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Sunday May 11, 2008 Finished Stadium of Light

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  1. Arsenal end with low-key win

    Arsenal end with low-key win

    Theo Walcott scored the only goal at the Stadium of Light as Arsenal signed off for the season with a 1-0 against Sunderland. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Sunderland
    • Arsenal
    • 90' The full-time whistle goes! It's all over. Arsenal win their 24th game of the season to chalk up a total of 83 points. In some seasons that would have been enought to claim the title, but this season it's only enough for third.
    • 90' No! Lukasz Fabianski punches Leadbitter's cross clear!
    • 90' Sunderland force a corner. Can they score yet another late goal? They've scored so many this season.
    • 90' Fulop parries a well-struck shot by Randall!
    • 89' Evans blocks a long-range shot from Adebayor.
    • 88' Sub Mark Randall is caught offside for Arsenal.
    • 85' Danny Collins fouls Johan Djourou. Free kick Arsenal. There's not too much to say here as the game, and both sides' seasons, come towards the end.
    • 82' Clichy gets his name taken by ref Keith Stroud for a foul on Ross Wallace.
    • 81' Arsenal make a couple of changes now. Eboue and Bendtner come off for Traore and Randall.
    • 78' Sunderland are huffing and puffing but can't carve out any chances as yet.
    • 75' Sunderland make a final substitution of the match - and the season. It's an attacking change, with Michael Chopra coming on for Dwight Yorke. It could well be Yorke's farewell to the Stadium of Light.
    • 74' O'Donovan shoots wide from the edge of the box.
    • 71' Sunderland make a second change of the match. Liam Miller replaces Carlos Edwards on the right of midfield.
    • 67' Danny Collins is caught offside.
    • 64' Yorke tries to pick out O'Donovan with a cross from the right, but Fabianski collects the ball.
    • 61' Well there's a distinct end-of-season feel to this match at the moment as the pace slows right down.
    • 59' Adebayor tees up Gilberto - who fires wide!
    • 58' Whitehead gets penalised for a passback to Fulop, which the goalkeeper collects. Big chance this for Arsenal with a free kick on the edge of the six-yard box!
    • 57' O'Donovan strays offside as Sunderland look to launch an attack.
    • 57' Arsenal work the ball for Clichy on the left, but the French full-back fails to pick out a team-mate in the Sunderland area.
    • 54' Danny Collins picks up the first booking of the match for a foul on Song.
    • 51' Fabianski collects an Edwards delivery into the Arsenal box.
    • 48' It doesn't take Roy O'Donovan long to get involved as he gets his head on a Collins cross from the left. He gets too much on it though and it loops over for a goal-kick.
    • 46' Roy Keane has made a change at the break, taking off his "untouchable" striker Kenwyne Jones and bringing on Roy O'Donovan.
    • 46' The teams get us going in the second half.
    • 45' That's it for the first half. Theo Walcott's 25-yard strike separates the sides at the break.
    • 43' Arsenal corner. Denilson finds his compatriot Gilberto, who heads over the bar.
    • 42' Walcott has another go from 25 yards out. This time it's blocked away though.
    • 39' Great chance for Walcott to score his second as Adebayor feeds him in the penalty area from the right flank. But the youngster fires wide!
    • 36' Sunderland win a corner. Edwards delivers into the area, Collins gets his head on it, but he gets under it. Goal kick.
    • 35' Wallace is getting some joy down the left wing. He finds room to cross again, but this time Song clears.
    • 32' Wallace crosses from the left, Leadbitter gets his head on it... but it falls wide!
    • 30' My word! Senderos shoots from 30 yards out! It goes over though.
    • 29' Arsenal win a corner. Walcott takes it again. Collins heads away.
    • 27' Sunderland respond positively to falling behind. Wallace and Whitehead whip in crosses from either flank in quick succession but the Arsenal defence stands clear.
    • 24' GOAL ARSENAL! It's Theo Walcott with a 25-yard strike which beats Fulop! He was fed in space by Gilberto.
    • 24' Ross Wallace shoots from the edge of the Arsenal box. It's blocked clear.
    • 22' Walcott tries a shot from 18 yards out. Fulop collects well.
    • 20' Sunderland work the ball to Carlos Edwards wide on the right wing. The Trinidad and Tobago international can only put his cross straight into touch though.
    • 16' Arsenal have a corner from the left. Walcott curls it towards the near post, but Sunderland skipper Whitehead is there to head away.
    • 16' Walcott shoots at the other end from distance. Nosworthy blocks.
    • 15' Yorke shoots from the edge of the box, but it flies over.
    • 13' Sunderland win a free kick wide on the right wing. Andy Reid swings it in left footed. Philippe Senderos heads clear.
    • 8' Sunderland win a free kick 25 yards from goal. Grant Leadbitter fires it over the bar.
    • 6' Adebayor shoots right-footed from the centre of penalty area but Fulop - a surprise choice in goal by Roy Keane today - saves well.
    • 2' Arsenal rest most of those going to Euro 2008. Song and Senderos play in defence, with the Brazilians Denilson and Gilberto in centre mid. Walcott again starts of the left.
    • 2' Team news: Sunderland start with Jones up front on his own. There's no place for Richardson, which might suggest the former Man U player is on his way out of Sunderland.
    • 1' We're under way at the Stadium of Light.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of this last day Premier League match between Sunderland and Arsenal. Not much to play for today, but after Roy Keane's recent comments, some Sunderland players are playing for their futures at the club.

