Football
Arsenal vs Newcastle United. Premier League.
5:30pm, Saturday 29th December 2012.
Emirates StadiumAttendance: Attendance60,087.
Match ends, Arsenal 7, Newcastle United 3.
Second Half ends, Arsenal 7, Newcastle United 3.
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) hits the bar with a left footed shot from very close range. Assisted by Aaron Ramsey with a cross.
Goal! Arsenal 7, Newcastle United 3. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Wilshere following a set piece situation.
Davide Santon (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Davide Santon (Newcastle United).
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Hand ball by Theo Walcott (Arsenal).
Substitution, Newcastle United. James Tavernier replaces Sylvain Marveaux.
Goal! Arsenal 6, Newcastle United 3. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Theo Walcott.
Foul by Demba Ba (Newcastle United).
Jack Wilshere (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Arsenal. Francis Coquelin replaces Santi Cazorla.
Goal! Arsenal 5, Newcastle United 3. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Theo Walcott with a cross following a fast break.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by James Perch.
Attempt blocked. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aaron Ramsey.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Shane Ferguson replaces Danny Simpson.
Substitution, Arsenal. Aaron Ramsey replaces Lukas Podolski.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Shola Ameobi replaces Gaël Bigirimana.
Hand ball by Papiss Cissé (Newcastle United).
Foul by Gaël Bigirimana (Newcastle United).
Mikel Arteta (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Bacary Sagna.
Attempt saved. Gaël Bigirimana (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Arsenal. Olivier Giroud replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Goal! Arsenal 4, Newcastle United 3. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Kieran Gibbs.
Demba Ba (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mikel Arteta (Arsenal).
Goal! Arsenal 3, Newcastle United 3. Demba Ba (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sylvain Marveaux with a cross.
Attempt missed. Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Jack Wilshere with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Davide Santon.
Goal! Arsenal 3, Newcastle United 2. Lukas Podolski (Arsenal) header from very close range to the bottom left corner.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Tim Krul.
Attempt saved. Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jack Wilshere.
Attempt blocked. Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bacary Sagna.
Foul by Cheick Tioté (Newcastle United).
Mikel Arteta (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal! Arsenal 2, Newcastle United 2. Sylvain Marveaux (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gabriel Obertan.
Attempt missed. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a fast break.
Foul by Danny Simpson (Newcastle United).
Lukas Podolski (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Mikel Arteta (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Arsenal 2, Newcastle United 1. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Santi Cazorla.
Attempt saved. Kieran Gibbs (Arsenal) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lukas Podolski.
Second Half begins Arsenal 1, Newcastle United 1.
First Half ends, Arsenal 1, Newcastle United 1.
Attempt missed. Demba Ba (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Sylvain Marveaux with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Mikel Arteta.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Wojciech Szczesny.
Attempt saved. Sylvain Marveaux (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Demba Ba.
Foul by Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal).
Goal! Arsenal 1, Newcastle United 1. Demba Ba (Newcastle United) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
Gabriel Obertan (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Bacary Sagna (Arsenal).
Attempt saved. Cheick Tioté (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Davide Santon.
Attempt saved. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lukas Podolski with a through ball.
Offside, Arsenal. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is caught offside.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Lukas Podolski.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Cheick Tioté.
Demba Ba (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Demba Ba (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Demba Ba (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gabriel Obertan.
Goal! Arsenal 1, Newcastle United 0. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lukas Podolski with a through ball following a fast break.
Papiss Cissé (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Newcastle United. Demba Ba is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Demba Ba (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gaël Bigirimana.
Attempt missed. Demba Ba (Newcastle United) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Sylvain Marveaux with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Kieran Gibbs.
Foul by Lukas Podolski (Arsenal).
Danny Simpson (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by James Perch (Newcastle United).
Jack Wilshere (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Theo Walcott (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jack Wilshere following a fast break.
Attempt blocked. Cheick Tioté (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.