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Sheffield United Vs Arsenal (11/04/2021)

Sheffield United

Paul Heckingbottom

First Eleven

01 Aaron Ramsdale

22 Ethan Ampadu

12 John Egan

03 Enda Stevens

02 George Baldock

23 Ben Osborn

07 John Lundstram

16 Oliver Norwood

04 John Fleck

17 David McGoldrick Min. 65 (Substituted with Oliver McBurnie)

14 Oliver Burke Min. 64 (Substituted with Rhian Brewster)

Substitutes

09 Oliver McBurnie Min. 65 (Substituted with David McGoldrick)

18 Wes Foderingham

22 Lys Mousset Min. 83 (Substituted with Oliver McBurnie)

34 Iliman Ndiaye

15 Phil Jagielka

20 Kean Bryan

24 Rhian Brewster Min. 64 (Substituted with Oliver Burke)

20 Jayden Bogle

13 Max Lowe

Bramall Lane

End of Match

33' Alexandre Lacazette
71' Gabriel Martinelli
85' Alexandre Lacazette

F-T	Sheffield United 0-3 Arsenal
90+3'	Arsenal are just running down the clock now. It'll be a good win ahead of Thursday's Europa League quarter-final second leg and in their chase for European football next year.
90'	4' of added time
88'	Attempt missed. Lys Mousset right footed shot from the centre of the box.
85'	Goal! Sheffield United 0-3 Arsenal. Alexandre Lacazette right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
83'	Mohamed Elneny replaces Gabriel Martinelli.
83'	Lys Mousset replaces Oliver McBurnie because of an injury.
80'	Pablo Marí is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
78'	BLOCK! McBurnie escapes two Arsenal defenders before inviting Brewster to shoot but the ball is well blocked by Pablo Mari. Can they get their first clean sheet in 15 games? They've defended well so far.
76'	Attempt blocked. Willian right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is blocked.
75'	FOUL! Ampadu dangles a leg and fouls Lacazette. Peter Bankes says that is just outside the box.
71'	Sheffield United 0-2 Arsenal
69'	Willian replaces Bukayo Saka because of an injury.
65'	Oliver McBurnie replaces David McGoldrick.
64'	Rhian Brewster replaces Oliver Burke.
63'	Attempt blocked. Nicolas Pépé left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
60'	Gabriel Martinelli tries a through ball, but Bukayo Saka is caught offside.
58'	Attempt blocked. David McGoldrick right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
55'	Decent effort! Pepe lays it off to Lacazette on the edge of the box, who tries to curl the ball into the top right corner of the net. However, it isn't the greatest of strikes and it flies well wide.
53'	Foul by John Lundstram. Alexandre Lacazette wins a free kick in the defensive half.
52'	Brilliant run down the left wing by Burke, he sprinted past Chambers, but then seemed to be caught in two minds, whether to cross and shoot and this indecision allows Chambers to chase him down and make an excellent clearance.
47'	Attempt saved. John Egan header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
46'	Second Half begins..
H-T	Sheffield United 0-1 Arsenal
44'	SHOT! The corner is played short to Norwood as Holding's header out falls onto the chest of Egan, who volleys goalwards but it's straight at Leno.
42'	Attempt blocked. Gabriel Martinelli left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
36'	It wasn't quite at the same level of that Jack Wilshere goal against Norwich all those years ago but this had all the hallmarks of Arsenal at the height of the Arsene Wenger reign. Sheffield United were played around like traffic cones.
33'	Sheffield United 0-1 Arsenal Lacazette rolls the ball into the net to complete a sublime team move!
31'	GOOD SAVE! Saka is back on the ball to feed Martinelli, as this time he cuts inside onto his right foot and the deflection off Norwood makes this a pretty decent save from Ramsdale as he gathers at the second attempt.
28'	Arsenal are on top in terms of possession and they are showing some spells of quality, but it isn't sustained and Ramsdale is yet to make a save.
26'	Foul by David McGoldrick. Granit Xhaka wins a free kick in the defensive half.
24'	Attempt missed. Gabriel Martinelli left footed shot from the left side of the box.
23'	Ramsdale tries to drill a ball out from the back, but he fires it straight into Lacazette! Luckily for the United keeper, it flies straight back at him and he has a comfortable catch to make. However, that could have been an embarrassing one.
22'	Ramsdale tries to drill a ball out from the back, but he fires it straight into Lacazette! Luckily for the United keeper, it flies straight back at him and he has a comfortable catch to make. However, that could have been an embarrassing one.
19'	BLOCK! Sheffield United are sticking to their task so far as Oliver Norwood throws himself at a Thomas Partey shot from long range.
17'	Pepe swings in the corner eventually, left-footed but it's headed out well by Egan. Lundstram applies the pressure on Xhaka on the counter but the Swiss midfielder does well to get out of trouble.
14'	John Fleck tries a through ball, but David McGoldrick is caught offside.
10'	Attempt missed. David McGoldrick left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
8'	Saka gets forward, drilling a low ball into the box towards Lacazette. However, Ampadu gets across brilliantly and makes the block.
6'	Calum Chambers tries a through ball, but Nicolas Pépé is caught offside.
3'	CHANCE! Lovely hold-up play from Martinelli as he turns and runs at pace at the Sheffield United defence before feeding Saka to his left but the shot fails to trouble Ramsdale as the ball flashes over.
1'	First Half begins..
	Arsenal Starting XI To Face Sheffield United: Leno; Chambers, Holding, Mari, Saka; Ceballos, Xhaka, Partey; Pepe, Lacazette, Martinelli.