Arsenal vs FC Porto
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Who won: Arsenal 2-0
Arsenal beat FC Porto 2-0 on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at Emirates Stadium. Goals for Arsenal: Thierry Henry (38') and Aleksandr Hleb (48').
Play by play
- 93'
Full time. And a deserved win for the Gunners.
- 93'
Walcott loses the ball badly. Eboue does well to get back and defend. Lehmann collects the corner, and the whistle is blown.
- 92'
Alex Song is ready to come on for Gallas. Postiga, who has been ineffectual tonight, is caught offside again.
- 91'
Walcott and Henry get their wires crossed. Gallas down injured, it looks like a hamstring which would really take the gloss off the night.
- 90'
3 mins to go.
- 90'
Walcott and Eboue do well. Eboue looks very tired, but he's played superbly. Henry picks it up and wins a throw, Arsenal just playing down the clock.
- 89'
Fabreags and Ljungburg do well, cross comes in and again no-one is there. Peter Crouch would have scored 10 tonight if he'd been playing for Arsenal.
- 88'
Too late now for Porto, they look out of ideas.
- 87'
Another good tackle gets punished. This ref hasn't had a good game and books Gilberto.
- 86'
Ljungburg breaks down the left. Henry and Rosicky help him out and Arsenal force a corner.
- 85'
Big cheer as Walcott gets his first touch. But he loses the ball and Porto play it around. Eboue is back on the field.
- 85'
Theo Walcott comes on for Hleb.
- 84'
Terrible shot from Bruno Alves. Well wide.
- 84'
Eboue being stretchered off, it looks like cramp, so Wenger will hope it's not too serious.
- 83'
Theo Walcott looks ready to come on. Eboue is down injured though, he's had a great game.
- 83'
The excellent Eboue gives it to Ljungburg in the box, he should have hit it with his left foot, but shifts it right and it's blocked.
- 82'
The new stadium is nearly full, and the crowd will be happy with Arsenal's performance tonight.
- 81'
Henry wins the corner. The defenders are staying back though, Rosicky lines up a shot, but hits it wide.
- 80'
Quaresma does very well, cuts inside Eboue and shoots. Lehmann spills the shot and reclaims it just before it crosses the line.
- 79'
Arsenal have eased off, but still look capable of scoring again. Bosingwa certainly unhappy at having to deal with Henry and Ljungburg.
- 78'
Rosicky called up for a foul, he's got to be careful. Toure again repels the cross by Porto. Henry slid in, he cuts it back for Fabregas, whose shot is straight at the keeper.
- 77'
Ljungburg looks full of running. Arsenal knock it around patiently. Fabregas dispossessed by Pepe.
- 76'
Ljungburg and Henry knock it around slowly on the left. Arsenal lose out to Gonzalez and Eboue is forced to make a tackle in defence.
- 75'
Porto running out of time and belief...
- 74'
Henry beats Bosingwa on the left, swings in a cross, but well cleared from the penalty spot by Porto.
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