Swansea City V Arsenal - As it happened.
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Match report in news
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93'FT: Swansea 3-1 Arsenal. Goals from Sam Clucas (two) and Jordan Ayew hand Swansea an impressive victory here. Nacho Monreal got Arsneal's solitary strike.
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92'The equally impressive Clucas is replaced by Routledge.
Substitution
at Swansea City
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88'Bony replaces the impressive Ayew for Swansea.
Goaaaaaal!
de Swansea City en el 86'
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Statistics of Samuel Clucas in Premier League2930.1120
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86'GOAL! SWANSEA! CLUCAS! Monreal makes a hash of a clearance and hand the ball to Carroll, who sends Ayew in behind. He is tackled as he looks to cross but the ball drops to Clucas to smash the ball home from six yards.
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84'Tom Carroll replaces Nathan Dyer for Swansea.
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83'Ramsey can't quite grow enough to direct Bellerin's cross from the right goalwards.
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79'Mkhitaryan crosses low but no one gambles and Swansea survive.
Substitution
at Arsenal
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76'Giroud replaces Iwobi, despite the rumours linking him with a move to city rivals Chelsea. A farewell from the Frenchman?
Yellow card
a Arsenal
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75'Ozil is booked for a show of dissent.
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74'Mkhitaryan misses a fine headed chance but his blushes are spared by the offside flag.
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71'What a chance! Mustafi's headed clearance lands at the feet of Dyer in the box but he drags his effort wide of the near post with the whole goal to aim at!
Yellow card
a Arsenal
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69'Bellering goes into the book for a mis-timed challenge out on the right.
Goaaaaaal!
de Swansea City en el 61'
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Statistics of Jordan Ayew in Premier League3670.19221
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61'GOAL! SWANSEA! AYEW! A gift! Petr Cech fluffs his kick after an unnecessarily quick throw-in from Monreal and Ayew taps home from 10 yards.
Substitution
at Arsenal
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60'On here comes! 'Mhiki' replaces Elneny for Arsenal. Can the Armenian help Arsenal find a goal here?
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57'Cech does well to collect Dyer's low cross from the right.
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57'Ozil sees a tame effort from the edge of the box easily saved by Fabianski as Henrikh Mkhitaryan prepares to enter the fray.
Yellow card
a Arsenal
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54'Elneny is book for handling Fer's attempted pass.
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53'Van der Hoorn has to be alert to turn Bellerin's cross behind for a corner.
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51'Naughton crosses form the right but Clucas can only flick a header well wide from 18 yards.
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49'Plenty of possession so far in this second half for Arsenal. Can they make the most of it?
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46'Swansea get us back underway here!
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45'HT: Swansea 1-1 Arsenal. Nothing to separate the sides at the break as Sam Clucas' goal cancelled out Nacho Monreal's opener. The hosts were the better side early on but Arsenal grew into the game slightly as the half wore on.
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45'1 minute added on
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44'Xhaka blazes over from the edge of the box when he should force a save from Fabianski.
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42'Olsson clumsily brings down Bellerin out on the left but the resulting free-kick comes to nothing.
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40'Fer nicks the ball of Ramsey and drives forward but he shoots when he should play in Ayew and Cech gathers easily.
Goaaaaaal!
de Swansea City en el 34'
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Statistics of Samuel Clucas in Premier League2930.1120
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34'GOAL! SWANSEA! CLUCAS! What a response! Ozil surrenders possession in his own half and Mawson slips the ball through for Clucas to slot past Cech to level the game!
Goaaaaaal!
de Arsenal en el 33'
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Statistics of I. Monreal in Premier League2850.18230
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33'GOAL! ARSENAL! MONREAL! Talk about against the run of play! Ozil is given far too much time 25 yards out and he picks out Monreal at the back post for the Spaniard to prod Arsenal ahead.
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31'Ayew beats three men with a run from deep but he picks the wrong option and his low effort trickles well wide.
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30'Lacazette puts Iwobi in but Fabianski is there to tip his effort around the post.
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28'Mawson curls an effort just wide from the edge of the box with the aid of a deflection.
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27'Ayew works the channel down the right before finding the buccaneering Van der Horn but his cross is put behind by Elneny.
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25'Wonderful from Jordan Ayew as he leaves Bellerin for dead with a sublime Cruyff turn.
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22'Monreal crosses low from the left but Lacazetee is on his heels and can't take advantage of Van der Hoorn's air-kick.
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20'The hosts have had the better of things so far, twice forcing Arsenal into some desperate defending.
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16'Ki fizzes a low effort just wide from some 35 yards.
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15'Another great challenge! Clucas looks to be through on goal from Fer's pass but Elneny makes a superb last-ditch challenge to deny the midfielder.
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12'Some sloppy passing from Arsenal so far is hindering their attacking threat.
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9'Iwobi looks to slip in Ramsey but his ball is just too heavy and Fabianski gathers.
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8'What a tackle! Ayew and Dyer combine on the right before the latter crosses low to the far post. Mawson looks set to tap home but he is denied by a fine challenge from Aaron Ramsey.
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7'Dyer chases down a long ball and Koscielny can only clear as far as Ayew, whose effort is deflected behind by the Frenchman for a corner.
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4'Clucas crosses low from the left but Koscielny is there to clear.
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2'Cech races off his line to clear the ball away. Looks like a fast surface tonight.
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1'Arsenal get us underway here!
Start of match
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PRVWThe players are out on the pitch and we'll be underway shortly!
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PRVWWill this man make his Arsenal debut tonight?
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PRVWJack Wilshere misses out tonight through illness.
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PRVWSo, some interesting selections. Arsenal revert back to four in defence, whilst new boy Henrikh Mkhitaryan is made to do with a place on the bench. Another man on the Arsenal bench is Olivier Giroud, despite reports linking him with a move to Chelsea. Swansea, meanwhile are unchanged from their win over Liverpool.
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PRVWSwansea: Fabianski, Naughton, Van der Hoorn, Fernandez, Mawson, Olsson, Clucas, Ki, Fer, Dyer, Ayew. Subs: Nordfeldt, Bartley, Carroll, Routledge, Narsingh, Bony, Abraham.
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PRVWArsenal: Cech, Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal, Elneny, Xhaka, Ramsey, Iwobi, Ozil, Lacazette. Subs: Ospina, Chambers, Kolasinac, Maitland-Niles, Nketiah, Giroud.
Pre-match
30 January 2018, 20:45
Referee: Lee Mason
Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium
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PRVWHello and welcome! Can Swansea follow up their victory over Liverpool last time out in the league with another shock win tonight?