Birmingham City v Arsenal, 01 January 2011

Score3-0 to Arsenal
RefereePeter Walton
CompetitionPremier League
VenueSt Andrew's
Attendance24,341
Kick-Off: 5.30pm

3 Arsenal

Manager: Arsene Wenger

Goals:

Goals:

Robin van Persie 13 G
Samir Nasri 58 G
Roger Johnson own goal 66 OG

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Ben Foster
Defender Stephen Carr
Defender Scott Dann
Defender/Centre back Roger Johnson
Defender/Midfielder Jean Beausejour
Defender/Midfielder Craig Gardner
Defender/Midfielder Liam Ridgewell
Midfielder Lee Bowyer
Midfielder Barry Ferguson
Midfielder Seb Larsson
Forward Cameron Jerome

Starting lineup:

Lukasz Fabiański Goalkeeper
Gaël Clichy Defender
Johann Djourou Defender
Bakary Sagna Defender
Alex Song Defender/Midfielder
Cesc Fàbregas Midfielder
Samir Nasri Midfielder
Jack Wilshere Midfielder
Theo Walcott Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Aleksandr Hleb for Jean Beausejour 59
Nikola Zigić for Lee Bowyer 69
Kevin Phillips for Cameron Jerome 79

Substitutions:

Andrei Arshavin for Theo Walcott 79
Denilson for Jack Wilshere 79

Cards:

Roger Johnson 8 Y
Liam Ridgewell 28 Y
Scott Dann 51 Y

Cards:

Johann Djourou 34 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Maik Taylor
Defender Martin Jiránek
Midfielder Keith Fahey
Midfielder Aleksandr Hleb
Forward Matt Derbyshire
Forward Kevin Phillips
Forward Nikola Zigić

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny
Defender/Midfielder Emmanuel Eboué
Midfielder Denilson
Midfielder Tomáš Rosický
Forward Andrei Arshavin

Comments:

League position: 19th

Comments:

League position: 3rd The Dubious Goals Committee has ruled on the following: - Arsenal's first goal against Birmingham City on 1st January 2011 has been confirmed as a Robin Van Persie goal.

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Ben Foster
Defender Stephen Carr
Defender Scott Dann
Defender/Centre back Roger Johnson
Defender/Midfielder Jean Beausejour
Defender/Midfielder Craig Gardner
Defender/Midfielder Liam Ridgewell
Midfielder Lee Bowyer
Midfielder Barry Ferguson
Midfielder Seb Larsson
Forward Cameron Jerome

Substitutions:

Aleksandr Hleb for Jean Beausejour 59
Nikola Zigić for Lee Bowyer 69
Kevin Phillips for Cameron Jerome 79

Cards:

Roger Johnson 8 Y
Liam Ridgewell 28 Y
Scott Dann 51 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Maik Taylor
Defender Martin Jiránek
Midfielder Keith Fahey
Midfielder Aleksandr Hleb
Forward Matt Derbyshire
Forward Kevin Phillips
Forward Nikola Zigić

Comments:

League position: 19th

3 Arsenal

Manager: Arsene Wenger

Goals:

Robin van Persie 13 G
Samir Nasri 58 G
Roger Johnson own goal 66 OG

Starting lineup:

Lukasz Fabiański Goalkeeper
Gaël Clichy Defender
Johann Djourou Defender
Bakary Sagna Defender
Alex Song Defender/Midfielder
Cesc Fàbregas Midfielder
Samir Nasri Midfielder
Jack Wilshere Midfielder
Theo Walcott Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Andrei Arshavin for Theo Walcott 79
Denilson for Jack Wilshere 79

Cards:

Johann Djourou 34 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny
Defender/Midfielder Emmanuel Eboué
Midfielder Denilson
Midfielder Tomáš Rosický
Forward Andrei Arshavin

Comments:

League position: 3rd The Dubious Goals Committee has ruled on the following: - Arsenal's first goal against Birmingham City on 1st January 2011 has been confirmed as a Robin Van Persie goal.