Giroud, Koscielny Fire Arsenal To Top Of The League

Two first half goals from Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny fired Arsenal to the top of the Barclays Premier League after ten games.
Having ended Bayern Munich 100% start in the UEFA Champions League, Arsenal followed up with another victory as they defeated ten-man Everton 2-1 in Matchday ten of the Barclays Premier League campaign.
Broadtrends brings you minute-by-minute account of the game from Emirates stadium. Read below:


Arsenal starting XI: Cech, Bellerin, Gabriel, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Carzola, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ozil, Sanchez, Giroud.
Everton starting XI: Howard, Coleman, Galloway, Jagielka, Stones, Barry, McCarthy, Lennon, Deulofeu, Barkley, Lukaku.

FT: Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea. The Gunners go top of the league.


90+2: RED CARD! Barry is sent off for a tackle on Gibbs.
90: WOODWORK! The cross bar denies Arsenal again as Ozil shot from over 20 yards hits the post. Four minutes added time to be played.
89: Double Sub! Kone IN, Coleman OUT, Gibbs In, Sanchez Out
88: Deulofeu plays in Mirallas who turns well to beat his marker before hitting a shot straight at Cech.
86: Chance! Sanchez plays a delightful cross to Flamini again whose header is straight at Howard. At the other end, Lukaku tees up Deulofeu with a nice pass but Cech produces a fine save to deny the young Spaniard. END-TO-END stuff at the Emirates, are we going to get another goal.
85: Ozil runs into the box, tees up Flamini whose shot flashes just wide
82: Bellerin with a dashing run into the box, he goes down but the ref waves play on and award no penalty.
81: SUB! Oxlade-Chamberlain OUT, Flamini IN. Arsenal looking to hold on to this lead.
79: From the corner, Barry cross finds Lukaku and the Belgian’s header hits the top of the crossbar and goes over. BIG CHANCE for an equalizer.
78: Barkley takes but it’s headed away, Mirallas follows up with a rebound but his effort is blocked for a corner.
77: Deulofeu is tripped in a dangerous position. Freekick to Everton!
73: BIG CHANCE! McCarthy picks out Galloway with a beautiful cross but the left back’s heads just wide. Arsenal still leading 2-1.
70: SUB! Mirallas IN, Lennon OUT
69: BIG CHANCE! Oxlade-Chamberlain surging down the wing, releases Ozil who tees up Giroud but the striker’s shot hits the post. Beautiful play from the Gunners.
68: HALF CHANCE! Deulofeu with a dashing run from the left, tees up Barkley who shoots straight at Petr Cech.
66: YELLOW CARD! Barry becomes the second player to be booked after a silly foul on Ozil.
64: Half Chance! Giroud nods down for Ozil, who volleys his effort but it’s straight at Howard. Bellerin follows up with the rebound but he smashes his shot well high to the stands.
62: CHANCE! Deulofeu tees up Barkley but his first touch is heavy and Arsenal clear their lines as he was about to pull the trigger. END-TO-END stuff at the moment.
59: So close again! Bellerin with a fine ball to pick out Oxlade-Chamberlain, whose cross is missed narrowly missed by Giroud. It’s all Arsenal at the moment.
56: Beautiful play from Arsenal as Ozil finds Giroud, he plays a one-two with Oxlade-Chamberlain before volleying his effort. Howard however produces a fine save to deny the French man. That would have been 6-out-0f-6 for him against Everton. He has scored 5 goals in 5 games against Everton.
53: CHANCE! Arsenal break away on a counter after Barkley gave away the ball. Oxlade-Chamberlain tees up Sanchez but Howard comes off his line to block the Chilean’s effort.
52: SUB! Injured Jagielka, who jogged around the oustide of the pitch, won’t be able to continue. He is replaced by Ramiro Funes Mori
49: Half Chance! Coleman shoots straight at Cech from over 30 yards out.
47: CHANCE! Carzola plays in a nice ball inside the box, Giroud steps over it, allowing Sanchez to shoot, but Goalkeeper Howard produces a fine save to deny the Chilean.
46: Arsenal gets the second half underway.
HT: The Gunners go into the break with a slim lead. Arsenal 2-1 Everton. The second half promises to be more exciting.
45+: Barry tees up Deulofeu but the young lad is tripped. Ref waves play on.
44: GOALLLLLLL!!!!!!! Everton scores from a counter. Ross Barkley shot is deflected in by Gabriel. That was Barkley’s 3rd goal of the season. GAMEON!


Barkely shot is deflected to give Everton a lifeline
43:  Sanchez tees up Oxlade-Chamberlain but Barry produces a fine block to deny the English man. Everton break away.
40: Galloway with a dashing run from the left but the young left back is denied just when he was about to pull the trigger. Everton having a bad day in North London.
38: GOALLLLL!!!! Arsenal double their lead in the space of a minute. Koscielny nods in Carzola’s freekick. The Gunners are on the front foot at the moment. They lead 2-0


Koscielny celebrates after extending Arsenal’s lead
36: GOALLLLL!!!!! Ozil produces a sublime pass to pick out Giroud who scores with a fine lofting header. That was 3rd goal this week. One against Watford, One against Bayern and this.

Olivier Giroud nods in from an Ozil cross to give Arsenal the lead
32: Ozil crosses a free-kick for Koscielny but he can’t make contact with the ball. Still 0-0
31: The rain coming down gradually at the Emirates stadium but see what this Everton fan was spotted doing.

A half naked Everton fan at the Emirates Stadium
28: From the corner, Cech does well to save from Lennon then Stones skews the rebound just wide. Half Chance!
27: Barry tries to pick out Lukaku but Gabriel sticks a foot deny the Belgian. Galloway however follows up the rebound with a shot which again is blocked for Everton’s first corner of the game.
25: First Yellow Card of the game! Coquelin is booked for a foul on Galloway
23: Gabriel again heads wide from the corner.
22: Ozil with a brilliant pass to pick out Sanchez but the Chilean’s cross is blocked. Corner kick to the Gunners
20: Lennon steals the ball from behind to deny Oxlade-Chamberlain a shooting chance.
18: Both teams still trying to find a breakthrough. However, Arsenal looking more likely to get the opener.

Bellerin and Lennon battle for possession
15: CHANCE! Ozil is set free on goal but he flashes his effort wide from close ranger. The Referee however sites a foul incident before the German’s effort.
14: Another corner kick from Arsenal is headed away. Their fourth corner in only 14 minutes. The Gunners searching for an early goal in this one.
12: Oxlade-Chamberlain and Galloway already having a duel at the left back position. Both have been brilliant in the first 10 minutes.
10: Carzola corner is headed wide by Gabriel who is still in search for his first goal in the Arsenal jersey.
7: Oxlade-Chamberlain with a dashing run from the left, he wins a corner for his effort. Giroud heads wide from the resulting corner kick.
5: BLOCKED! Sanchez tries a shot from 25 yards but it’s blocked.
4: Bellerin tries to feed Sanchez with a long pass but he over-hit his cross and it runs out for a goalkick
2: Deulofeu runs down the left and tries to square a pass but his cross goes just wide.
2: Sanchez tries to beat his marker but wins only a throw for his efforts.
1: Everton gets us underway

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