Arsenal v Lille: Champions League – stay
Key occasions
84 minutes: Arsenal enjoying at strolling tempo, which they had been just about doing for a lot of the primary hour however which feels a lot much less aggravating now.
82 minutes: Lille deliver Soriba Diaoune on for Bakwa.
81 minutes: Goffi will get booked for fouling Eze, not a superb problem in any respect, however not fairly unhealthy sufficient for something extra extreme.
78 minutes: Olivier Giroud will get the fourth-loudest cheer of the evening as far as he comes on for Ueda. Calvin Verdonk additionally comes on, for Perraud, and Arsenal deliver Ben White on for Timber.
77 minutes: Lille give the ball away once more, about 40 yards from their objective, and Arsenal have 4 towards two and actually ought to rating. But Guimaraes has little interest in passing it, and as a substitute takes a shot from 25 yards that Ozer saves.
77 minutes: Olivier Giroud is, apparently, about to get his second.
76 minutes: Not having Gyokeres on the pitch makes such a giant distinction for Arsenal.
73 minutes: Almost an opportunity for Lille! Rice thinks he’s been fouled however the referee waves play on, the ball is performed infield from the suitable to Bakwa, and Konsa throws himself in the way in which of his shot.
73 minutes: Lille take off Bentaleb and Mukau, and convey on Sahraoui and Kjaergaard.
GOAL! Arsenal 3-0 Lille (Saka, 71 minutes)
I’m sufficiently old to recollect when this sport felt shut. The three substitutes mix for this one: Odegaard releases Havertz down the suitable facet of the penalty space, he cuts again to Saka, and Saka sidefoots throughout objective and in on the far put up!
70 minutes: Save! Arsenal at the moment are all however unstoppable. Saka’s cross from the suitable virtually falls to Rice, and some seconds later Eze is performed in to the left of objective, however Ozer will get a hand to his shot.
GOAL! Arsenal 2-0 Lille (Eze, 67 minutes)
Arsenal double their lead, and this objective is all of the sweeter for coming from the ball being gifted to them by the previous Spurs midfielder Nabil Bentaleb. It’s performed down the suitable to Saka, whose first contact is to move into the center, the place Eze’s shot deflects (I believe) previous Ozer.
65 minutes: Arsenal make their triple substitution, with Madueke, Merino and Gyokeres going off for Saka, Odegaard and Havertz.
65 minutes: Madueke performs the ball into Timber, contained in the penalty space however together with his again to objective, whose first contact takes him previous Andre, and whose second dinks it over Ozer. That actually is superb.
GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 Lille (Timber, 64 minutes)
Arsenal take the lead because of a stunning piece of labor from Jurrien Timber!
63 minutes: Lille haven’t acquired out of their half because the break. They’ve been appalling in possession, however nonetheless defensively and organisationally glorious.
62 minutes: Arteta has seen sufficient, and is readying Havertz, Saka and Odegaard for an imminent triple change.
61 minutes: Guimaraes makes an attempt a 360-degree penalty-area pirouette. Sure, he loses the ball, however these dancing ft!
60 minutes: Guimaraes runs into the realm and goes down, and this time Arsenal have an interest. But the referee will not be, and neither is VAR.
59 minutes: Lille take too lengthy over a defensive throw-in, and it will get handed to Arsenal. But once more, nothing comes of it.
57 minutes: It could also be time for Arsenal to utilise their bench – the one factor that’s actually modified since half-time is the quantity of grumbling coming from the group.
54 minutes: Arsenal hold the ball for some time, however the nearer they get to objective the much less eager they appear to be to achieve it.
52 minutes: Madueke catches Perraud, who goes down, smacking the turf with a palm in obvious agony. So the referee blows his whistle, at which level Perraud’s agony magically evaporates, and he will get up.
51 minutes: Arsenal do seem to have been instructed to get a transfer on, and the ball is zipping about with a bit extra tempo. Which is promising.
49 minutes: Guimaraes takes the primary shot of the second half, however it’s not excellent, and floats harmlessly excessive and huge.
48 minutes: … however that doesn’t result in something greater than a objective kick.
47 minutes: The first half ended(ish) with a few Arsenal corners and the second half has began equally. This time they’re additionally going to get a 3rd, which Rice goes to take.
46 minutes: Peeeeeeep! Arsenal get the ball re-rolling.
The gamers are again out on the Emirates, with no halftimely adjustments.
Also within the Champions League tonight:
Atletico Madrid 1-0 Manchester United
Galatasaray 1-1 Barcelona
Viking 2-0 Bayern Munich
Lens 0-2 Sporting
Sabah 2-0 Slavia Prague
Internazionale 1-1 Club Brugge
RB Leipzig 0-0 PSV
Villarreal 2-1 Napoli
Half time: Arsenal 0-0 Lille
Arsenal have had two glorious probabilities, one created with a transfer down the suitable which ended with Guimaraes taking pictures huge, and one created with a transfer down the left which ended with Eze having a shot saved. They’ve been the higher staff, however Lille have been properly organised and laborious working, and goalless it stays.
45+1 minutes: Save! Guimaraes’s deflected shot bamboozles Ozer, who can’t maintain on to it and has to dive once more to claw the ball off the toes of Gyokeres and out for a nook.
45 minutes: … and his second try is cleared.
44 minutes: Madueke takes the nook, which is headed behind for one more nook.
43 minutes: Madueke backheels into the trail of the overlapping Timber, however he can’t select Gyokeres together with his low cross, which is turned behind.
