Thanks folks

FT

Then the ref blew for something

Jesus header, blocked?

OOOH

HOW has Havertz been booked there?

Someone's booked

Ref blows his whiste

We couldn't, could we?

Rice to take

Corner Arsenal

Goal kick Arsenal

Throw Leverkusen our half

3 mins added

⚽️ 1-1, Havertz pen - https://streamff.com/v/8f0afb10

Keeper went the right way, but it's a good penalty and had enough power to beat him

GOAL!!

Havertz to take

Oh, I see there's some contact in the initial challenge

Penalty stands

I think this might be overturned, not sure there's much contact

Hmmm

Madueke drove into the box, fouled, ref points to the spot

PENALTY ARSENAL

Rice cross/shot cleared away

He's got to hit the target there

Big chance Timber, heads a Martinelli cross over from close range

OOOOH

Goal kick Arsenal

FK Leverkusen in our half, generous decision really

Arsenal sub: Eze off, Jesus on

Bayer double sub

Kai offside

Stopped a break

Good defending Martinelli

Cleared

Midway into their half, Rice to take

FK Arsenal

We need a forward player in that position

Honestly, Timber in the inside right forward position is such a frustration

Good Madueke cross, they defend well

Cleared

Corner Arsenal

Garcia shoots over

Play stopped, Andrich down

Arsenal sub: Gyokeres off, Havertz on

Timber with a terrible cross

Martinelli cross, over everyone

Arsenal probing

Havertz about to come on

Goal kick Arsenal

What else have you got on the bench, Mikel?

And the bloke kicked him

Zubi booked for winning a tackle

Madueke poor cross after some positive play beforehand, drove the team forward

Timber crowded out in their box

Raya out a long way to snuff out some danger

Oooh

Arsenal throw, we're putting them under some pressure

Madueke nods it down, Gyok can't get a shot off

Yellow card for Palacios

Madueke cross cleared

Rice cross cleared

Keeper slaps it away

Low Eze cross, cleared, Arsenal corner

Madueke back well to defend

Arsenal sub: Saka off, Madueke on

Hincapie got a head to it, but it's behind for a goal kick

FK outside the box, wide position, Rice to take

Poku the player booked

Martinelli fouled just outside the box, yellow card, FK Arsenal

Think Arteta has to change something soon

And he loses it again

Saka loses it again, he's having a poor game thus far

We're on the back foot here

Saliba iffy clearance

Throw Leverkusen, our half

1-0, goal - https://streamff.com/v/e3d29d9b

Leverkusen possession

Martinelli goes backwards when it has to go forward

Poor pass Timber

Eze cross, Martinelli header easy for the keeper

Arsenal throw

Wake up Arsenal

Corner came in, Andrich at the back post, header inside the post

Goal Leverkusen

Leverkusen kick off madness, cross came in, close range header which Raya pushed over.

WHAT A SAVE RAYA

OOOOOH

We're off again

HT

Raya boots it straight out, much to his frustration

2 added mins

Goal kick Arsenal

Saka takes it on, drives forward, then slips on the edge of their box

Taken short, then cleared

Corner Leverkusen

Gabriel blocks a shot

Break

Saka shot blocked

Arsenal throw, their half

Hincapie plays it behind Martinelli for a Leverkusen throw

Gyok holds it up well, Martinelli cross cleared

Throw Leverkusen

Zubi and Hincapoie keep it alive

Arsenal possession

Leverkusen throw on halfway

Another poor Gyok pass

Arsenal throw

Kofane fouls Gabriel

Throw Leverkusen in their half

Gyok makes a good run, but plays a poor pass

Bayer player down, Rice puts it out

This Kofane lad is a handful!

Goal kick Arsenal after a dangerous-ish cross

Eze 1-2 with Saka cut out

Lovely turn Timber

Rice refuses to help one of their guys up after a free kick goes against him

Martinelli picks up a silly yellow for a shirt pull after he lost the ball in midfield

Rice intercepts

Saliba a bit lucky to avoid a booking there tbh

Ref has a word with Saliba, this young striker is causing both our centre-halves some problems

Hincapie shot, keeper saves

Oooh

I think he blocked it with his chin

Sorry, it's Gabriel who blocked it

Maybe winded

Goes down

Saliba blocks a shot

Some Leverkusen possession

A lovely Arsenal move, ended with Martinelli smashing a shot off the bar from close range

OOOOOh

Raya safe hands again

Arsenal throw, deep in their half

Saka cross headed away

Raya takes a cross

Shot Leverkusen, over

Foul on Martinelli in the centre circle, bloke got the ball but caught him on the follow through

Rice rescues Gabriel after he gets caught on the ball

Oooh

Arsenal dominating possession, the opposition sitting off like a PL side

Leverkusen throw, halfway

Low Saka cross cleared

TNT Sport need to pay their satellite bills

Saka gets tackled in their box though

Nice move Arsenal

Shot Leverkusen, straight at Raya

FK Leverkusen in midfield

FK wasted, not on the same wavelength

Got blocked off, Andrich again – not quite second yellow worthy but ref certainly had a word, so he won't get away with many more

Gyok really positive again

Saka fizzed it in low, ball went behind off a Leverkusen player but it's a goal kick

Ooooh

Saka to take it by the looks of it

It's towards the right corner of the box

Gyok turned well on the edge of their box, Andrich pulled him down, FK Arsenal and a yellow card for the Leverkusen man

Oooooh

Good hold up play Gyok

We're off

Evening all

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