Girona v Arsenal - as it happened
List of goalscorers
Match report in news
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95'FT: Arsenal fought back from an early deficit to claim a 1-2 victory over Girona in the Champions League, thanks to goals from Jorginho and Nwaneri.
Yellow card
a Girona
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93'Arsenal's Rice and Girona's Stuani are yellow-carded for a scuffle.
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93'Pauuuu Lopez stops Sterling's penalty!
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91'Frances handled the ball inside the box and it will be a penalty for the Gunners.
Substitution
at Arsenal
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87'Arsenal sub: Martinelli replaces Nwaneri
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81'Arsenal sub: Jorginho is replaced by Rice.
Yellow card
a Girona
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79'Portu sees yellow after complaining to the referee.
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76'Stuani sent Portu's cross from the right flank into the net but the referee pointed to offside.
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73'Sterling's shot is caught by Pau Lopez.
Yellow card
a Arsenal
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70'Sterling gets a yellow card for diving in Girona's box.
Substitution
at Arsenal
Substitution
at Arsenal
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70'Arsenal double sub: Calafiori and Trossard OUT, Havertz and Lewis-Skelly IN.
Substitution
at Girona
Substitution
at Girona
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68'Girona double sub: Tsygankov and Martin OUT. Portu, and Van de Beek IN.
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65'Herrera fouls Sterling, set-piece for Arsenal.
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61'Calafiori's effort from long-range went off target.
Substitution
at Girona
Substitution
at Girona
Substitution
at Girona
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57'Girona triple sub: Asprilla, Ruiz and Romeu OUT. Solis, Stuani and Herrera IN.
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50'Antal Yaakobishvili received a yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution
at Arsenal
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46'Arsenal sub: Party is replaced by Timber
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46'The second half starts!!
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45'HT: Arsenal go into the break a goal up against Girona after coming from 1-0 down.
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45'One minute added!
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44'Odegaard found Trossard in space but his shot hit the crossbar.
Goaaaaaal!
de Arsenal en el 42'
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Statistics of E. Nwaneri in Champions League51
0.2000
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42'GOOOAAAAAAL TO ARSENAL!!! Gunners starlet Nwaneri received the ball on the left, cut inside and beat Pau Lopez with a great strike.
Goaaaaal from a penalty!
de Arsenal en el 38'
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Statistics of Jorginho in Champions League51
0.2000
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38'GOOOAAAAL TO ARSENAL!! Jorginho sends Pau Lopez the wrong way!!
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38'Penalty for Arsenal!!!
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34'Danjuma's shot was blocked by the Gunners' defence.
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30'Girona almost scored after a one-two between Ivan Martin and Danjuma inside the box but the Arsenal defence was quick to prevent it.
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27'GOOOAAAAAL TO GIRONAAA!! Juanpe found Danjuma in space for Danjuma to break the deadlock.
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23'Trossard fouls Ivan Martin, Girona gets the ball.
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19'Nwaneri's cross was blocked by Frances.
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15'The Gunners are moving the ball from wing to wing.
Goal disallowed
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11'Calafiori has a goal disallowed for offside by referee.
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7'Troooosssaarrddd almost scores! The striker failed to finish successfully a cross from the left flank.
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4'Arsenal get us going in black from left to right while Girona are in red and white.
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1'UUuunnnderrwaayyyyy at the Montilivi stadium!!
Start of match
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PRVWThe players take the field!!
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PRVWAccording to Arsenal boss Arteta, David Raya is 'not fit' to play against Girona, although the goalkeeper was on the team flight to Spain yesterday.
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PRVWGirona subs: Gazzaniga, Bilali, Van de Beek, Stuani, Miovski, Herrera, Solís, Portu, Comas, Selvi, Minsu i Artero.
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PRVWGirona starting XI: Pau Lopez (GK), Arnau, Tsygankov, Abel Ruiz, Asprilla, Danjuma, Romeu, Juanpe, Frances, Ivan Martin, Antal.
January 29, 2025
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PRVWArsenal subs: Setford, Porter, Timber, Zinchenko, Lewis-Skelly, Tierney, Saliba, Rice, Salah, Martinelli, Butler-Oyedeji, Havertz.
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PRVWArsenal starting XI: Neto (GK), Partey, Kiwior, Gabriel, Calafiori, Jorginho, Merino, Odegaard, Nwaneri, Sterling, Trossard.
January 29, 2025
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PRVWThe good news for Arteta's side is that they received a double boost on Tuesday as Odegaard and Merino returned to training and could play some minutes tonight.
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PRVWFor the Gunners, Lewis-Skelly's three-match suspension has also been overturned so he will be eligible to play but will miss the game through injury to Gabriel Jesus, Bukayo Saka, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Ben White.
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PRVWDaley Blind, Paulo Gazzaniga, Miguel Gutierrez and Ladislav Krejci will not be available for Michel due to injury.
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PRVWGirona will have to cope without the services of Tottenham attacker Bryan Gil, who is serving a one-match European suspension for picking up three yellow cards in the tournament.
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PRVWLet's take a look at the absentees from each side!
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PRVWArsenal possible starting lineup: Raya (GK); Timber, Saliba, Kiwior, Calafiori; Odegaard, Jorginho, Merino; Nwaneri, Havertz, Martinelli.
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PRVWGirona possible starting lineup: P. Lopez (GK); Martinez, D. Lopez, Juanpe, Frances; Romeu, Herrera; Tsygankov, Van de Beek, Danjuma; Ruiz.
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PRVWLet's take a look at some possible line-ups for the clash!!
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PRVWMaurizio Mariani will be in the middle for this one, Daniele Chiffi the VAR, and Daniele Doveri the fourth official.
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PRVWGirona, who are already eliminated, only have three points and will be looking to end their first Champions League campaign in the best possible way. Míchel wants his team to leave with a victory against a top club like Arsenal.
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PRVWArsenal go into the game in 3rd place with 16 points after 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. The Gunners need just 1 point to seal their place in the last 16.
Pre-match
29 January 2025, 21:00
Referee: Maurizio Mariani | VAR: Daniele Chiffi
Stadium: Municipal Montilivi
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PRVWHello everyone and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Champions League showdown between Girona and Arsenal, kick-off at 21:00 CET at the Montilivi Stadium in Girona, Spain.
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