COMES COQUELIN: The midfielder replaces Podolski
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Substitution WIGAN SUBSTITUTION: Callum McManaman is on for Di Santo
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JUST OVER: Walcott sends an effort over from outside the area
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Substitution ARSENAL CHANGE: The impressive Oxlade-Chamberlain jobs off to be replaced by Aaron Ramsey
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INCHES AWAY: Jones fires in a shot from just outside the area that whistles wide of Szczesny's goal
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GOOD PUNCH: Al Habsi fists away Gibbs' cross with Vermaelen lurking at the back post
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SUPER SZCZESNY: The Arsenal No 1 does well to hold Figueroa's shot before saving well from Kone 30 seconds later
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SLOPPY: MCArthur's loose pass falls for Walcott, but Jones is on hand to nick the ball back
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DI SANTO IS BACK: Moss allows him back onto the field and both teams are back to 11 men
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NEARLY: Walcott dummies Oxlade-Chamberlain's cross and the ball nearly falls for Wilshere
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ANGRY LATICS: The home supporters are fuming as the referee orders Di Santo off the field, presumably to receive treatment
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CREDIT TO WALCOTT: He did well to retrieve Gibbs' deep cross from the byline before eventually winning the penalty
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WASTEFUL: McCarthy picks out Beausejour in acres of space down the left, but, yet again, the Chilean's cross is poor
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ONE-NIL, TO THE ARSENAL: The traveling support are in fine voice. It was a good penalty under immense pressure
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GOAL! - Mikel Arteta 0 : 1 GOAL FOR ARSENAL! Arteta coolly sends Al Habsi the wrong way and the Gunners lead
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PENALTY FOR ARSENAL! Walcott is felled in the box by Beausejour and the referee points to the spot
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COMPOSED: Gibbs chests the ball back to Szczesny when under pressure from Di Santo
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THEY CAN'T DEAL WITH HIM: Oxlade-Chamberlain wreaks more havoc on the right-hand side before his fizzing low cross is cut out by Figueroa
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POSITIVE START: Arsenal have looked lively at the start of the second period, with Oxlade-Chamberlain posing a real threat
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FOUL: McArthur gives the ball away to Oxlade-Chamberlain and then fouls the winger 25 yards from goal
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GREAT STOP: Oxlade-Chamberlain is having a great start to the second half. This time he does find Walcott, whose low shot looks destined for the net until Al Habsi pulls off a very good save
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PER'S AWARE: The German international does well to put Maloney under pressure after the midfielder had broken into the area
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BRILLIANT PLAY: Oxlade-Chamberlain expertly goes by Beausejour, but his pull-back towards Walcott is just about cut out
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AND WE'RE OFF: Arsenal get the second half underway. This is a big 45 minutes for Wenger's team - let's hope they can kick on and get the three points
Half Time HALF TIME: Wigan 0-0 Arsenal
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SUMMARY: Oxlade-Chamberlain has looked bright and required Al Habsi to save well, while at the other end, Kone spurned the best change of the half after going through on goal
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STOPPAGE TIME: We'll have two minutes of it
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FIERY: It's all getting a bit heated here on the stroke of the break
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WILSHERE IN THE WARS: He comes off worst in an aerial collision with McCarthy but is fine to play on
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DI SANTO HAS A GO: But his effort from 25 yards flies over
