Match Report
| Arsenal | Arsenal |  |  | Birmingham City | Birmingham City | ||||||||||||||||
| Stewart Ratcliffe | Stewart Ratcliffe | manager | Dan Birkinshaw | Dan Birkinshaw | |||||||||||||||||
| Elvar Vilhjálmsson | E. Vilhjálmsson |  | 80 | G |  | 1 | | G | 74 |  | Jonathan Grenet | J. Grenet | |||||||||
| Paolo Thatcher | P. Thatcher |  | 73 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 69 |  | Alf-Inge Bragstad | A. Bragstad | |||||||||
| David Vasquez | D. Vasquez |  | 78 | D | | 3 | | D | 53 | | Kemal Wright | K. Wright | |||||||||
| Laurent Sagbo | L. Sagbo |  | 72 | D | | 4 | | D | 57 |  | Kurt Aelbrecht | K. Aelbrecht | |||||||||
| Heikki Litmanen | H. Litmanen |  | 79 | D | | 5 | | D | 70 |  | Gustavo Rios | G. Rios | |||||||||
| Manuel Grendi | M. Grendi |  | 75 | M | | 6 | | M | 69 |  | Jšrg Van Boschker | J. Boschker | |||||||||
| Tomek Lato | T. Lato |  | 74 | M | | 7 | | M | 67 |  | Oliver Metzler | O. Metzler | |||||||||
| Sergio Moreira | S. Moreira |  | 76 | M | | 8 | | M | 72 |  | Hakan Abdullah | H. Abdullah | |||||||||
| Maurizio Monetta | M. Monetta |  | 80 | A | | 9 | | A | 73 | | Kemal Todd | K. Todd | |||||||||
| Don Dalglish | D. Dalglish |  | 67 | A | | 10 | | A | 74 | | Bjorn-Tore Heggem | B. Heggem | |||||||||
| Miel Viscaal | M. Viscaal | | 72 | A | | 11 | | A | 68 | | Lorenzo Greco | L. Greco | |||||||||
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Match Report
Match Report
It's a sunny day here at Emirates Stadium where Arsenal play Birmingham City in this league cup game. A crowd of 18,912 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both Arsenal and Birmingham City are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Both Arsenal and Birmingham City are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
0.00
0-0Birmingham City kick off!
10.50
0-0Kurt Aelbrecht deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Hakan Abdullah. Hakan Abdullah makes a beautiful solo run. Hakan Abdullah knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Elvar Vilhjálmsson who gathers it comfortably.
22.17
0-0Jšrg Van Boschker clumsily knocks into Sergio Moreira. Jšrg Van Boschker is given a warning by the referee! Sergio Moreira runs off the knock.
24.25
Hakan Abdullah knocks the ball forward to Bjorn-Tore Heggem. Bjorn-Tore Heggem knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
26.36
Hakan Abdullah makes a probing pass to Bjorn-Tore Heggem. Bjorn-Tore Heggem knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Paolo Thatcher.
30.47
Hakan Abdullah deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Lorenzo Greco. Lorenzo Greco knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
34.43
Jšrg Van Boschker catches Laurent Sagbo on the ankles. Jšrg Van Boschker is given another warning by the referee! Laurent Sagbo hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
38.49
0-1Oliver Metzler makes a probing pass to Kemal Todd. Kemal Todd goes all the way! Kemal Todd cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
42.27
0-1Tomek Lato makes a simple pass to Miel Viscaal. Miel Viscaal sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!
45.00
Arsenal start the second half!
49.50
Laurent Sagbo catches Bjorn-Tore Heggem on the ankles. Laurent Sagbo is warned by the referee! Bjorn-Tore Heggem runs off the knock.
60.53
0-1Maurizio Monetta catches Kurt Aelbrecht on the ankles. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Kurt Aelbrecht stretches but gets up unharmed.
67.14
0-1Manuel Grendi threads the ball through to Miel Viscaal. Miel Viscaal passes the ball forward but Don Dalglish is offside!
69.56
0-1The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
75.25
Manuel Grendi passes the ball forward to Maurizio Monetta. Maurizio Monetta knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
89.55
0-1Sergio Moreira deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Maurizio Monetta. Maurizio Monetta plays a perfect one-two with Don Dalglish and rushes in on goal... Maurizio Monetta shoots from just inside the box. The ball comes in low, but Jonathan Grenet easily smothers it!
90.00
The whistle blows full-time!
Match Statistics
Match Statistics
Goals
Shots on Target
Shots off Target
Offsides
Fouls
Yellow Cards
Red Cards
Possession
Play Area
Scorers
| Kemal Todd 38 |