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Good afternoon and welcome to our coverage of today's Premier League match between Arsenal and Swansea, live from the Emirates.
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Arsenal XI: Cech; Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal; Cazorla, Xhaka; Walcott, Özil, Iwobi; Sanchez
Swansea XI: Fabianski; Naughton, Fernandez, Amat, Taylor; Cork, Britton, Fer; Barrow, Sigurdsson, Routledge
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Arsenal are unchanged from their last Premier League outing, while Swansea make three changes to their starting line up - Taylor, Fernandez and Barrow come in for Rangel, van der Hoorn and Borja.
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Arsenal will be hoping to make it six consecutive wins in the Premier League, while Swansea haven't won since their opening match.
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Swansea haven't lost in their last four visits to the Emirates. Bob Bradley will be hoping to extend that run in his first match taking charge of the Swans.
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The teams are warming up as we approach kick off.
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Kick off: Arsenal get the match under way.
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Chance for Arsenal: A low cross is received by Ozil who's scuffed shot doesn't trouble Fabianski.
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Swansea have lined up in a 4-4-1-1 formation, with Fer and Sigurdsson up front.
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Arsenal have started the match on the front foot, enjoying the majority of possession in the Swansea half.
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CROSSBAR! Arsenal's Mustafi heads the ball onto the crossbar following a pin-point Ozil corner.
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Chance for Swansea: Jack Cork hits a shot from outside the area, but it goes well over the bar.
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Chance for Arsenal! An Ozil freekick eventually falls for Iwobi outside the area, who hits a shot first time - but it goes wide.
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Chance for Swansea! Naughton squares the ball to Leroy Fer, who's powerful one-touch shot from just inside the area goes over the bar.
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Chance for Arsenal: Ozil has lots of space on the left and pulls the ball back to Xhaka who's shot from outside the area is blocked.
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GOAL FOR ARSENAL! Sanchez plays a high ball into the area, Bellerin heads it across the face of goal, and Walcott is there to finish it from close range. Arsenal 1-0 Swansea.
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Chance for Arsenal! Xhaka plays a long ball over the top to Sanchez, who hits a lobbed shot from outside the area that goes wide of goal.
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Chance for Arsenal! Ozil slips a neat ball to Bellerin, who's shot from very close range is saved by Fabianski who closes down the angle well. Arsenal win a corner.
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GOAL FOR ARSENAL! Walcott scores again! Swansea fail to deal with an Ozil corner, as Walcott is able to control, turn and shoot from close range. Arenal 2-0 Swansea.
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GOAL FOR SWANSEA! Sigurdsson with the goal, after he steals the ball from Xhaka right outside the Arsenal area. His left foot finish curls into the top left corner. Arsenal 2-1 Swansea.
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Chance for Arsenal: Sanchez takes a shot from outside the area, but it's blocked and goes out for a corner.
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There will be 2 minutes of added time.
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Chance for Swansea! A Sigurdsson free kick is headed on target by Amat, but Cech comfortably saves.
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HALF TIME: The referee blows his whistle to bring an end to a very lively half at the Emirates, with Arsenal beating Swansea 2-1. Stay tuned for the second half.
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Second Half: Swansea get us under way, as there are no changes for either side.
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Yellow Card for Swansea's Neil Taylor, as he attempts a late slide on Ozil who wins a free kick in a dangerous area.
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The resulting Arsenal free kick is delivered in by Ozil, but easily dealt with by the Swansea defence.
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Chance for Arsenal! Walcott is denied a hatrick as his shot from inside the area is hit straight at Fabianski.
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GOAL FOR ARSENAL! Ozil hits a brilliant close range volley into the top left corner, after a good cross from Sanchez. Arsenal 3-1 Swansea.
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Substitution for Swansea: Leon Britton is replaced by Borja.
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GOAL FOR SWANSEA! Substitute Borja gets one back for Swansea, after receiving a low cross from Barrow and finishing it first time from close range. This is his first goal for Swansea since joining the club this season. Arsenal 3-2 Swansea.
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Substitute for Arsenal: Iwobi is replaced by Coquelin.
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RED CARD! Xhaka receives a straight red card for a challenge on Barrow. It wasn't necessarily malicious, but he kicked out with no real chance of getting the ball. Arsenal down to 10 men.
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Substitution for Swansea: Jack Cork is replaced by Ki Sung-yueng.
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Chance for Swansea! Routledge puts in a great cross which finds an unmarked Barrow at the back post. His header is however comfortably saved by Cech.
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Swansea are pressing hard, and have a corner which will be delivered by Sigurdsson.
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Chance for Swansea!! Barrow produces a low cross that is met by Sigurdsson inside the area, but his first time effort is hit over the bar.
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Substitution for Arsenal: Ozil and Sanchez are replaced by Gibbs and Chamberlain.
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Post!! Walcott hits a low shot from just outside the area, which hits the inside of the right post. He couldn't have come closer to securing his hatrick.
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Substitution for Swansea: Barrow limps off the field and is replaced by Rangel.
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It's end to end at the Emirates - we could see a goal at either side of field. Arsenal are still up 3-2.
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Chance for Swansea! Naughton puts a dangerous ball into the Arsenal area, met by Leroy Fer, who's header is aimed straight at Cech.
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Chance for Swansea! Yet another cross is put into the Arsenal area, this time met by Borja. The effort is once again aimed straight at Cech who saves with ease.
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There will be 4 minutes of added time.
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Chance for Arsenal! Bellerin bursts inside the area, beating two defenders and hits a powerful shot from close range which is well saved by Fabianski.
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Chance for Arsenal!! Chamberlain leads a counter attack from the right side, and supplies a low cross for a completely open Walcott. His first time effort clips the top of the crossbar. Huge chance missed.
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FULL TIME: The referee calls an end to the game, with Arsenal being able to hold on to a 3-2 victory over the Swans, despite Granit Xhaka's second half red card.
Arsenal have now won 6 consecutive premier league matches, and find themselves sitting happily in 2nd place, taking advantage of points dropped by Manchester City and Spurs.
Arsenal
Swansea City
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Goal Scorers
2
26' Theo Walcott
33' Theo Walcott
57' Mesut Ozil
38' Gylfi Sigu...
66' Borja Baston
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Yellow Cards
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48' Neil Taylor
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Red Cards
0
70' Granit Xhaka
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Squad
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Laurent Kos...
Alexis Sanchez
Mesut Ozil
Theo Walcott
Alex Iwobi
Nacho Monreal
Santiago Ca...
Shkodran Mu...
Hector Bell...
Granit Xhaka
Petr Cech
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7
11
14
17
18
19
20
24
29
33
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2
3
7
8
15
17
23
24
26
33
Lukasz Fabi...
Jordi Amat
Neil Taylor
Leon Britton
Leroy Fer
Wayne Routl...
Modou Barrow
Gylfi Sigur...
Jack Cork
Kyle Naughton
Federico Fe...
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Reserves
7
Kieran Gibbs
David Ospina
Francis Coq...
Alex Oxlade...
Mohamed Elneny
Lucas Perez
Gabriel
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13
34
15
35
9
5
4
56
5
10
35
22
13
Ki Sung-yueng
Jay Fulton
Mike van de...
Borja Baston
Stephen Kin...
Angel Rangel
Kristoffer ...
