LIVE: Arsenal vs Middlesbrough

FULL TIME!!! Arsenal 0:0 Middlesbrough 90+3 GOAL!!! Oh no, it’s Offside!  (Arsenal) Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain tries a through ball with Mesut Özil hitting home but bthe German is flagged offside. 90+2 Substitution!!!  (Middlesbrough) Álvaro Negredo out for Cristhian Ricardo Stuani Curbelo. 90′ Five minutes added time!!! 87′ MISSED!!! Adam Forshaw (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from outside the […]

FULL TIME!!! Arsenal 0:0 Middlesbrough

90+3 GOAL!!! Oh no, it’s Offside!  (Arsenal) Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain tries a through ball with Mesut Özil hitting home but bthe German is flagged offside.

90+2 Substitution!!!  (Middlesbrough) Álvaro Negredo out for Cristhian Ricardo Stuani Curbelo.

90′ Five minutes added time!!!

87′ MISSED!!! Adam Forshaw (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.

85′ Substitution!!!  (Middlesbrough) Stewart Downing replaces Gastón Ramírez.

84′ CHANCE!!! (Arsenal) Walcott is picked out at the back post but the England international can only nod Ozil’s delivery into Valdes’ waiting arms.

79′ SAVE!!! Bellerin (Arsenal) clips a cross in from the right, but Valdes is alert to the danger and claims easily.

73′ SUBSTITUTION!!! (Arsenal) Elneny is out for Oxlade-Chamberlain.

72′ CHANCE!!! Theo Walcott (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.

71′ CORNER!!! ( Arsenal)

67′ SUBSTITUTION!!! (Arsenal) Lucas perez is in for Alex Iwobi

64′ YELLOW CARD!!! Arsenal’s Mustafi gets a caution for his reckless tackle on Ramirez.

59′ SAVE!!! Álvaro Negredo (Middlesbrough) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked.

56′ CORNER!!! What a timely interception by Héctor Bellerín to deny Middlesbrough.

53′ SAVE!!! Valdes (Middlesbrough) pulls off a great save to deny Sanchez who fired on goal from outside the box.

52′ Arsenal 0:0 c

51′ FREE KICK!!! Arsenal win a freekick outside the visitors’ area  and Sanchez shoots narrowly wide.

49′ CHANCE!!! Arsenal so unlucky as Koscielny missed the ball with an empty net ahead of him.

47′ FOUL!!! Alexis is brought down outside the visitors’ area.

SECOND HALF!!!

HALF TIME!!! Arsenal 0:0 Middlesbrough

44′ CHANCE!!! Walcott is picked out on the right, before drilling a low cross into the six-yard box, but the Chile international can’t slide in to poke home a close-range finish.

41′ OFFSIDE!!! (Arsenal) Alex Iwobi tries a through ball, but Alexis Sánchez is caught offside.

38′ Mustafi (Arsenal) is back on the field.

37′ INJURY!!! Delay in match as Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal) is injured.

35′ Arsenal 0:0 Middlesbrough

33′ SAVE!!! What a save from Cech! Ramirez gets to the end of a cross before nodding on goal but Cech makes himself big enough to block.

32′ OFFSIDE!!! (Arsenal) Mesut Özil tries a through ball, but Laurent Koscielny is caught offside.

28′ CHANCE!!! Gastón Ramírez (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

27′ Foul by Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal). The full back pulls the opponent down outside the area.

23′  CHANCE!!! Coquelin (Arsenal) wins a free-kick on the edge of the Boro’s box before Alexis hits a right-footed shot forcing Valdes to parry the ball wide of the left-hand post!

20′ Gastón Ramírez (Middlesbrough) hits the left post with a left footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.

19′ SAVE!!!  Álvaro Negredo (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved by Cech.

16′ PENALTY APPEAL!!! Walcott cuts back a cross from the right, which Ozil manages to control before going down, but the referee believes there wasn’t enough contact to award a penelty.

11′ Nacho Monreal (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

8′ Another corner kick for Arsenal.

7′ Ozil (Arsenal) shoots the resulting freekick over the bar.

7′ Foul on Sanchez (Arsenal) outside the area.

5′ Iwobi (Arsenal)  tries to slot a through-ball in behind for Alexis to chase, but Ayala intercepts.

3′ First corner kick for Arsenal but it’s wasted.

Game on…

Arsenal starting line-up (4-2-3-1): Cech; Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal; Coquelin, Elneny; Walcott, Ozil, Iwobi; Alexis.

Arsenal substitutes: Gibbs, Gabriel, Lucas Perez, Ospina, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Reine-Adelaide, Maitland-Niles.

Boro starting line-up (4-3-3): Valdes; Barragan, Ayala, Gibson, Friend; Forshaw, De Roon, Clayton; Traore, Negredo, Ramirez.

Boro substitutes: Fabio, Espinosa, Guzan, Stuani, Downing, De Sart, Nugent.