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Clint Hill is being tormented there. He was taken on by Herrera who shared possession with Mata, knowing the defenders confidence will be down after his foul led to the goal, the defender ushered the ball away, as Herrera fell to the ground appealing for the penalty. No go. Play on.

MUN 1 QPR 0

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GOAL! Manchester United Angel Di Maria has his first United goal. After the foul was conceded, Di Maria stepped up and send the free-kick through everyone and into the net.

MUN 1 ’24 QPR 0

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Just as I say that, Robin Van Persie works himself into some space, taking down the Rojo pass but he made the meal of getting control allowing QPR to clear.

MUN 0 QPR 0 17′

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Nothing much happening thus far, United dominating possession but nothing coming to fruition, QPR have set the stall.

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First chance of the match won’t Mata the scoreboard for United, as he blasted over. QPR just can’t clear their lines currently.

MUN 0 QPR 0

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Three minutes gone, we have our first corner after Rio Ferdinand is forced to fend away, a United cross. The resulting corner comes to naught though, as United are looking positive in the opening stages.

MUN 0 QPR 0

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KICK-OFF!

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Welcome all! We’re moments away from kick-off here.. firstly here are the twenty two men, that will take the pitch:

Man Utd: De Gea, Evans, Blackett, Rojo, Da Silva, Di Maria, Herrera, Blind, Mata, Rooney, Van Persie.
Subs: Shaw, Falcao, Januzaj, Lindegaard, Fletcher, Valencia, Pereira.

QPR: Green, Isla, Ferdinand, Caulker, Hill, Hoilett, Fer, Sandro, Kranjcar, Phillips, Austin.
Subs: Traore, McCarthy, Onuoha, Henry, Vargas, Zamora, Taarabt.

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FULL-TIME! Arsenal have got out of jail here, they were slow and in-effective for most of the game before Aaron Ramsey popped up in the 92nd minute to secure the vital three points, as Arsenal are the only HOME team to win on opening day.

ARSENAL 2 (Koscielny ’45 and Ramsey ’92) DEFEAT Crystal Palace 1 (Hangeland ’36)

Thank you for joining us and good night!

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The old adage, don’t make a change at a corner, comes back to bite Palace.

The first chance was taken by Debuchey who forced a great save by Speroni, as it fell to Aaron Ramsey who probably, has secured all three points for the Gunners.

ARS 2 (Ramsey ’92) CRY 1

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Last change for CRYSTAL PALACE, mostly for some time-wasting.

O’KEEFE ON

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Well, well, well.. this will make the last few minutes quite spicy.. Jason Puncheon just swathed into Monreal and picks up his second yellow card which means a RED CARD .. Palace will put everyone behind the ball now.

ARS 1 CRY 1 ’90

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We are meandering to the end of the 90 minutes here, as Arsenal are passing without much conviction before Giroud tries a cute shot that doesn’t trouble Speroni.

SUBSTITUTION:

CAMPBELL OFF
GAYLE ON

ARS 1 CRY 1

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Former Liverpool man, Martin Kelly also goes into the book after a late challenge on Alexis Sanchez. The spray works! and Sanchez has a free-kick right near the penalty spot, tries a trick shot that goes out for a goal-kick.

ARS 1 CRY 1 ’79

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First SUBSTITUTE made here for CRYSTAL PALACE, as Dann is down in his own penalty area, with a suspected groin injury. He will be replaced with Delaney.

DANN OFF
DELANEY ON

ARS 1 CRY 1 ’76

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Arsenal finally putting something meaningful and probing passes together, almost unlocked the stubborn Palace defense before Dunn intervened. It ended with Ramsay attempting a long range effort that Speroni can gather cleanly.

ARS 1 CRY 1 ’73

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LAST SUB for Arsenal

WILSHIRE OFF
OXLADE-CHAMBERLAIN ON

ARS 1 CRY 1 ’70

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Chamakh has been a constant thorn in the side of the Arsenal attacking players today, as he has conceded his tenth foul of the contest. This one earned him a booking.

ARS 1 CRY 1 ’67

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Second substitute for ARSENAL:

SANOGO OFF
GIROUD ON

ARS 1 CRY 1 ’62

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Arsenal starting to assert their dominance on the game, with a free-kick and corner which aren’t rewarded with any chances.. Palace clear, as Arsenal continue to dominate possession.

Cazorla goes into the book with the third YELLOW CARD after the Spaniard was forced to foul a Palace player to prevent the counter attack.

ARS 1 CRY 1 ’60

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The Gunners are forced into their first substitute of the evening, as Kieran Gibbs is injured, so he will be replaced by Nacho Monreal.

SUB:
GIBBS OFF
MONREAL ON

ARS 1 CRY 1 ’53

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Bolassie with a run down the right wing, earns Palace their first corner of this second stanza, flicked on by Chamakh but nothing happened, as Arsenal countered.

Jason Puncheon becomes the second man in the book, as he is booked for his cynical challenge.

ARS 1 CRY 1 ’47

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We’re back underway here.. It’s 1-1 as Arsenal get the ball rolling..

ARS 1 CRY 1

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HALFTIME! It is 1-1 at the break after a late goal from the home side, cancelled out the 36 minute strike from Hangeland. The Gunners dominated possession but weren’t threatening to break through, until the well taken free-kick from Alexis Sanchez, who found Laurent Koscielny on the nut.

ARS 1 (Koscielny) CRY 1 (Hangeland)

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GOAL to ARSENAL Laurent Koscielny gets his head on a lovely free-kick after an unneeded foul in the build-up. It came just, as the TWO MINUTES came up, on the extra time board.

ARS 1 (Koscielny ’46) CRY 1

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