Football
Arsenal vs West Bromwich Albion. Premier League.
3:00pm, Saturday 8th December 2012.
Emirates StadiumAttendance: Attendance60,083.
Match ends, Arsenal 2, West Bromwich Albion 0.
Second Half ends, Arsenal 2, West Bromwich Albion 0.
Offside, Arsenal. Olivier Giroud is caught offside.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Steven Reid.
Attempt blocked. Lukas Podolski (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Wilshere.
Attempt missed. Lukas Podolski (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jack Wilshere.
Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Shane Long is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Jack Wilshere (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lukas Podolski.
Substitution, Arsenal. Lukas Podolski replaces Santi Cazorla.
Attempt missed. Romelu Lukaku (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Chris Brunt with a cross following a set piece situation.
Hand ball by Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal).
Attempt saved. Markus Rosenberg (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Chris Brunt.
Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Markus Rosenberg is caught offside.
Hand ball by Jack Wilshere (Arsenal).
Substitution, Arsenal. Tomas Rosicky replaces Gervinho.
Attempt blocked. James Morrison (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Mikel Arteta (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Steven Reid (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Gervinho (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Steven Reid (West Bromwich Albion).
Substitution, Arsenal. Francis Coquelin replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Hand ball by Mikel Arteta (Arsenal).
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Markus Rosenberg replaces Zoltán Gera.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Jonas Olsson.
Jack Wilshere (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Youssouf Mulumbu (West Bromwich Albion).
Attempt blocked. Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Shane Long (West Bromwich Albion).
Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Bacary Sagna with a cross.
Gervinho (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Per Mertesacker (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Per Mertesacker.
Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Thomas Vermaelen.
Goal! Arsenal 2, West Bromwich Albion 0. Mikel Arteta (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
Penalty Arsenal. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Chris Brunt (West Bromwich Albion) after a foul in the penalty area.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Romelu Lukaku replaces Peter Odemwingie.
Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Olivier Giroud.
Foul by Mikel Arteta (Arsenal).
Zoltán Gera (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt blocked. Gervinho (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Thomas Vermaelen.
Chris Brunt (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Jonas Olsson (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Chris Brunt with a cross following a corner.
Attempt missed. Gervinho (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kieran Gibbs with a cross.
Zoltán Gera (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Thomas Vermaelen (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
Jonas Olsson (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card.
Offside, Arsenal. Jack Wilshere is caught offside.
Foul by Per Mertesacker (Arsenal).
Shane Long (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Gareth McAuley (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Chris Brunt with a cross following a set piece situation.
Zoltán Gera (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Second Half begins Arsenal 1, West Bromwich Albion 0.
First Half ends, Arsenal 1, West Bromwich Albion 0.
Attempt missed. Zoltán Gera (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Steven Reid with a cross.
Attempt missed. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
Attempt blocked. Per Mertesacker (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mikel Arteta with a cross.
Youssouf Mulumbu (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Gervinho (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Attempt blocked. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Wilshere.
Per Mertesacker (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jonas Olsson (West Bromwich Albion).
Foul by Bacary Sagna (Arsenal).
Attempt missed. Jack Wilshere (Arsenal) right footed shot from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Gervinho.
Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Jonas Olsson is caught offside.
Foul by Kieran Gibbs (Arsenal).
Peter Odemwingie (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Olivier Giroud (Arsenal).
Offside, Arsenal. Gervinho is caught offside.
Jonas Olsson (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Gareth McAuley.
Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Chris Brunt is caught offside.
Offside, Arsenal. Kieran Gibbs is caught offside.
Goal! Arsenal 1, West Bromwich Albion 0. Mikel Arteta (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
Penalty Arsenal. Santi Cazorla draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Steven Reid (West Bromwich Albion) after a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt missed. Chris Brunt (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Attempt blocked. Youssouf Mulumbu (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Chris Brunt.
Foul by Jack Wilshere (Arsenal).
Offside, Arsenal. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is caught offside.
Delay in match because of an injury Chris Brunt (West Bromwich Albion).
Attempt missed. Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Bacary Sagna (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Goran Popov (West Bromwich Albion).
Attempt missed. Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jack Wilshere.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Goran Popov replaces Liam Ridgewell because of an injury.
Foul by Zoltán Gera (West Bromwich Albion).
Bacary Sagna (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Gervinho (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Thomas Vermaelen with a headed pass following a corner.
Youssouf Mulumbu (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