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Yellow Card WILSHERE IN TROUBLE: He's booked for a foul on Maloney. It looks like he took the man and the ball. Referee Moss cautions the England international
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FRUSTRATED HOSTS: Wigan have combined some incisive play with the inability to get the final ball right
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POOR CROSS: Wigan's delivery into the box has really let them down so far. Beausejour, after Stam twice before, sends the ball into the stand
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NICE PLAY: Gibbs and Cazorla link up well before the Spaniard finds Walcott, whose shot is well blocked by Boyce
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THE RIGHT STUFF: A lot of Arsenal's attacking forays have come through Sagna and Oxlade-Chamberlain, who have at times linked up well
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CLATTERED: Oxlade-Chamberlain is felled by Beausejour on the right. He hobbles away but is fine to play on
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WHAT A CHANCE: Kone gets in behind Mertesacker, but, with the defender chasing him back, can only skew his shot wide
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GOOD BLOCK: Gibbs cute the ball back to Walcott, and his effort at goal looks a good one until it's blocked
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FAN-TASTIC: Credit to the Arsenal supporters. The away end at Wigan is a large one, and they have virtually sold it out - it's a great effort
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BACK COME ARSENAL: Podolski's powerful drive is batted away by Al Habsi, before the German sees another shot blocked
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WIGAN THREATEN: Kone bursts through the Arsenal half before his shot is deflected into the arms of Szczesny. He had options to his right there
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CLOSE: A great move by Arsenal ends with Oxlade-Chamberlain's shot being palmed away by Al Habsi
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TOUGH CONDITIONS: The wet pitch has made it hard for either team to get the ball down and play
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IT'S THEO UP TOP AGAIN: The England international has lined up centrally, with Oxlade-Chamberlain and Podolski supporting him on the wings
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GOOD START: Sagna and Oxlade-Chamberlain combine well down the right and force an early corner
Kick Off WE'RE UNDERWAY: The hosts kick us off but Arsenal immediately force a mistake and Wilshere almost finds Walcott
HERE THEY COME: The teams are led out by two of the strangest looking mascots I've ever seen. Come on Arsenal!
JUST FIVE MINUTES AWAY: Arsenal were 4-0 winners at the DW Stadium last season - Can they leave with three points again this time around?
WET WET WET: The rain is falling here at the DW Stadium. Both teams are in the final stages of their pre-match warm-up
ARSENAL UNCHANGED: Arsene Wenger has picked the same team that convincingly beat Reading on Monday evening. What do you think about his team selection? Tweet #WAFCvAFC to let us know
SUBS: Pollitt, Caldwell, Gomez, McManaman, Boselli, Fyvie, Golobart
WIGAN: Al Habsi, Stam, Boyce, Figueroa, Beausejour, McCarthy, McArthur, Jones, Di Santo, Kone, Maloney
SUBS: Mannone, Jenkinson, Koscielny, Coquelin, Ramsey, Arshavin, Gervinho
ARSENAL: Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Arteta, Wilshere, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Cazorla, Podolski, Walcott
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26 AL HABSI, Ali
17 BOYCE, Emmerson
31 FIGUEROA, Maynor
23 STAM, Ronnie
04 MCCARTHY, James
06 JONES, David
10 MALONEY, Shaun
14 GOMEZ, Jordi (89)
16 MCARTHUR, James
22 BEAUSEJOUR, Jean
02 KONE, Arouna
09 DI SANTO, Franco
15 MCMANAMAN, Callum (77)
12 POLLITT, MICHAEL
05 CALDWELL, GARY
14 GOMEZ, JORDI
15 MCMANAMAN, CALLUM
19 BOSELLI, MAURO
20 FYVIE, FRASER
25 GOLOBART, ROMAN
01 SZCZESNY, Wojciech
03 SAGNA, Bacary
04 MERTESACKER, Per
05 VERMAELEN, Thomas
28 GIBBS, Kieran
08 ARTETA, Mikel
10 WILSHERE, Jack
19 CAZORLA, Santi
06 KOSCIELNY, Laurent (90)
15 OXLADE-CHAMBERLAIN, Alex
16 RAMSEY, Aaron (75)
14 WALCOTT, Theo
09 PODOLSKI, Lukas
22 COQUELIN, Francis (79)
25 JENKINSON, CARL
06 KOSCIELNY, LAURENT
22 COQUELIN, FRANCIS
16 RAMSEY, AARON
27 GERVINHO,
23 ARSHAVIN, ANDREY
24 MANNONE, VITO
Top Comments:
@ArsenalAdem on Twitter says:
Happy with that. Didn't play brilliantly, but we got the 3 points, that's what matters. We ground it out.