  • Team Stats

    Sunderland Stats Arsenal
    46% Possession 53%
    13 Shots 12
    3 Shots on target 4
    2 Saves 2
    3 Corners 4
    12 Fouls 14
    3 Offsides 2
    1 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    23 Tackles 16
    381 Accurate passes 429
    46 Bad passes 43

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Sunderland
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      32 Marton Fülöp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0
      5 Nyron Nosworthy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 40 3 3
      15 Danny Collins 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 30 7 4
      44 Jonny Evans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 4 3
      7 Carlos Edwards 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 25 0 1
      8 Dean Whitehead 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 52 2 2
      19 Dwight Yorke 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 63 6 2
      33 Ross Wallace 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 16 6 0
      18 Grant Leadbitter 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 28 0 3
      20 Andy Reid 0 1 0 5 4 0 0 39 13 3
      17 Kenwyne Jones 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 1 0
      14 Danny Higginbotham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Liam Miller 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 3 0
      1 Craig Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Roy O'Donovan 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 2
      16 Michael Chopra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
    • Arsenal
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      21 Lukasz Fabianski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
      20 Johan Djourou 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 48 0 0
      22 Gaël Clichy 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 49 13 1
      6 Philippe Senderos 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 57 3 0
      15 Denilson Pereira Neves 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 49 7 6
      19 Gilberto Silva 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 57 6 3
      32 Theo Walcott 1 5 2 0 1 0 0 11 2 0
      27 Emmanuel Eboue 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 22 2 0
      17 Alexandre Song 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 74 0 4
      26 Nicklas Bendtner 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 3 0
      25 Emmanuel Adebayor 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 19 5 1
      36 Mark Randall 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 1
      35 Havard Nordtveit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Armand Traore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
      43 Nacer Barazite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      40 Vito Mannone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 59' Adebayor tees up Gilberto - who fires wide!
    • 58' Whitehead gets penalised for a passback to Fulop, which the goalkeeper collects. Big chance this for Arsenal with a free kick on the edge of the six-yard box!
    • 39' Great chance for Walcott to score his second as Adebayor feeds him in the penalty area from the right flank. But the youngster fires wide!
    • 32' Wallace crosses from the left, Leadbitter gets his head on it... but it falls wide!
    • 24' GOAL ARSENAL! It's Theo Walcott with a 25-yard strike which beats Fulop! He was fed in space by Gilberto.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Keith Stroud

  • Sunderland

    Manager: Roy Keane

    Captain: Dean Whitehead

    On the Field

    • Fulop
    • Whitehead
    • Nosworthy
    • Evans
    • Collins Yellow Card
    • Edwards Substitution Out (71′)
    • Yorke Substitution Out (75′)
    • Leadbitter
    • Wallace
    • Reid
    • Jones Substitution Out (46′)

    Subs

    • Higginbotham
    • Chopra Substitution In75′
    • Miller Substitution In71′
    • Gordon
    • O'Donovan Substitution In46′

    Injured

    • Connolly
    • Etuhu
    • Bardsley

    Suspended

    None

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsene Wenger

    On the Field

    • Fabianski
    • Djourou
    • Senderos
    • Song
    • Clichy Yellow Card
    • Eboue Substitution Out (81′)
    • Denilson
    • Gilberto Silva
    • Walcott Goal
    • Adebayor
    • Bendtner Substitution Out (81′)

    Subs

    • Traore Substitution In81′
    • Randall Substitution In81′
    • Mannone
    • Nordveit

    Injured

    • Hoyte
    • Flamini
    • Fabregas
    • van Persie
    • Sagna
    • Eduardo

    Suspended

    • Hleb