Newcastle United vs Arsenal

<b>NEWCASTLE 0-4 ARSENAL</b>. A cracking game for the neutral, but a little harsh on Newcastle. A freak goal gave Arsenal the lead, before counter attacking football took over and Walcott shone. The Gunners are through.

Hang on, Carroll beats the offside trap, but Szczesny comes out and it's a great save from the Pole. A good performance from him.

Arsenal knocking the ball around. Keeping it well and Newcastle's game is over.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Barton into the book for a late one on Fabregas.

Rosicky fancies his chances and dances inside to hit the ball. It flies just wide.

Three minutes left.

Barton's knee slams into Eastmond's hamstring and that's a dead leg. Painful.

A little harsh on Newcastle as it was pretty close at 1-0, but the Gunners have caught them on the counter time and time again.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL</b> Walcott runs through after a great ball from Fabregas. A cool finish and it's 4-0.

Taylor gets around Eboue and swings in a good cross, but Szczesny manages to hold it.

Carroll takes the ball down, turns inside and hammers a shot with his left foot. It flies wide, but that was a decent effort.

Szczesny saves from a Taylor free-kick. Gets a good hand on it, and it's cleared.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Bendtner off, Emmanuel-Thomas comes on.

Great chance for Newcastle. Taylor swings in a perfect free-kick and Carroll is six yards out, but heads over the bar.

What a strike from the Dane. A very clean hit and that is game over.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL</b> On the counter. Fabregas' reverse pass after Guthrie's error and Bendtner crashes the ball into the roof of the net from a tight angle.

Great spell from Newcastle. Szczesny dives on the ball as Ranger's header goes among five players and Taylor tries to hack it into the net.

Carroll finds himself one-on-one with Kosciely, but the Frenchman's leg nicks the ball away from him as he tries to turn inside. Good defending.

Poor cross from Gutierrez. He found himself free on the left and only found the head of Djourou when Ranger was in a great position.

Eboue robs Taylor and sends Bendtner free. He runs at his man, cuts inside, but then the final ball is cut out. Either side could get the next goal at the moment...

Great vision from the young Vuckic, but Djourou cuts off his pass. A mazy dribble from Gutierrez eventually comes to nothing.

Perch comes across again and gets Rosicky off the ball.

Newcastle refusing to lie down. But Arsenal are always looking a danger on the counter.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Sagna loses the ball to Gutierrez and mows him down.

Carroll and Djourou tangle in the area. The Newcastle man goes down. That was a clash of the titans, but now penalty given.