League position: 3rd Thomas Vermaelen had scored Arsenal's second goal before Cesc Fabregas added the third in extended added time at the end of the game.

1 Stoke City

Goals:

Danny Pugh

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Thomas Sørensen

Defender Abdoulaye Faye

Defender Robert Huth

Defender Andy Wilkinson

Defender/Centre back Ryan Shawcross

Defender/Midfielder Danny Pugh

Midfielder Rory Delap

Midfielder Glenn Whelan

Midfielder Dean Whitehead

Forward Ricardo Fuller

Forward Mamady Sidibe

Substitutions:

Danny Collins for Abdoulaye Faye	60
Liam Lawrence for Dean Whitehead	77
Tuncay Şanlı for Ricardo Fuller	80

Cards:

Ryan Shawcross

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Asmir Begović

Defender Danny Collins

Midfielder Salif Diao

Midfielder Liam Lawrence

Forward James Beattie

Forward Dave Kitson

Forward Tuncay Şanlı

Comments:

League position: 11th

3 Arsenal

Manager: Arsene Wenger

Goals:

Nicklas Bendtner		32
Cesc Fàbregas	penalty	90
Thomas Vermaelen		90

Starting lineup:

Manuel Almunia Goalkeeper

Sol Campbell Defender

Gaël Clichy Defender

Bakary Sagna Defender

Thomas Vermaelen Defender

Emmanuel Eboué Defender/Midfielder

Alex Song Defender/Midfielder

Cesc Fàbregas Midfielder

Samir Nasri Midfielder

Aaron Ramsey Midfielder

Nicklas Bendtner Forward

Substitutions:

Tomáš Rosický for Aaron Ramsey	69
Theo Walcott for Emmanuel Eboué	75
Eduardo for Samir Nasri	83

Cards:

Alex Song

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Lukasz Fabiański

Defender Mikaël Silvestre

Defender/Midfielder Armand Traoré

Midfielder Tomáš Rosický

Midfielder/Forward Theo Walcott

Forward Eduardo

Forward Carlos Vela

Comments:

League position: 3rd Thomas Vermaelen had scored Arsenal's second goal before Cesc Fabregas added the third in extended added time at the end of the game.

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