Arsenal vs FC Thun

Champions League
Arsenal
2-0-0
2-1
Final
FC Thun
1-0-1
Highbury
TV: DAZN

Match pulse

ARSAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'THUN
18Shots7
6On target2
10Corners2
0Saves0
12Fouls16

Who won: Arsenal 2-1

Arsenal beat FC Thun 2-1 on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 at Highbury. Goals for Arsenal: Gilberto Silva (51') and Dennis Bergkamp (90'). Goals for FC Thun: Nelson Ferreira (53').

Play by play

  1. 90'

    Great credit to FC Thun, they came here reading about a spanking and showed that organisation and belief can sometimes be a match for the big pros

  2. 90'

    It was the dead onj 91 minutes that Bergkamp found the winner, they didn't really deserve it but the game is all about goals, of course

  3. 90'

    And that's it! Arsenal take the three points!

  4. 90'

    It's hard to see how he actually managed to win the ball, but he did and Arsenal can now celebrate a lucky, lucky escape

  5. 90'

    Amazing scenes! The Arsenal legend Bergkamp won the ball on the penalty spot and kept his calm to slide a shot past the onrushing Jakupovic

  6. 90'

    GOAL!!!

  7. 90'

    A hopeful ball is lumped into the box towards Bergkamp. The Dutch master controls the ball and somehow wins it from Milicevic...

  8. 90'

    Into stoppage time now with the referee adding on three minutes

  9. 90'

    It comes back to Campbell 15 yards out but his shot is, unsurprisingly, high, wide and hansom

  10. 89'

    Corner to Arsenal, it's worked to Pires and his powerful drive is hacked away by Orman from in front of his goalkeeper

  11. 88'

    ...the ball drifts inches wide of Jakupovic's left-hand post, so close

  12. 88'

    Bergkamp finally takes the free-kick and lofts it to the far post. Toure comes in with a run and wins the header...

  13. 87'

    A final change for Thun as Mauro Lustrinelli is off and on comes Omar Pape Faye

  14. 86'

    Cole is pulled back by Ferreira just outside the box and gets a yellow card for his troubles

  15. 85'

    Gilberto is off the field for treatment to join Orman in the head-bandage club. It's just like a little party for the Mr Bump Appreciation Society

  16. 84'

    Lustrinelli tries a shot from 25 yards out - it was a ambitious effort and miles wide

  17. 83'

    Gilberto clashes with Gonçalves and goes down holding his head. The Arsenal man is bleeding from above his eys - Gonçalves definitely threw back an arm and should at least have got his second yellow of the game, if not a straight red

  18. 82'

    Hleb bursts forward but holds onto the ball for too long and is robbed

  19. 81'

    Have Arsenal run out of steam? Unless the fresh legs can add something new you cannot see them scoring again tonight

  20. 80'

    Arsenal will make a double change now, Jose Antonio Reyes and Freddie Ljungberg make way for Aliaksandr Hleb and Quincy Owusu-Abeyie

  21. 79'

    Another snap shot, this time from Bernardi, which is again straight at Almunia

  22. 78'

    Leandro produces a powerful snap shot from the left flank - straight at Almunia but it could easily have surprised the goalkeeper

  23. 77'

    Ferreira does very well down the right and tries to pick out Leandro in the box - Campbell is there highest to head to safety

  24. 76'

    Gelson is felled by Gilberto. It's a free-kick and they'll milk the time wasting now

  25. 75'

    It's all Arsenal now, Thun happy to hold out for the point with the extra man