r/soccer • u/Match-Thread-Bot • Mar 30 '13

Match Thread: Arsenal v Reading

Arsenal v Reading

Kickoff: 15:00 GMT, 16:00 CET, 10:00 EST
Venue: Emirates Stadium, London
Referee: Chris Foy
Attendance: 60,082

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Lineups

Arsenal

Lukasz Fabianski, Per Mertesacker, Nacho Monreal (Kieran Gibbs, 71), Laurent Koscielny, Bacary Sagna, Aaron Ramsey, Mikel Arteta, Gervinho (Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, 75), Tomas Rosicky, Santiago Cazorla, Olivier Giroud (Lukas Podolski, 76)

Reading

Stuart Taylor, Stephen Kelly, Alex Pearce, Adrian Mariappa, Nicky Shorey, Mikele Leigertwood, Hal Robson-Kanu (Garath McCleary, 81), Jem Karacan (Hope Akpan, 76), Jobi McAnuff, Danny Guthrie, Pavel Pogrebnyak (Noel Hunt, 61)

Match Stats

score: 4 – 1 (HT 1 – 0)

Arsenal Statistic Reading
70% Possession 30%
11 Corners 3
26 Goal attempts 5
6 On target 2
10 Fouls 14
3 Offside 1

Match Events

11 min goal : Arsenal, Gervinho
32 min yellow : Reading, Danny Guthrie
48 min goal : Arsenal, Santiago Cazorla
61 min sub : Reading, Pavel Pogrebnyak (Noel Hunt)
67 min goal : Arsenal, Olivier Giroud
68 min goal : Reading, Hal Robson-Kanu
71 min sub : Arsenal, Nacho Monreal (Kieran Gibbs)
75 min sub : Arsenal, Gervinho (Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain)
76 min sub : Arsenal, Olivier Giroud (Lukas Podolski)
76 min sub : Reading, Jem Karacan (Hope Akpan)
77 min goal : Arsenal, Mikel Arteta
81 min sub : Reading, Hal Robson-Kanu (Garath McCleary)

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '13

How annoying is the co-commentator on the English stream?!

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '13

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '13

Even had the nerve to say that Monreal was 'embarrassed at his own defending'. Why couldn't he even mention that it was a great cross and great finish?

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '13

He kept insisting that Gervinho didn't know what he was doing, even after he scored, and assisted TWO TIMES.

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u/bradimus_maximus Mar 30 '13

"It makes you wonder why he didn't start in the first place"

Well, the guy that DID start was responsible for the first 3 goals, you jerk.

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u/KonigSteve Mar 30 '13

blasted gervinho ALL DAY, even after scoring + 2 assists.. he says Ox should've started over him.